10 international volenteers from Japan, Spain, France, USA, Belgium and Italy are in Hvammstangi, Iceland from the 17th to the 31th of July to make a difference. They will be working on environmental tasks: cleaning the beach, making a hiking path and doing gardening work. They will also be getting closely involved in the local festival, Unglist, where they will contribute with their ideas and talents in music, art, theatre and dance.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Hiking over a mountain :)

It was time for some hiking – or as it turned out, a 5 hour shortcut to Hvammstangi taking us over the mountain!






















The trip had a dramatic start: we met a herd of horses who ‘stormed’ towards us:



















And what did we do, as naïve city people? PANIC! Were these creatures going to push us over the rim of the cliff, and plunge us into a 30 meter fall-of-death? AAAARRRGHHH. The ‘horsies’ were in fact just curious, in a somewhat overwhelming up-in-your-face-let-me-smell-you way. And thanks to Laure, the French girl who was brave enough to confront these animals calmly, we didn’t jump off the cliff in panic! And off they were, the horses and the city people with pounding hearts, reminded of what nature is all about.


Beautiful scenery!

















Why is Iceland not Greenland and vice versa?















Oh yes…snow in the midst of summer! After a short exchange of ice and snowballs we continued our hike.

















A strange and eerie landscape on the top of the mountain.



















































An amazing sunset greets us in Hvammstangi!




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