Last day!

Well this is my last full day in Iceland, and I'm glad that I left a "spare" day at the end, because I've been able to go and visit Skogafoss waterfall which I missed out on when I was hurrying to Vik to avoid the storm.

The weather today has been great too, the best I've had all week! It was 0°C for most of the day, but weirdly has felt much warmer without the wind and the rain.

Anyhow, Skogafoss photos and video below.

Always a rainbow here apparently thanks to the huge amount of spray.

I'd also heard about a thermal swimming pool which was out in the middle of nowhere. As it turned out, it was only a 45 minute hike from where I'm staying, so off I went.

Interestingly, you may remember a certain volcano in Iceland that erupted in 2010 and caused all kinds of havok with air travel across Europe. The ice-cap in the photo above, sits over that very volcano!

I didn't go for a swim as the water was only lukewarm and I was concerned about getting out again into the ice cold air, so I gave it a miss. The place was built in 1928, and has seen better days, but it is so far off the beaten path I guess it's not worth maintaining. 

A beautiful walk in the winter sun though, and this was the view on the way back:

And finally, my one and only sunset (at 4.30PM!) as I think about packing before before I drive back to the airport tomorrow morning ☹️