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11/1/2015 at 5:35pm
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Not first hand knowledge but is this any good?
http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/icelan1/f/eloutleticeland.htm
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12/1/2015 at 8:02am
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Take one of these and then you're covered
Adaptor Linky
and while you're at it buy This
and THAT
I never thought that I would ever need them but got them "just in case" - now used all three adaptors at one time or another
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12/1/2015 at 12:55pm
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You'll love it. We were there in October and we're going back in May.
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12/1/2015 at 9:53pm
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We were there in 2013, not in a camper. Main roads around cities and towns were fully metalled, but side roads were gravel/dust. Local hire car companies will charge for dust and grit damage to paintwork which can get whipped up when the wind blows which is an indication of what the roads are like.
For an idea of scale, the road trip from Reyjavik in the south west to Akureyri half way along the north coast takes at least 6 hours. The east and south east coasts are almost uninhabited.
If the ferry stops in the Faroes consider paying the islands a visit and try and get your head around how people manage to live there.
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13/1/2015 at 7:50am
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I should have mentioned we didn't take the Motorhome. We did look into it but there was no provision in the winter timetable. The main reason we went in October was to see the switching on of the Peace Tower.
We did a lot of travelling, car hire is cheap and we found the roads to be excellent. We had a good idea of where we wanted to go and even in the winter travelling to Landmannalaugar, Myrdalsjökull Glacier Park, Skaftafell Ice Cave, Vatnajökull National Park, Blue Lagoon, Grindavík and the Gullfoss Waterfall was no problem.
Wild camping seemed to be in abundance, mainly caravans, but we never visited any sites.
For our visit this May we did look into ferries but in my opinion it was totally uneconomic, about 4 nights from leaving the uk to arriving in Iceland. When the fare reached over £2,000 not including the Motorhome, we stopped looking! In October travelling to Edinburgh, flying to Reyjavick, 7 nights in a 4 star city centre hotel, back to Edinburgh, 1 night in a travel lodge ( to get 8 nights free parking) was less than £2,000. No contest.
You'll love it. The only thing that takes a while to getting used to was the sulphur smell in the water. Drinking water, showers, no difference. It stinks! But doesn't linger.
Have fun.
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13/1/2015 at 10:15am
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It all depends on what you want. If you want to go snowboarding down a glacier, climb a volcano, kayak in white water, which I would have done at age 27, a 4x4 would be vital. At 67 though, good roads and footpaths are a must, so you're retired I'm guessing you would like very much to do the same as me.
October was bitterly cold, but it's a 'nice' cold. We went whale watching twice and although it was below zero, it was great. To travel to the east where the major sights are, for us anyway, you cross the mountains that protect Reyjavick City from the worst of the weather, then it can be a bit dramatic.
The reason we're going back in May us to experience the midnight sun and to cross into the Arctic Circle. Neither of which we could do in the winter.
If I can be of any more help, just give me a shout.
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