We decided to take a break from driving and take a tour bus to Askja - in the highlands. It's a caldera - and in the caldera there is a crater with warm water - well, warm... that's pushing it when it's probably below zero outside.They said the water was 23-30 degrees... I would say that's a lie =)
First you drive for 3 hours - learning about Iceland on the way - kind of cool - we learned about their language, saw where they filmed part of Oblivion (with Tom Cruise), walked where the astronauts came to learn about geology - in 1967. We also learned about an outlaw who built himself a hole and survived the winter. All really cool stories!
When you get to the Askja, we hiked through rain and winds for 2.5 km. We had to walk through snow and ice, sand, pumice stone and mud - very slippery mud! After driving there and walking all that way, we had to go down to the bottom of the crater is mud- Remi took a fall but was fine - just VERY dirty!
Remi was quite brave - changed into his swimsuit and went in. I pulled my pants up to my knees and Sophie went in her underwear up to her thighs.
We then had to hike back to the bus- I couldn't believe how cold it was! The wind was so strong - the rain blowing in your face - not pleasant at all. We got back in the bus and froze...
We can't let the weather get to us or else we won't be doing anything... so rain or no rain (mostly rain - only one day of sunshine so far) we have to go out and do things... I'm warmed up now and getting ready to go into the freezing cold tent to warm my sleeping bag up. Good night!
Photos are on my phone. ..will add later.
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