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Iceland Day 4

Another trip over, it was now time to head home to England.

February 21, 2012

Beach at Halsanefs hellir in Iceland

Iceland Day 3

For this day we got to see plenty more waterfalls whilst the sun was shining. We got to see a glacier up close whilst trying not to slip over. The main thing though was that this was our last chance to see the Aurora Borealis.

February 20, 2012

Skaholt Cathedral

Iceland Day 2

The Golden Circle was a tour of many different sights. We started with a church, and moved on to a massive waterfall, and to the place the word geyser comes from. We even got to see a gap between tectonic plates. One thing that was ever present though, was the snow.

February 19, 2012

Iceland Day 1

An evening flight meant that we wouldn't be arriving at the hotel in Reykjavik until the early hours of the following morning. We'd then have several hours of sleep before a day of tours for the first proper day of the trip.

February 18, 2012

Iceland

Photography had always played a big role in the trips I went on; but with Iceland there would be a definite shift to this being the main focus. Everything we planned would be centred around this.

January 25, 2012

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