Iceland, 4: Coastal Scenes And a Beautiful Gorge

Our fourth day in Iceland continued along the southern coast and then turned inland for a beautiful gorge.

Coastal scenes by Dyrholaey and Reynisfjara

Definitely hang on to your hat territory

Black pebble beach; most of the "beaches" we saw in Iceland
were black, like some in New Zealand...the recent volcanic origin

Famous basalt columns at Reynisfjara; we'd see
plenty more around the island

The Fjadrargljufur gorge; about a kilometer long
and several hundred meters deep; dug out into
the heath by river action from a lagoon and
retreating glacier

The terrain

Gorgeous gorge; we stayed that night at a private campground
in Kirkjubaejarklauster, somehow passing a whole day and night
without car/camper trouble