This area of Iceland is not visited as frequently by tourists although it is quite beautiful. But the roads are a little dicey — sometimes the paving just ends for a while and then you are driving on dirt or gravel. The roads truly hug the coastline so there are twists and turns and switchbacks all over, no shoulders and often fairly steep drops. The only safety feature is metal poles every 25 feet or so. Another odd feature of Iceland roads is the tunnels through geologic features that are not quite mountains but far bigger than hills. These tunnels can go on for two or three miles and today the tunnel had only one lane although it was a two way road. Turn-outs every 150 feet or so prevent head-ons. Given the dust we were happy to find that the gas station in Isafjordur had hose/brushes so that we could rinse the car and not get filthy every time we touched it.

It is difficult to capture the majesty of the terrain in this area but . .

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We stopped at the Dynjandi waterfall which was really a series of falls . . .

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Then stopped in a town, Bildudalur, to visit the Sea Monster Museum (there are some very unusual museums in Iceland) which chronicled four different types of sea monsters that have been “seen” in the area. The best part were the testimonials of people who claimed to see these things. I’m not sure any of the eye witnesses saw this one.    

Iceland has the best fish and chips, and the only restaurant in Bildudalur was no exception.