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"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
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JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
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JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
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JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
Selected
JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part II
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part II
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part III
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part III
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Circumnavigating the Land of Ice and Fire:
ICELAND ROAD TRIP
The power of Iceland's nature is to turn the prosiac into the extraordinary. All the way around Iceland, its raw gargantuan nature delivers overwhelming beauty that will - simply - stir the soul and shake you in your hiking boots.
An underpopulated island marooned near the top of the globe, Iceland is one big volcanic laboratory of ice, fire and rock where mighty forces shape the earth: geysers gush, mudputs gloop, ice-covered volcanoes rumble and glaciers cut great pathways through a maze of mountain systems. The island is one big supercharged natural experience.
Barely forging through the geological magnificence is the Ring Road, Iceland's Route 1, which joins nearly all places you can get to without a 4WD.
So, we decided to spend one month in a camper wagon doing a circumnavigation of the island driving West, South, East and North, with detours to the Vestmannaeyjar Islands and the Snæfellsnes Peninsula.
Epic doesn't even begin to descripe this road trip! In the nordic hemisphere, it is a drive like no other.
Location: Iceland, during 1 month
Since we wanted to start our trip with massive amounts of hiking, we kicked off our roadtrip with a long drive to the Skaftafell area, the jewel in the crown of Vatnajökull National Park. As this area encompasses a breathtaking collection of mountain peaks, glaciers and lagoons, we based ourselves here for a couple of days to allow for several treks, waterfall hikes and zodiac adventures. The drive along the Ring Road towards Skaftafell transported us across stark deltas of grey glacial sand, past lost-looking farms, around the toes of craggy mountains and alongside glacier tongues.
Then we drove back towards Landeyjahöfn in South Iceland - threwing in a couple of massive waterfalls along the way - to catch the ferry to the remote Vestmannaeyja (Westmann Islands), staying on a camping ground on the island of Heimaey. For nearly a week, we did tons of trekking, beach hikes and zodiac tours. Highlights were climbing the blod-read Helgafell and Eldfell volcanoes, hikes to Blátindur, the Stafsnes ridge, the ridge of Eggjar, the Heimaklettur rocks, the Botn cliffs, the entire Dalfjall mountain and the the Storhifdi loop as well as trips to some of the other islands in the archipelago, meeting Beluga whales along the way.
Next, we moved back on mainland Iceland and explored Tingvellir National Park, did some diving at Silfra and hiked to the erupting Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula. From there we followed the Ring Road along the southern part all the way to the remote Eastern Fjords, exploring along the way: waterfalls, remote beaches, e.g. Solheimafjara and Sólheimasandur, and the natural areas around Dyrholaey, Arnardrangu, Reynisfjara, and the grottoes of Hálsanefshellir. We visited villages such as Husahafn, the Nupsstadur turf houses, Vík í Mýrdal and Höfn, and we did hikes across the Mýrdalssandur outwash plain, in the Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon, across the Vestrahorn Mountain and the Stokness Peninsula. Reaching the Skaftafell area once again, we did glacier lake treks in the Jökulsárlón lagoon area.
Reaching the beginning of the remote Eastfjords, we spent several days of slow-driving along all the fjords, visiting e.g. Mælifell beach, Djúpivogur, Berufjörður, Breiðdalsvík, Stöðvarfjörður and Reyðarfjörður, and we did hikes in the Hólmanes Nature Reserve. After soothing ourselves in the exclusive Vök Baths in Egilsstadir, we climbed down the road towards the long and deep fjord of Seyðisfjörður. Here, we stayed several days to explore the surrounding mountains, waterfalls and fjord systems, including Hjaltastadhur, Vopnafjörður, Njardhvik, Kögurviti peninsula, Njarðvíkurskriðu, the island of Hafnarhólmi and the Bakkagerðiskirkjugarður mountains. This region surely rewarded slow travel with superb vistas as our camper wagon followed the road and skirted steep-sided fjords, more black-sand beaches, broad valleys and offshore islets.
The magnificent central and northern part of Iceland was our next stop, a wonderland of moonlike lava fields, belching mudpots, epic waterfalls, snowcapped peaks and whale-filled bays. Nature's masterpieces were everywhere as we explored the Möðrudalur plateau, Dettifoss waterfall and the entire Lake Mývatn area - sitting amongst an azure-blue lake with several islands - with all its volcanoes, crater lakes, pseodu-craters, smoking volcano fields, and lunarlike landscape of mud cauldrons and spitting solfataras. We do stints along remote roads to Central Iceland and Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður NP. We then pushed north to the Húsavík region to do some whale-watching and more ice diving.
We finished our road trip in the West exploring some of Iceland's signature highlights, such as Geysir and Gullfoss, and the entire Snæfellsness Peninsula. We also do some driving to the remote Westfjords region. This long arm had splendid mountains, inland lava tubes and remote highland glaciers, and we did tons of trekking and hiking arocess the entire penesula in north, west and south.
Selected pics from Iceland:
Here with a view of Halldórsskora (Elephant Rock),Heimaey Island
The backdrop view has the islands of Álfsey, Brandur and Suðurey in sight. All of the islands were formed by submarine volcanoes around 11.000 years ago, expect for Surtsey, the archipelago's newest addition, which rose from the waves in 1963.
