Day 5

Our biggest sleep in, instead of leaving at 8:30, we woke just after 8! Grabbed food supplies and headed back to the power station for more photos. It's quite amazing that the power station provides 11% of Icelands geothermal energy. The cost of heating is considerably lower than other European countries. Then we went across the road to the Namaskard thermal area, it smelt like rotton eggs and vert reminisent of Rotorua!

After that we checked out the Grjótagjá. A collection of underground caves filled with warm geothermal water. The water is on the limit for bathing in but it is on private land so it prohibited. Above the cave is evidence of the mid Atlantic Ridge rift, where the two tectonic plates of North America and Europe are pulling apart. Next stop was Góðafoss, the waterfall of the Gods. Covered in snow we played and took photos for some time before headed to Akureyri.

Our food situation had been our own cooked breakfasts, sandwiches for lunch and easy cook dinners depending on what we grab from the supermarket. So, we treated ourselves to a meal we didn't have to cook and got some fish and chips from Akureyri Fish & Chips.

Then we pushed on to Hvítserkur, a basalt rock stack with two holes at the base which makes it look like a dragon drinking water. From the carpark, you walk out to a view point and it looks small, but walking down to the beach and the size shows itself. The wind was extreme, almost painful once you got onto the beach. The girls stayed in the car and Brook and I didn't stay to long out in the cold. It was then off to our cabin for the night. We showered, we ate, we slept.