====== Iceland 2009 ======
**Projet Viking 1** | Du 21/06/2009 au 13/07/2009 (23 jours)
45.188933, 5.724707, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D0 - Leaving Las Vegas...|D0 - Grenoble]]
48.87961871879027, 2.35107421875, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D0 - Leaving Las Vegas...|D0 - Paris]]
48.87961871879027, 2.35107421875, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D1 - Summer moves on|D1 - Paris]]
64.01269103995374, -22.578964233398438, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D1 - Summer moves on|D1 - Keflavík]]
64.134277, -21.895866, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D1 - Summer moves on|D1 - Reykjavík]]
64.134277, -21.895866, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D2 - Water Circle|D2 - Reykjavík]]
64.28076687404838, -20.36139965057373, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D2 - Water Circle|D2 - Geysir]]
64.32633842046215, -20.121116638183594, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D2 - Water Circle|D2 - Gullfoss]]
63.93620343360142, -21.002769470214844, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D2 - Water Circle|D2 - Selfoss]]
63.93620343360142, -21.002769470214844, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D3 - Mistake Day|D3 - Selfoss]]
63.983397387565155, -19.06681537628174, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D3 - Mistake Day|D3 - Landmannalaugar]]
63.983397387565155, -19.06681537628174, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D4 - Refuelling|D4 - Landmannalaugar]]
63.834253818607344, -20.389509201049805, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D4 - Refuelling|D4 - Hella]]
63.834253818607344, -20.389509201049805, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D5 - Improvise daginn|D5 - Hella]]
63.61574274469034, -19.975290298461914, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D5 - Improvise daginn|D5 - Seljalandsfoss]]
63.68460124136327, -19.483351707458496, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D5 - Improvise daginn|D5 - Þórsmörk]]
63.68460124136327, -19.483351707458496, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D6 - Southern transit|D6 - Þórsmörk]]
63.61574274469034, -19.975290298461914, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D6 - Southern transit|D6 - Seljalandsfoss]]
63.5285879523213, -19.515838623046875, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D6 - Southern transit|D6 - Skógafoss]]
63.48608869499743, -19.00634765625, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D6 - Southern transit|D6 - Vík]]
63.99523519297698, -17.99560546875, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D6 - Southern transit|D6 - Kirkjubaejarklaustur]]
64.01769253705906, -17.000012397766113, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D6 - Southern transit|D6 - Skaftafell]]
64.01769253705906, -17.000012397766113, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D7 - Beautiful day|D7 - Skaftafell]]
64.05245261485344, -16.360273361206055, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D7 - Beautiful day|D7 - Jökulsárlón]]
64.01769253705906, -17.000012397766113, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D8 - Under the sun|D8 - Skaftafell]]
64.05245261485344, -16.360273361206055, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D8 - Under the sun|D8 - Jökulsárlón]]
64.25272410657848, -15.205421447753906, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D8 - Under the sun|D8 - Höfn]]
64.25272410657848, -15.205421447753906, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Brand new boy|D9 - Höfn]]
65.62372305499368, -16.994476318359375, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Brand new boy|D9 - Mývatn]]
65.62372305499368, -16.994476318359375, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D10 - Magic night|D10 - Mývatn]]
65.79264250703163, -16.732177734375, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D10 - Magic night|D10 - Kráfla]]
65.62372305499368, -16.994476318359375, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D11 - Tour de France|D11 - Mývatn]]
65.64298692511426, -16.8035888671875, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D11 - Tour de France|D11 - Námajfall]]
65.62372305499368, -16.994476318359375, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D12 - No-name day|D12 - Mývatn]]
65.81065554839948, -16.36962890625, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D12 - No-name day|D12 - Dettifoss]]
66.00573538989191, -16.4849853515625, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D12 - No-name day|D12 - Ásbyrgi]]
65.70267061568188, -18.110275268554688, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D12 - No-name day|D12 - Akureyri]]
65.70267061568188, -18.110275268554688, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D13 - City zen|D13 - Akureyri]]
65.70267061568188, -18.110275268554688, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D14 - Whale watching|D14 - Akureyri]]
66.08491099733617, -17.343292236328125, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D14 - Whale watching|D14 - Husavík]]
65.70267061568188, -18.110275268554688, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D15 - Askja Day|D15 - Akureyri]]
65.67129017793107, -17.545166015625, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D15 - Askja Day|D15 - Goðafoss]]
65.18764086352971, -16.7431640625, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D15 - Askja Day|D15 - Askja]]
64.9654157575426, -16.69921875, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D15 - Askja Day|D15 - Kverkfjöll]]
64.9654157575426, -16.69921875, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D16 - Not enough words...|D16 - Kverkfjöll]]
64.64123346139151, -16.7376708984375, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D16 - Not enough words...|D16 - Vatnajökull]]
64.9654157575426, -16.69921875, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D17 - No problem day|D17 - Kverkfjöll]]
64.89034503069671, -16.3092041015625, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D17 - No problem day|D17 - Hvannalindir]]
65.70267061568188, -18.110275268554688, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D17 - No problem day|D17 - Akureyri]]
65.70267061568188, -18.110275268554688, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D18 - The mistake (III)|D18 - Akureyri]]
64.134277, -21.895866, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D18 - The mistake (III)|D18 - Reykjavík]]
64.134277, -21.895866, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D19 - Puffins day|D19 - Reykjavík]]
64.134277, -21.895866, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D20 - Blue day|D20 - Reykjavík]]
63.88271516488399, -22.443695068359375, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D20 - Blue day|D20 - Blue Lagoon]]
64.134277, -21.895866, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D21 - Last day|D21 - Reykjavík]]
63.974755825285584, -22.027587890625, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D21 - Last day|D21 - Kleifarvatn]]
63.95486444498206, -22.127838134765625, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D21 - Last day|D21 - Krisuvík]]
63.8492946584178, -22.448158264160156, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D21 - Last day|D21 - Grindavík]]
64.01269103995374, -22.578964233398438, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D21 - Last day|D21 - Keflavík]]
64.01269103995374, -22.578964233398438, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D22 - Back to France|D22 - Keflavík]]
48.87961871879027, 2.35107421875, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D22 - Back to France|D22 - Paris]]
45.188933, 5.724707, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D22 - Back to France|D22 - Grenoble]]
==== Intro ====
Once upon a time, a little french boy lost in Iceland. On his back, a bag, a camera, a pen and a log book. What else ? Three weeks and some kilometers, and, of course, lots of remembers...
==== D0 - Leaving Las Vegas...====
**21/06/2009** | Grenoble - Paris
* Left Grenoble to Paris (bye-bye mom and daddy).
* Realized my bag was quite heavy, walking from Porte d'Orléans to Montrouge.
* Had a last drink with Loïc and Sophie.
* Farewell gift: great "Orgasm donor" T-Shirt (no comment).
* Walked in the subway dressed as if I was hiking in Belledonne.
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==== D1 - Summer moves on====
**22/06/2009** | Paris - Keflavík - Reykjavík
* On the 21st of June, we celebrate the music in France... So it's impossible to sleep (because of the noise).
* Took the plane.
* Asked the air hostess for some help with Icelandic pronounciation.
* Then arrived in Iceland.
* An old man took me (without having to inch-hike) to the center of Reykjavík.
* Experimented icelandic weather: sun, rain, wind, clouds, sun again, wind again, rain again, then sun again, ...
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==== D2 - Water Circle====
**23/06/2009** | Reykjavík - Geysir - Gullfoss - Selfoss
* Was supposed to go to þingvellir.
* Decided finally to take another bus (without any reason), to Geysir and Gullfoss.
* Was a very good idea, beacause met 2 german girls and a french boy.
* Enjoyed icelandic rain.
* Saw geysers.
* Gulfoss was both beautifull and awesome.
* Had a bath under the rain in Selfoss's swimmingpool... the water was 38-40°c hot!!!
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==== D3 - Mistake Day====
**24/06/2009** | Selfoss - Landmannalaugar
* Discovered the extreme cold and lonelyness of an icelandic night.
* Understood why buses needed to have so big wheels to reach Landmannalaugar.
* Wasn't able to find food to buy there.
* So decided not to make the 3 days trek planed on my road-book.
* Didn't realize how wonderfull Landmannalaugar was (but could realize it when been back to France... Thanks to EOS 400D).
* Spent nice time with shelter's guardians (only girls LOL).
* They teached how to play KUBB (old Viking game), offered me a hot-chocolate, and invited me to have a midnight bath in hot-pots.
* Managed to tell them my name IN ICELANDIC.
* In a few word, a very-very nice day (even if quite different from what I had planed).
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==== D4 - Refuelling====
**25/06/2009** | Landmannalaugar - Hella
* Slept under the rain.
* Woke-up under the rain.
* Went hiking under the rain.
* Didn't see anything because of the rain... But guessed it must be beautiful with a beautiful weather.
* Packed my tent under the rain.
* In Hella, asked for the swimmingpool in Icelandic.
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==== D5 - Improvise daginn====
**26/06/2009** | Hella - Seljalandsfoss - Þórsmörk
* Was supposed to take the bus to Kirkjubaejarklaustur, but changed my plans at the last second (i.e. just before to the take it).
* Decided to go to Þórsmörk instead.
* On the road, stopped in Seljalandsfoss... So nice...
* Then discovered Þórsmörk, the favorite weekend place of Icelanders...
* But wasn't totally convinced by the place.
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==== D6 - Southern transit====
**27/06/2009** | Þórsmörk - Seljalandsfoss - Skógafoss - Vík - Kirkjubaejarklaustur - Skaftafell
* Had spent the entire day in the bus (principle of a transit day).
* Stopped in Kirkjubaejarklaustur...
* ... But had missed the line saying the bus service to Laki only started on July 1st.
* Mistake n°2.
* So hiked aournd Kirkjubaejarklaustur.
* Then took the bus to Skaftafell (that arrived "only" 45 minutes late).
* In Skaftafell, for the first time of my life, had a walk at 10 p.m.!
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==== D7 - Beautiful day====
**28/06/2009** | Skaftafell - Jökulsárlón
* Had a short night because of tourists' barbecues until 01:00 p.m.!
* Went to Jökulsárlón, with deception at first... But then changed my opinion, and realized it's wonderful.
* Then went hiking in Skaftafell National Park.
* Was in an Olympic form.
* Classified this day the "most beautiful of the trip".
* But had to change the ranking a few days after.
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==== D8 - Under the sun====
**29/06/2009** | Skaftafell - Jökulsárlón - Höfn
* Played with my EOS 400D in Skaftafell.
* Went down to the glacier.
* Went to Jökulsárlón again, under the sun...
* ... What made me realize how wonderfull it was.
* Then left to Höfn, kind of back to "civilization".
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==== D9 - Brand new boy====
**30/06/2009** | Höfn - Mývatn
* Took a crazy bus to reach the north.
* Enjoyed the Icelandic way of driving (at 120km/h instead of 80).
* Went on the top of a volcano, and walked around the crateria.
* Met my germans friends (of the 2nd day) again.
* Had an almost midnight bath in Mývatn Nature Baths.
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==== D10 - Magic night====
**01/07/2009** | Mývatn - Kráfla
* Spent the night drinking tea and eating Skyr.
* Went to Kráfla, an impressive volcanic site...
* ... Still steaming (20 years after the last eruption) !
* Went back by foot (15km alk).
* Washed my clothes.
* Didn't feel tired after my sleepless night.
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==== D11 - Tour de France====
**02/07/2009** | Mývatn - Námajfall
* Rode around the lakkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
* Went to the top of a big mountain.
* Saw the awesome Námajfall, with its boiling mudpools and steaming.
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==== D12 - No-name day====
**03/07/2009** | Mývatn - Dettifoss - Ásbyrgi - Akureyri
* Left Mývatn with regrets.
* Went to Dettifoss, the largest waterfall in Europe in terms of volume discharge. God!
* Almost did not take any pictures, because batteries were empty... But, hopefully, had rescue batteries...
* Enjoyed some minutes in paradise in Ásbyrgi (... so short...).
* Arrived in Akureyri, biggest town of North Iceland...
* Spent the evening in bars...
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==== D13 - City zen====
**04/07/2009** | Akureyri
* Was tired.
* So took time to visit Akureyri.
* Had a very long discussion with an Austrian guy and to two Germans.
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==== D14 - Whale watching====
**05/07/2009** | Akureyri - Husavík
* Went on a whale watching safari.
* ... But the sea was too strong to see more than... waves!
* Was really fun.
* Visited the phallus musuem.
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==== D15 - Askja Day====
**06/07/2009** | Akureyri - Goðafoss - Askja - Kverkfjöll
* Started my 3 days excursion to the depth of Iceland.
* Met 2 Americans, 1 German, 1 Swiss and 1 Italian.
* Saw Goðafoss waterfall.
* Did not find it as nice as it's say.
* Went to Askja volcano.
* Had a bus accident on the "road" to Kverkfjöll.
* Had to wait 2 hours for the rescue team in the middle of nowhere.
* Learned my new friends to play french-game "pétanque".
* Finally, managed to reach Kverkfjöll shelter.
* Heared the deepest silence I've ever heared.
* Was so strong that I'm still dreaming of it.
* Decided it was the most beautiful day of the trip...
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==== D16 - Not enough words...====
**07/07/2009** | Kverkfjöll - Vatnajökull
* Went to Vatnajökull, the largest glacier in Europe.
* Put crampoons.
* Got roped.
* Walked 4 hours on the ice... to finally reach a hotspot in the middle of the glacier.
* Sky was clear.
* Decided it was the most beautiful place on the Earth.
* It must be.
* Coudn't cross the river because of the too strong melted ice stream.
* Had to wait (again) for the rescue team for 2 hours...
* Played "who's the deakler" with my new friends.
* Was definitely the most wonderfull day of the trip.
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==== D17 - No problem day====
**08/07/2009** | Kverkfjöll - Hvannalindir - Akureyri
* Leaved Vatnajökull.
* Didn't have any problem that day!
* Came back to Akureyri.
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==== D18 - The mistake (III)====
**09/07/2009** | Akureyri - Reykjavík
* Missed the bus to Kjölur.
* Could have caught it if had run... But was too tired.
* So took the bus to Reykjavík instead.
* Boring day.
* Played with my camera in Reykjavík harbour.
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==== D19 - Puffins day====
**10/07/2009** | Reykjavík
* Visited Reykjavík.
* Saw puffins.
* Played tic-tac-toe against myself.
* Didn't win.
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==== D20 - Blue day====
**11/07/2009** | Reykjavík - Blue Lagoon
* Visited Reykjavík cathedral.
* Spent great time in the mythic Blue Lagoon.
* Got out with a baby skin...
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==== D21 - Last day====
**12/07/2009** | Reykjavík - Kleifarvatn - Krisuvík - Grindavík - Keflavík
* Didn't sleep beacause of the huge party next to the campsite.
* Visited Reykjanes...
* ... With a wonderful Toyota Yaris!
* Great sun for great remembrance.
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==== D22 - Back to France====
**13/07/2009** | Keflavík - Paris - Grenoble
* Got back to France.
* Would have prefered to stay in Iceland.
* So wonderful hollidays...
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