Glacier kayak - V was unsure about how this would go but we had a good time. The guides gave a safety talk and suited us up in a dry suit at the office of this outfit. Then they took us in a van to the glacier lake Heinabergslon. It is a lake fed by melting glacier and has icebergs breaking from the glacier. The guides warned us about the wind saying that we may have to shorten our trip. After another talk about kayaking and safety, we got into the water. There was ice on the lake near the shore telling us that the water was freezing cold. We had to make sure not to topple over. Even with the dry suit, that would have been bad. After about 30 minutes we stopped behind an iceberg sheltered from the wind. The guide decided to shorten our trip and make us turn back to the shore. We got back safely without any incident. It was fun even though it was shortened and we didn’t get to walk on the glacier. In the end, they refunded our money because of the shortened trip which was quite unnecessary as we did some activity and had fun.




Glacier Lagoon and Diamond Beach - The glacier lagoon known as Jokullsarlon is much bigger than the lake where we kayaked. It is fed by multiple glaciers and is also connected to the ocean. That makes its water blue compared to other glacier lakes that are milky due to the silt coming from glaciers. Huge icebergs were floating in the lagoon and some were moving and making their way out to the ocean. In the parking lot for Glacier Lagoon, there were food trucks. We had fish and chips and a lobster roll for lunch. After lunch, we drove to the other side of the stream that connected the lagoon to the ocean to walk on Diamond Beach. Pieces of ice get washed up on the beach as the icebergs melt and they look like diamonds on a sunny day. The weather was nice and we had a nice walk on the beach.






After the walk, we drove to Kirkjubaejarklaustur and to our hotel Klaustur for the night. It is a really nice hotel probably the best we stayed at on the Ring Road so far. Went to the happy hour at the bar. Had a gin cocktail with pine needle extract. It was interesting. Planned out our activities for the next two days. Reserved a ferry ride to the Westman Islands. We had dinner at the restaurant here. Arctic char for me and V had cod. The almond cake with ice cream dessert was OK.