The Golden Circle

Day 2 in Iceland, we went for a day tour..Iceland got plenty of travel agency organise different day tours n activities..I find it is a good way to seen enjoy the place, ofcos will be even better if u drive, if not, day tour is the answer..The Golden Circle is one of the must see tour in Iceland.

We started from the city center around 9 am, we got a full coach, n a tour guide.
As usual, lots of good scenery along the way, n our first stop is Hverageroi Greenhouse village, well, is just a green house with lots of banana n plam trees:> warm n humid inside, like home:>
Then we proceed to this Volcanic crater-Kerio, this place is beautiful, the water is crystal clear, too bad is just a photo stop for us, no chance to walk down n do abit of exploring...

After the crater, they brought us to this wonderous waterfall-Gullfoss When we reached there, someone pointed far side of the sky, where the mountain n the cloud seems to be merging together n told me -hei!! look!! Glacier!!
I was like- huh? u sure? I think is just cloud..
till now, i still think that is just cloud:>
Gullfoss is a waterfall located on the White River (Hvítá) in south central Iceland. Its name means the Golden Falls. The flow of the river from the regular rains and the glacial runoff, particularly in summer, makes Gullfoss the largest volume falls in Europe.

Also, is one of the natural wonder of the world!!! looks like the water just flow in to the earth n disappeared..

those thundering noise ... we can barely hear each other ..

When u go near, u can see the water rush into the White river n created lots of mist..
too bad, no rainbow:-I
and all of us get the cold splashes from the water..
and talk about water..
Iceland got the most interesting hot water supply, first day when we arrived, i thought the water smell kinda rotten, i blamed it to the guest house system, then i realized, they use hot spring water as hot water supply, they smell of sulfur..n their cold water is the fresh spring water:> u can drink all u want:> better than Avian:>

anywhere, after the stunning waterfall, we went on to see geyser. Iceland is full of geothermal field, infact iceland is not the land of ice n land, instead is the land of fire n ice..n this is a hot water fountain that spouting out form the earth every two minutes..

the sight is unbelievable, every one is waiting there keeping the camera on ,i have to wait for a few time just to get this photo..n dun even think about wanted to get a picture with it, u have to be damn patience cos u wont know when is the next time.n the water jet only last for seconds..

then it will gone down to smoke

smoke..
smoke....
smoke......

After all the water n smoke, our last stop is the no man land- only woman..haha...
becos the north american n europian cant decide this piece of land is belongs to who...

Pingvellir national park

apparently is the oldest parliment house in the country..

n this is out tour guide..funny old man, telling joke without laughing himself..

well, i am not a big fan of politic n histories, the park itself has more than that to offer..nice formation of rocks n rivers..

not this one, the tour guide told us this river is channel down form the mountain by the vikings..amazing strong vikings people..

and this one is a wonder work of nature, imagine just 9000 years ago, this valley n the platform that i was standing is actually same height..ah..ICELAND!! most amazing land that i ever been..u guys must list it down, as a must visit place in ur life..place full of wondrous views n , n the place is so clean n not polluted..

the whole day tour cos us isk 7000..about GBP 65-70..is u drive urself u can get a car about
isk 9000 for a day, n u can share among ur friends, cheaper :>