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The highland continued with little lakes and green grasses. I landing dirt piste for small airplane was to be crossed and I was starting to search for a sleeping place. At a crossing, I had to solution: more over the … Read More »

L After the caves, the landscape was kind of a mixture of moon and lord of the ring type. Always going one-two meter up and down as well as turning around craters and splits. Finally, I arrived at a higher … Read More »

Finally I arrived at the caves where they found traces of people from over thousand years ago. Walking over those formation and thinking that there are empty rooms below make feel one special….

As the water was going to an end, I wanted to refill it. Glacier water can be drunken, but need filtration or sedimentation over night. So I took some water much further down than were it was milky white. The … Read More »

The trip was following the large glacier Langjökull up to over 600m altitude. Then I could enjoy a light ramp down and feeling the heat increasing. Some people went the 6km to the glacier, which I decided to by-pass. Later, … Read More »

After a wake-up with sunshine, the day continued to the north and up, with ascendancy of up to 12% and always head wind. The landscape was still very close to the one of the Andes… – Posted by Georgeshttp://www.ammado.com/community/149399

The decision of having a resting day was not bad at all as it rained something like 7 times… Not very strong, but enough to get wet. I guess my muscle could recover so that tomorrow will be again a … Read More »

– Posted by Georgeshttp://www.ammado.com/community/149399

– Posted by Georgeshttp://www.ammado.com/community/149399

Seems that not many pictures can be uploaded at once. I don’t want to waste more time for trying… – Posted by Georgeshttp://www.ammado.com/community/149399

– Posted by Georgeshttp://www.ammado.com/community/149399

The direction was still north-east to Pingvellir or Thingvellir (i’m missing the special character that looks like a P bit pronounced like th, so I’ll keep to the pronouncing). From Reykjavik or better from Mosfaellsbaer there is slow raising ramp … Read More »

The night at the camping was as expected: loud because two travel agencies brought their people at half past one in the night, driving. Even it was not allowed between 12am and 8am ;-( How ever, the light night seems … Read More »

My old friend…. YouTube Video and what happening when a bike is in a crowed place… YouTube Video – Posted by Georges Location:Sundlaugavegur,Reykjavik,Iceland

As early supposed and many times suggested, I will face my old on that island again (and again). I was just hoping it would not be so early! Today’s roughly counted 60km were >95% with front wind from full ahead … Read More »

Even the first round was fine……where I met the poor French guy, whose flight from Charles de Gaulle /Paris was canceled in the morning. With my girlfriend ;o) – Posted by Georges Location:Reykjanesbraut,,Iceland

Hopfully 😉 – Posted by Georges Location:Iceland

The main parts over the sea looks like that… With then a change. – Posted by Georges Location:Iceland

Nomen est omen? 😉 Nice seat… – Posted by Georges

Someone may call it weight optimisation. 😉 – Posted by Georges Location:

The task of the day:How to transform that into sometings that fits an airplane….and make the checkin! – Posted by Georges Location:Airport

Time as arrived… nearly is all is packed and in a few days, I’ll start towards the airport for pre evening check-in… We will see what I can expect from that beautiful island. come back soon!

The flights are now booked, so are the first and last nights of the trips: as close as possible to the airport to simplify the un- and packing of the bike & trailer. First test on trails were successful… here … Read More »