Sick...

Trip Start Jun 04, 2011
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Trip End Jun 14, 2011


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Flag of Iceland  , East,
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Getting sick is not fun at the best of times, but when your on a trip it's extremely frustrating. After only three hours sleep I woke up feeling like crap with a pretty nasty cold. I guess walking along beaches at 1am in the morning whilst photographing little icebergs when the temperature is only 1 degree (Celsius) and your also getting volcanic ash sprayed into your face by the gale force winds is not the smartest thing to do health wise. Who would have thunk it eh?

Due to feeling crap I pretty much spent most of the day in the hotel room. I took a couple little quick trips to the Skaftafell National Park shops to grab a sandwich and to quickly check out the mountains. the winds were amazingly strong at times and throwing ash all around yet again. most people smartly had masks on. I went and briefly checked out one of the main glacial tongues in Skaftafell. It was the same one (Svinafellsjokull) that I'd done the glacial walk on last year. It was just way blacker and covered with ash this time.
Skaftafell
Skaftafell
 
I only took a handful of photos as the wind was just too crazy and spent the rest of the day watching movies and reading whilst trying to feel better. thankfully, I have also managed to finally get a good sleep in. 13hrs of it! Which has made my cold feel a little better. Heading further east towards Hofn today. Will see what happens along the way.
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