Travel Reports and Pictures – Reiseberichte und Bilder
22.08. Hemra – Hólaskjól (32km, 4:08h)
I start a little earlier than Martin, which is already part of our daily routine, and ride north. The wind was extremely strong and cold, I wear all my clothing and slowly I make progress. The most important thing is not aiming to high on that day. Already the day [...]
15.08. Egilsstaðir – Grófargerði (22km, 2:12h)
697km back to Reykjavík the sign when leaving Egilsstaðir tells you. For me it was a feeling like turning around, being half way!
Out of Egilsstaðir again strong wind, this time from the west, it gave me a hard time. After one hour of riding the wind got so strong, that [...]
04.08. Blönduós – Varmahlíð (55km)
Good wind in the morning pushes us inland and we are riding fast and making progress. But then we need to slow down an other 400m climb is waiting. On the other side we ride down to Varmahlíð trough heavy rain showers till we find the campsite. There is a hot [...]
27.07. Innsbruck – Keflavík
So than! Here I am sitting, a little stressed but fine, at Munich Airport waiting for my flight. All is organized and checking my bicycle in, packed into two different boxes (the wheels were to big for the bike box) was no problem. The heavy luggage guys are pretty easy going. The [...]
This was the first time I wrote a travel diary and I want to tell some Iceland stories and also want to give hints and tips about travelling there by bicycle. As the people from Iceland have over a hundred words for snow, they might also have a hundred words for road conditions. For myself [...]
Stages and Distances
I was basically cycling around the island so I ended up on the Ring Road (“RR”) or Rod Nr. 1 very often. After a few gravel sections (marked on the list wit a “gr”) I got used to it and so Martin and I took other options more inland. On the right hand [...]
Faces of Iceland
A cycling tour that I once planed to do on my own, became a entertaining and amusing trip trough Iceland. On the first day of my journey I met Martin a Swedish guy from Gothenburg. After a little chitchat on Campsite Alex we decided to go together to Reykjavik the capitol city of [...]