Iceland is indeed fantastic! Was there with the bikes in 2011. Would love to go back. We camped most of the time. Costed very little money and we bought food in stores and cooked our own food most of the time.


The landscape goes from looking like you´re on the moon to very green and beautiful.


Petrol station on Iceland....




Totally amazing to see steam coming out of the ground as you ride by.....

We stayed in Reykjavik for two nights but that was actually the less interesting part of the trip. A very small "big" city but it looks rather much like any other city in Europe. The countryside is soo much more interesting. We decided to try some traditional icelandic food while in Reykjavik and we found this place. Said "Traditional Icelandic dishes" on the sign.



And what was the name of the place? "Tabasco´s - Mexican bar and grill".We did not enter....

We arrived at Seyðisfjörður where we met up our fantastic islandic friends learned to know the year before. And then we went up to Akureyn via Myvatn and some other places. And then we went up on the highlands and visited Dimmuborgir, Godafoss, Geysir and Thingvellir before heading down to Reykjavik. We took the southern ring road back to Seyðisfjörður. VERY windy at times along the southern ring road. We almost blew off the bikes when coming over the hill down to Vik. Very close call. And extremely foggy out east. Could hardly see 20 meters if even that far. But Iceland was fantastic. I would actually recommend to go off at Faroe Islands and drive around there for a couple of days and take the next ferry to Iceland. The Faroe Islands was also a great (!!) visit and the two and a half days (if I don´t remember wrong) that you get if you drive off the ferry in Tórshavn and then take the next ferry to Iceland is rather enough time to drive around on the main islands on the Faroe Islands.

This is the route we took.....





Forgot to turn the Spot tracker on for some days so the route from Fljótsdalshérað, Myvatn, Akureyn towards Varmahlíð is unfortunately not on the map. Sorry for that. But we did not take the northern ring road for much of that ride. Took a more southern route over the northern highlands if I don´t remember things wrong. Have to ask Unnur and Högni who guided us around. Wonderful people indeed. Iceland is fantastic!!

//J

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Excellent; thanks. The first thing I've learned is that Seyðisfjörður is on the east side of the island! Where's that, "Planning: is it really necessary?" thread?

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lol Yeah Seyðisfjörður is pretty much on the opposite side of the island than Reykjavik. Iceland is actually a bigger island than one can imagine when looking at a map. Takes at least 10 hours to go from Seyðisfjörður to Reykjavik on a bike on a sunny day. The southern ring road is around 720 kilometers and the northern ring road is pretty much the same distance. Go across the island over the highlands takes lots (!!) longer. Iceland is fantastic and very diverse. We choose to drive off the ferry in Torshavn to spend three days on the Faroe Islands and then we took the next ferry three days later to Iceland. Spent 7 days on Iceland but could easily spend another week there. Lots to see. But one week was good enough for a first visit. Can´t see anything at once since we won´t have a reason to go back then.....

The Faroe Islands are also well worth a visit. Three days there was actually perfect. Just enough time to see the main islands and a good warm up to Iceland.





Beautiful....

Cheers//Jan

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I've just spent an hour or so reading the advrider trip report and now want to go more than ever, all my mates are married or have kids though and can no way get a pass for a week or two.

Is anyone still planning to go? I'm tempted (When I get around to replacing my recently sold 650GS with an 800GS) which may be as soon as this weekend.

Hey Hellboy,

I'm pretty sure we met near the Blunda power station at N65.16 W19.73. This should be you (not the sheep, the riders):


... and this was us:


Here's more about our trip: Planless on Iceland - ADVrider

Anyway, I'm considering another Iceland trip this summer - Wanna meet?


Greetings,

Pip

Ha ha ha! Yeah that is us. Good fun. I recall you as well had stickers from Motocamp Bulgaria and Balkans Orange Adventures etc on your bikes. I and my gf met our islandic friends Unnur and Högni at the motocamp two years earlier and that was basicly the reason for us being on Iceland. And then you guys showed up with the same stickers on your bikes as we had on ours.... Gave us a giggle I recall. Good fun to find you here as well. Small world....

All the best and ride safe.

Sincerely//Jan

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