This is the most beautiful place in Iceland – Hveradalir geothermal area.
less than 24 hours
after returning
from the last adventure
a new one awaited
but first, laundry
and second, brunch
with all the lovely people
who are now across Iceland
and one even beyond
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Reykjavik had another rare day
of everchanging weather
which we enjoyed
with the last ice cream
of the foreseeable future
picked up 6 volunteers
of the first full camp
of this year
sadly not with a super jeep
but a minivan and trailer
and headed towards nothing
in the uninhabited
central Highlands of Iceland
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the wildest camp
started in the wildest possible way
halfway up the 2-hour gravel road
our trailer with luggage
lost it’s back side
and half of the luggage
landed somewhere on road F347
no one noticed, until we arrived
at our new home, in Kerlingarfjöll
my dear co-camp leader
joined the driver in a super jeep
to find the bag of pastries
and other valuables
everything was found
dropped off in a different place
with the package of seaweed
the first to fall
and a jar of truffle mayo
the hardest to find
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after the reunion
we settled in our new home
for the next two weeks
a hut in a valley
with ice cold running water
electricity that can’t handle
the stove and heater on
at the same time
a view of the river, mountains
and for the first few days
the French film crew
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apparently men’s perfume
needs a commercial
and quarantine of 20 people
in the most inaccessible
location in Iceland
it’s a different place
after the generator
of their catering truck
was removed from the premises
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now we spend our days
cleaning last year’s tourists’
leftovers from the camping area
repairing hiking trails
by creating occasionally successful
drainage channels, placing poles
but mainly fighting
all kinds of weather conditions
as the Slovenian and Brazilian said
they wouldn’t even consider
leaving the house in this weather
we volunteer to suffer
and honestly, it’s lovely
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in our free time
we hope for better weather
spend our evenings and nights
in a hot pool inside a canyon
make life plans, and burn our faces
hiking around in sun and snow
we conquered a baby glacier
on boots and cod liver oil
one of the best experiences
of my life so far
thank you for being crazy ❤️
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I still don’t own hiking boots
and broke my boot’s lace
on our first day here
everything I lack in equipment
I make up with motivation
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we have four weeks to go
Inspiratsiookean 