Driving east out of Reykjavík, an example of the road and the mountains in the distance.
	Mountains and a lake.
	Part of the Hellisheiði plateau, a bleak lava field.
	They'd had snow quite recently.
	A plume of steam from a hot spring in the distance.
	Another plume of steam. There are a lot of photos taken from the car on the move, due to a lack of anywhere to stop safely and if we stopped for all the interesting scenery we wouldn't have travelled very far at all.
	more mountains
	and again
	This is a waterfall called Seljalandsfoss. "Foss" in an Icelandic word means waterfall. The water falls over a former sea cliff, though we are quite a way inland. Iceland's a growing country...
	I liked the way the sun shone over the falls.
	The falling water has eroded away part of the cliff leaving a walkway behind the falls, apparently. I say apparently because Ganesh has just discovered how icy the steps are and we decided it was not safe to try. Even the handles of these steps are covered in ice.
	The ground in front of the falls would be wet with the spray, except that it is cold enough to freeze and the ground is instead covered with crunchy ice - upside down icicles.
	The spray goes a long way.
	More icy ground.
	There's actually a second bit of fall over to the left near the main fall.
	More mountains.
	There's a cave in this cliff face. There are a lot of caves in Iceland.
	I just liked the shape of this bit of rock.
	Traditional dress worn by Icelandic women in Skógar folk museum.
	This is an Icelandic musical instrument.
	This tapestry shows the clothing worn during the Saga times. I can't remember which Saga it depicts.
	Fishing is an incredibly important part of Icelandic life and culture. This is a traditional fishing boat (Ganesh's picture is better).
	Still at the museum, a farmhouse, with an old turfed building at one end and newer parts at the other.
	A typical church (still at Skógar).
	Skógarfoss waterfall. This is 200 ft (60 m) high. It is said that Thrasi, the first settler in the area, hid a chest of gold somewhere in a cave behind these falls.
	The fallsbow
	Ganesh part way through climbing up to the top of the falls.
	Ganesh is up there somewhere.
	Aha, through the monocular Ganesh is spotted.
	Mýrdalsjökull, a glacier. "Jökull" means glacier.
	On a gravel road driving towards Sólheimajökull, a glacier tongue extending from Mýrdalsjökull
	The glacier tongue from much closer to.
	The land near the glacier is dry, dusty and stoney and pretty bleak.
	Icy scenery
	Gowolla, Mickey (Monsoon Guides Moose) and an island.
	This dog begged for food while we had some rolls, ham and cheese, and then wouldn't go away.
	A lovely volcanic beach at Reynir. Instead of sand, the beach is made of small black pebbles.
	Basalt columns, each with the typical hexagonal cross section as seen at the Giants Causeway, but big enough to sit on comfortably.
	Views from the beach
	Ganesh in the cave where the ceiling shows the basalt columns.
	Eldhraun is a very famous lava field and one of the eeriest ones in Iceland. The moss is up to a foot deep, grey when it hasn't rained, going green after rain. The blur is due to the speed we are travelling at. We were going to Kirkjubæjarklaustur (which we never managed to pronounce successfully). Kirkjubæjarklaustur is famous because, when there was a massive volcanic eruption from the volcano Laki, which created the Eldhraun lava field, wiping out farms and communities, the congregation at Kirkjubæjarklaustur church prayed and held a mass. The lava stopped just 2 km from their village. Though the village was spared, the toxic ash which covered Iceland after that poisoned the grass and much of the livestock died. There was a terrible famine and a fifth of the population of Iceland died. The eruption affected most of the Northern Hemisphere and it is speculated that it caused the crop failure which preceded the French Revolution.