Day 4

After unsuccessfully booking a Self Drive Super Jeep Tour of the southern coast, we decided to do a the next best thing. A Self Drive Economy Car Tour of the southern coast. We picked the car up after a nice little jog thru the city and started our journey down Route 1 in hopes of finding waterfalls and black sand beaches.

Our first discovery is that Iceland can be just as barren as it is beautiful. Not within 20 minutes of leaving civilization did we find large spanning dried lava fields for miles and miles. Cool to look at - but not cool to live on.

As we drove on, we came across the Eyjafjallajökull glacier area. At the top of this 'small' ice cap is the volcano that has been causing so much trouble lately. As we approached, the top of the mountain disappeared into a cloud of what looked like ash. Not 100% if it was, but sounds better than fog.

Next up, Seljalandsfoss. Beautiful waterfall. After that, Skógafoss, another huge waterfall. It's like they grow on mountains around here.

After about 3.5 hours of scenic driving, we reached our main destination, Vík í Mýrdal, the southern most city in Iceland. Quaint little town with breathtaking black sand beaches that are bordered with rugged tall cliffs that span for miles.

Back to Reykajvík and dinner. After walking around at 10pm with sunglasses on, we found a local favorite (cant spell or pronounce it now) that had leg of lamb to die for. Finished the evening with another stroll by the bay watching the locals starting to come out for bright nightlife.

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