Author Archives: Alive and Trekking

Which Way photo challenge – February 19 2021

Another week, another Which Way photo challenge! All are welcome and if you want to join in, here’s the badge. The Which Way photo challenge is all about capturing the roads, walks, trails, rails, steps, signs, etc. we move from one place to another on.  You can walk on them, climb them, drive them, rideContinueContinue reading “Which Way photo challenge – February 19 2021”

The essence of ice

Ice contains no future, just the past, sealed away. As if they’re alive, everything in the world is sealed up inside, clear and distinct. Ice can preserve all kinds of things that way – cleanly, clearly. That’s the essence of ice, the role it plays – Haruki Murakami

Vík í Mýrdal, Skaftareldahraun and Kirkjubæjarklaustur

We briefly stopped in Vík í Mýrdal for a shopping break (big Icewear store, I love outdoor clothes!) and a quick visit to the gorgeous black sand beach. The weather was stunning! I’m sure it was a bit windy and a bit chilly, but with clear skies like these, how can you go wrong? WeContinueContinue reading “Vík í Mýrdal, Skaftareldahraun and Kirkjubæjarklaustur”

Which Way photo challenge – February 12 2021

Another week, another Which Way photo challenge! All are welcome and if you want to join in, here’s the badge. The Which Way photo challenge is all about capturing the roads, walks, trails, rails, steps, signs, etc. we move from one place to another on.  You can walk on them, climb them, drive them, rideContinueContinue reading “Which Way photo challenge – February 12 2021”

Reign of beauty

Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens; no sorrows live there anymore, and therefore joy is not necessary; beauty alone reigns here, beyond all demands – Halldór Laxness

Puffins and a gorgeous black sand beach

Reynisfjara, for me one of the highlights of my travels through Iceland. It was windy and -again- there were a lot of people of which quite many were climbing the basalt columns, which made it basically impossible to get a clean shot. But it was so beautiful and I’d happily return to this stunning placeContinueContinue reading “Puffins and a gorgeous black sand beach”