Kanga And Wombats Adventures

26.10.19

8am. Sunrise.

On the most perfect of days, blue skies and NO wind, we took some time to explore our surroundings.

Snaefellsjokull clear as a bell. Wow!

Budir church.

And Budir hotel. It cost so much, it was worth a few pics!

Borgarnes is one of the original settlement areas for the first Icelanders, sitting on the edge of Borgarfjordur. It is also the home and heart of one of the most famous Sagas, Egil’s Saga.

Briefly, (maybe not), Kveldulfur who fled Norway after a falling out with the king, (sound familiar?), died on the voyage back to Iceland and instructed his son Egill Skallaggrimur to throw his coffin overboard. Wherever the coffin came ashore would be their family home. Yep, Borgarnes!

Egill grew up to be a fierce and creative individual. Killed his first adversary at aged 7, raided Ireland, England and Denmark and in between all that wrote eloquent poetry. As I said, sound familiar?

Seems to be a theme running here….violent men who have a soft creative side!

Anyway, this is where Egill’s nanny Porgerdur bit the dust after she tried to save him from his father who was trying to kill him!

She threw herself into the fjord, never to be seen again.

And this cairn marks the final resting spot of Egill and his dad. Apparently!

The Sagas are so weird I’m starting to think the Northern Lights may have caused these guys to hallucinate!

We took the long route to Laugarvatn, pretty much circumnavigating Hvalfjordur, where both the British and USA had naval bases in WWll. R&R must have been interesting!

As we hadn’t seen a waterfall today, it was timely that we stumbled across Porufoss, totally hidden from the main road.

For GOT fans, this was where Drogon felt a bit peckish and devoured a few goats (Season 4).

Our little cabin for the night overlooked a wide valley with Burfell far away in the distance.

As it was a completely clear night, we were hoping for another light show.

Thank you mother nature!