bits and pieces from the northern island.
Iceland is often described, especially on travel package brochures, as the land of ice and fire. This is a decent description, but actually, as soon as you set foot on the island, you understand that this is a land where earth, wind, water, and fire are in constant fight against each other. Traveling through Iceland … Read the full article →
RUV.is and IcelandReview.com are reporting that the South Iceland districts of Fljótshlíd and Landeyjar are still being evacuated by the Civil Protection in fear that a sudden increase in the water level of the Markarfljót river, caused by the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull glacier, might break or surpass the levees protecting these areas. The new … Read the full article →
Leaving aside the fact that in the area of the eruption a new mountain is rising (but this is not so unusual in Iceland), not much has changed over the past days. Volcano activity in the Fimmvörduháls area is slowly increasing, but situation seems reasonably under control. In fact, roads have been opened for tourists, … Read the full article →