Dettifoss

Tuesday September 27
Leaving Myvatn, we headed to the mighty Dettifoss, spotting its plume of spray across the lava field. The volume of water plunging over its edge (193 cu meter/sec), makes it the largest waterfall in Europe. A storm in itself, with thunder and rain, Dettifoss was magical when the rainbows appeared.

Travelling to Höfn on the southeast coast, we passed through the amazing mountains and valleys of the east. It was a booklet of postcards complete with mountain shelter.

We stopped so many times for pictures that it was almost sunset when we reached the Viking Cafe, whose proprietor charged for access to Stokksnes, a black sand beach rimmed in golden hued sea oats - the first I have seen here. The beach was strewn with mussel shells and the mountains illuminated by the sunset.

Höfn, renown for their local langoustine, was a few miles further and the perfect place to eat dinner. For starters, we had the langoustine in a light tempura with a delicious chili mayonnaise and for our main course, grilled langoustine. The small lobsters were sweet, tender and delicious and there are no pictures - we were too hungry!