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Trecking around Iceland - 9, Conquer Vatnajökull with Cramponsand

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Conquer Vatnajökull with Cramponsand The first time we were on glaciers, rope up, using cramponsand ice axes. Vatnajokull is the largest glacier of  Iceland, even of Europe. It covered  8% of Iceland's land area. Now that we have arrived the foot of the glacier, we must put on crampons and walk through the glacier to different ultimate shocking beauty. The glacier we're going to conquer is Falljökull. It's the small branch of Vatnajokull glacier.  Falljökull means 'falling glacier' in Icelandic word. We start form the foot of the glacier, and our destination is that bellow the clouds. We felt that this...

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Trecking arround Iceland - 3, hiking on Skógafoss

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Handsome gentleman----Skógafoss If Seljalandsfoss ispretty bride wearing a veil, then Skógafoss is certainly the hansome gentleman. Skógafoss with distance of 30 km away from Seljalandsfoss. it is a water fall  25 meters wide, 60 meters high. Skógafoss pouring down like currtain, approached him, the sound of water is vast, so much water, hazy mist filled his eyes. Falls among the eastern side of the mountain, there is a mountain cliff, so we had the first night climbing experience. Yes, it was midnight.  anyway,  cloudy, night and day is not much difference in Iceland. Here at midnight is a good choice as visitors had...

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