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dharmabum222 Says: day pack sturdy hiking boots & rain gear a good zoom to photograph the puffins BINOCULARS! I spotted a giant harbor seal through mine!
dharmabum222 Says: We asked someone in the information center where the best spot was to see puffins and she told us to head out to Storhofdi. She said that if you had a lot of...
dharmabum222 Says: Just walking around the town of Heimaey is an adventure, the landscape is a contrast of lava, small purple flowers, houses and storefronts and oddly shaped...
Vilberg Bakery: Breakfast in Heimaey
dharmabum222 Says: We arrived a little tired from our 2 mile walk to town and starving as our flight was at 7:30 am and too early for breakfast before departure. We walked the...
globetrott Says: ...and don't forget your binoculars - you may see plenty of sea-birds when entering the port
globetrott Says: Under reconstruction
Some of the houses are totally...
globetrott Says: Some of the houses are totally covered by lava, some could be entered now by the roof-window ! The lava is of course extremely hard now and cannot be removed. -...
globetrott Says: Under reconstruction
The church and the cimetery of...
globetrott Says: The church and the cimetery of Heimaey are covered already with a thick layer of tephra ! Our ship had to anchor outside the port and tenders took us ashore
The best way is to simply fly...
Juju_of_Lyra Says: The best way is to simply fly and or take a ferry...The flight last around 30 minutes from the Reykjavik airport and there are only two per day! So make sure...
globetrott Says:
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Alot of people, alot of noise, slow service... it is just a part of the deal. Crazy Bananas. Pizza with pepperoni, bananas and blue cheese. MMmmmmm.... my...
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The Westman Islands-being built
Heimaey is a rugged but sleepy little fishing town on the largest of the Westman Islands by the same name. This island was made famous for it's near destruction during the 5 month volcanic eruption of...
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Vestmannaeyja -just one of my lousy old pages ;-((
At some of our cruises we also came to Heimaey on the Westman Islands. In January 23rd, 1973 an eruption of a new volcano began.All inhabitants of the Vestman islands had been informed about the...
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During my brief stay on Vestmannaeyjar I climbed up to a dormant volcano and went on a search to find Keiko (the killer whale that does'nt want to be on his own)...I was encouraged to eat those cute...
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