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 | On my way to Krafla power station | Next day I have scheduled a roundtrip to the volcanic area Krafla a few kilometres to the East. Unfortunately to get there I have to cross that little but steep pass again. From the west side the climb is a lot longer and it is now that I realise how steep it actually is. At the other side I take the side road to the north where I can already see the huge steam vents in the hills a few kilometres further on. I find out that it is further away than I thought it would be and the seven kilometres that was mentioned at the very beginning of this road is only as far as the power station.
I pass along ugly buildings and pipes while steam vents escape with the roaring noise of several jet engines. Just after passing the last building the road climbs with a terrible 16 percent over several hundred meters up the lava plain. I continue to the far end of this road at the small crater lake called Vítí. I take a short tour around the lake to see the bubbly mud pools at the far side of the crater. After this I returned to the car park I have passed before to make a hike on the lava fields.  | The 1984 lava flow is still hot and smoking | I walk through fascinating lava formations with colours ranging from greenish grey to deep black. Though I am more of a biker than a hiker I walk around for over more than two hours before I return to my bike. On my way back to the camping site I make a short stop at the thermal area at the foot of the by now notorious Námasskarđ pass. There is not so much to see here but more bubbling mud and steam. Some stupid tourist walks through the steam of a fumerol and finds out that the steam is not just hot and smelly but also contains a lot of acid according to the large holes that spontaneously form Gore-Tex jacket. He may not look at it that way but he is lucky that at least he wore the jacket. |
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