Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Iceland Day 8 - Akureyri Hiking

Woke up early and not sure why.  Maybe it is because I had not been taking the melatonin.  Made use of the early wake up to cook myself eggs and spinach!  :-)

We decided to climb Súlur today, and made our way to the parking lot at the trail head.  Unfortunately we took the wrong trail and ended up walking part of the Glerárdalur valley.  As we started, the rain started sprinkling down.  We had to pass many small streams of water and our feet got very wet and muddy and we were sad.  Got some pictures but they were not very good, and it was foggy anyway.
Map of the area
Encountered this ladder we had to cross to start the walk
Glerárdalur valley
Funny stone we found along the way.  Looked like faces!
View of Akureyri (can barely see it)

The icing on the cake is we treated ourselves to fish and chips (very late lunch) at this stand which was not even on TripAdvisor!  They were decent, or we were really hungry, and the guy gave us free mayo (no ketchup).

Indian Curry Hut for an early dinner, tandoori chicken, chicken madras and naan for dinner.  Really liked the naan and the rest was pretty yummy.  Great to end a long day of walking!

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