 view from our room at Hotel Esja |
 same view, an hour later |
 view from hotel room, other direction |
 Reykjavik Botanical Garden |
 duck pond, Reykjavik Botanical Garden |
 duck pond, Reykjavik Botanical Garden |
 eider duck, Reykjavik Botanical Garden |
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 native Icelandic plant, Reykjavik Botanical Garden |
 alpine flowers, Reykjavik Botanical Garden |
 native plant, Reykjavik Botanical Garden |
 in the greenhouse at Reykjavik Botanical Garden |
 in the greenhouse at Reykjavik Botanical Garden |
 giant clematis, greenhouse at Reykjavik Botanical Garden |
 in the greenhouse at Reykjavik Botanical Garden |
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 at the botanical garden |
 at the botanical garden |
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 statue by the harbor (fishermen memorial I believe) |
 fishing boat in Reykjavik Harbor |
 Fishing boats in Reykjavik Harbor |
 unique tie-up |
 large boats in dry dock |
 large boats in dry dock |
 street |
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 alas, it was closed when we went by... |
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 swans on the Tjörnin ('the pond') |
 church across the Tjörnin |
 crescent moon at dusk |
 nightfall looking down Laugevegur towards the old town |
 at Íshestar (which means Iceland Horse) outside Hafnarfjörðor |
 mounting up for the lava tour |
 my horse for the ride |
 view across the country side, stopped for a break |
 on the ride |
 on the ride |
 lava fields on the ride |
 lava fields on the ride |
 ride |
 Íshestar farm in the distance (white buildings lower left) |
 local road |
 on the ride |
 on the ride |
 on the ride |
 Íshestar's dog |
 horses after the ride |
 rainbow out of the bus window |
 Icelandic sky |
 Icelandic houses |
 looking over Hafnarfjörðor |
 lava fields on the Reykjanes Peninsula along the Keflavik-Reykjavik highway |
 lava field along the coast on the Reykjanes Peninsula |
 lava fields on the Reykjanes Peninsula |
 lava fields on the Reykjanes Peninsula |
 Bláa Iónið (the Blue Lagoon) |
 Blue Lagoon |
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 leaving the Blue Lagoon |
 lava fields around the power plant and lagoon |
 steam from the Svartsengi thermal power station whose effluent is the Blue Lagoon |
 sun going down over Blue Lagoon |
 sunset over Hafnarfjörðor |
 Austurvollör Square |
 Austurvollör Square |
 cafe on the square |
 cafe |
 cafe |
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 10-11 grocery store |
 looking up Austrustræti (with the ubiquitous McDonalds *sigh*) |
 menu...pretty expensive |
 my traveling companion (she's an old fashioned analog gal...) |
 gas prices |
 Reykjavik suburbia |
 Öskjuhlíð, hot water storage tanks for Reykjavik |
 Reykjavik suburbia |
 Reykjavik |
 Iceland's colorful houses |