This day was another hiking day instead of a driving one. Looking at the map apps on the phone, I noticed there’s a glacier nearby, the Fláajökull Glacier and I hoped I could touch yet another glacier. The hike was nice and easy at the beginning, through very green areas, but as I got closer to the glacier, it got rockier, and colder (which was not surprising because I was approaching a block of ice visible from space). I only saw 8 other people on this hike; there was an older German couple who were also camping at my campsite, and I met a Spanish couple by the glacier.
I managed to get real close to the glacier, and took some pictures. There was a crevasse that I could see the side of, and I asked a fellow hiker to take a picture of me very close to it. During the glacier lake tour the day before, the tour guide explained to everyone how glaciers are unstable and parts can break any time. So I was approaching the giant hanging piece of ice with caution, but I hoped it would stay there long enough for me to take a picture, and it did…
I walked back to the campsite, had a nap in the car, drove to Höfn to get groceries, and drove to the next guesthouse because I needed another good night’s sleep. The guesthouse, Hólmur, was actually just “around the corner”, and the glacier I visited earlier that day is located on land owned by the owners of this guesthouse. The area around Höfn also looks interesting, but I didn’t explore it, I guess I was really tired that day.