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  Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Iceland-Lake Mývatn to Akureyri with Northern Lights in Skagafjörður Well, it's Wednesday and it's our last night in Iceland away from the light scatter of Reykjavik.  The skies this morning are gray and partly cloudy but there are a few breaks visible. The Aurora Forecast is for cloudless skies this evening.  Lake Mývatn So we all set off from  Hotel Laxá , which would have been the perfect place for Northern Lights viewing but the cloud cover was too thick. It even snowed a little overnight. We're still in the  Lake Mývatn area and out first stop after breakfast is the Skútustaðagígar Craters. Skútustaðagígar  pseudocraters The Skútustaðagígar Craters are found in the Lake Mývatn area, which is very volcanic, being in close proximity to the Krafla volcano system. The nature of the lake itself and the volcanism of the region both led to the creation of these unusual formations. During an eruptions, lava ran across the a...

  Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Iceland-East Fjords, Djúpivogur, Waterfalls, Geothermal Field, Mývatn We're up early for breakfast at the Hótel Framtíð  which is located in the small fishing village of Djúpivogur. The rainy October weather has finally caught up with us.  But the forecast looks good after today. We drive around the peninsula and see some of the salmon fish pens. We're also treated to a couple of seals, who look just as interested in us as we are of them. John Paul, our Nordic Visitor guide, tells us we are in the oldest part of Iceland. Rocks have been dated to 18 million years ago. Our first stop is at Nykurhylsfoss that is also called Sveinsstekksfoss or even Fossárdafoss. It's a hidden waterfall on the Fossá river in the area of Fossárdalur in the eastern part of Iceland outside of Djúpivogur. Local legends say that there is a petrified troll woman here at the falls. Can you find her? Up the road we stop for some sheep photo ops. After some time ...