IvanMF
SUV= essential in Iceland
The Askja caldera is one of the most amazing places I have visited. Getting there is not easy. You take the turnoff from Highway 1, and you will see asign appears next to the gas station at 280 km. The track is in bad condition, and it is 110 km of this road to get to Askja. An SUV is mandatory, because you must wade rivers. Bu it is worth the car. Once we arrived at the parking we had to walk 2,5 km on a desert landscape, which seems to go back to the days of black and white on TV, are the only colors around the way. The white snow and black ash. But at the boiler you have to rub your eyes, your senses seem to be fooled.
Something strange in front of you. Yes, well, a steaming cauldron of green inside the crater of a volcano, but behind the deepest lake in Iceland mountains reflecting in symmetry and perfect clarity. It seems that the view fool you. In this place you realize the power of nature. The Viti crater was formed about 150 years ago, and say that the explosion was so impressive, that pieces of rock came to Europe. In the small boiler you can swim because the water is about 25 °, were actually said, but it rained, and the descent to the boiler is very steep and was muddy. It was complicated. Behind, it seems as overlay, the lake and commented, Öskjuvatn. It is the deepest lake in Iceland with 220 meters. If you go to Iceland, it is essential. To get there, SUV = Essential in Iceland
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