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Manu | 16 April 2015 | no comments
East Iceland

A sight of East Iceland from the road

Day 2 of our road trip across Iceland with TravelTelly has started in the best possible way : with the sun shining in the sky! The sun in Iceland makes the entire travel atmosphere different, it enlights the day and the soul and gave us the enrgy to wake up at 8 and start a long day ahead, filming, shooting and driving across the East Coast of Iceland.

Glacier Lagoon

Pretty impressive to see all the ice that came down the Glacier compared to last night

Last night at sunset the Glacier Lagoon was almost ice empty

Last night at sunset the Glacier Lagoon was almost ice empty

However the first stop in the morning has been the Glacier Lagoon, once more. If you overnight somewhere around the Lagoon instead of driving back to Vik at the end of the day, I highly suggest you to go back to see the Lagoon the day after. That’s because the Glacier Lagoon is not something static, but it is rather a place that keeps changing minute after minute. You will find the Lagoon and the icebergs floating in it completely different form the day before. Many pieces will have reacherd the ocean, going to dye on the black sandy lava beaches nearby, but many new others will have reached the Lagoon in the night.

Frank busy with some time lapse of the Lagoon

Frank busy with some time lapse of the Lagoon

This morning the lagoon was completely full of ice. Pretty impressive and so different from last night. I imagine what happens in that place at night, what noises there can be when these huge pieces fell from the glacier into the water, if the ice makes the same noise in a place where nobody can hear. Questions that remain without an answer, questions that are born in your mind while standing on one of the most majestic place of the world.

Glacier Lagoon

Frank and Johannes filming among ice pieces on the beach

The Glacier Lagoon is well known, it usually appears on all the main ads about Iceland, it is one of the landmarks of this country and still it manage to enchant all the time.With the sun shining, no wind and few tourists int his period of the year, you can find the perfect conditions for great photos and for a great photography day.

East Iceland

Entering East Iceland on superb cliffs on the ocean

The day is long though and from there to Seydisfjordur is still a long way to go, considering the stops to take on the road to admire the amazing landscape that opens up in front of us.

High mountains peaks fell directly into the blue and rough ocean at their feet, while the road goes up on the side of the mountain and then down again in the neverending fjords that start after Djopuvogur.

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The East part of Iceland is one of the most unknown and remote parts of Iceland. Strangely and, for those like me, luckily, tourists seem to avoid this corner of the world. Maybe because it is too far, or maybe because it miss big attractions like the waterfalls of the Southern coast. That’s why it always a pleasure to come back up here, to feel again lonely on its desertic roads, to find the possibility of enjoying the landscape, the Nature, my magic Iceland, in its purest form and beauty again. No pollution up here, no tourists, no mass, often not even cars around, except for the Traffic control one which gave us a smile.

Picture perfect Iceland, the photographers' paradise!

Picture perfect Iceland, the photographers’ paradise!

The fjords shine in all their beauty with the sun high in the blue sky and under the snowy mountains that surround them.

View from the Route 93, connecting Egilstadir to Seydisfjordur

View from the Route 93, connecting Egilstadir to Seydisfjordur

Seydisfjordur, down the valley, where we sleep tonight.

Seydisfjordur, down the valley, where we sleep tonight.

The most beautiful part of East Iceland is definitely the Route 93 that goes from Egilstadir to Seydysfjordur. The road goes up on the mountain to over 1000 mts and give an exceptional view of the river that cross the valley. Once on the top it starts the steep way down while bends after bends the view becomes more and more majestic until Seydisfjordur appears down there, in the far away fjord at the end of the road, in its peaceful, silent and magnificent view and beauty, to remind the travelers who make it till here that it is time to relax, have a rest, enjoy the calm around and get some energy back after such a day of beauty.

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