Pinvellir National Park West Iceland

Actually on the way out of Pinvellir National Park in West Iceland, shot from the side of the road.  Mountains are such a novelty to me that after the first couple of days of travelling around Iceland in my camper van I concluded that at the rate I was going, or rather my frequency of stopping, it would take me about 2 months to get back for my return flight to Europe…

The scenery was so spectacular that I was stopping every few minutes and hiking off into the fields  and ravines either side of the road.  Since I had only given myself 10 days this clearly wasn’t going to work.  After that realisation I set myself a final destination each day where I would want to be for sunset and then try to budget my stops to only those that were truly spectacular… Trouble is, all of Iceland is truly spectacular.  Next time I think I allow more time!

This image is yet another un budgeted stop when the combination of the stream, the mountains and the light just could not be ignored.  This was on the way out of Pinvellir National Park West Iceland, where I had spent the whole day saying “wow!” a lot.