Iceland 2009
A Bicycle Tour in Iceland: The West Fjords and clockwise around Route 1 (the Ring Road)
We did this tour in June 2009. The interior routes were still closed but the West Fjords and the Ring Road were challenging enough for us.
Some facts and figures about our trip
The West
1st June: Keflavik - Borgarnes (155 km)
2nd June: Borgarnes - Flókalundur (111 km)
The West Fjords
3rd June: Flókalundur - Ísafjörður (119 km)
4th June: Ísafjörður - Heydalur (136 km)
5th June: Heydalur - Hólmavík (93 km)
6th June: Hólmavík - Staðurskáli (114 km)
The North
7th June: Staðurskáli - Varmahlíð (134 km)
8th June: Varmahlíð - Akureyri (96 km)
9th June: Akureyri - Reykjahlíð (Mývatn) (106 km)
10th June: Reykjahlíð (Mývatn) - Day trip to Krafla (36 km)
11th June: Reykjahlíð (Mývatn) - Egilsstaðir (168 km)
The East
12th June: Egilsstaðir - Breiðdalsvík (83 km)
13th June: Breiðdalsvík - Djúpivogur (65 km)
14th June: Djúpivogur - Ferry to Papey (0 km)
15th June: Djúpivogur - Höfn (104 km)
16th June: Höfn - Svinafell (near Skaftafell) (130 km)
17th June: Svinafell - Kirkjubæjarklaustur (74 km)
The South
18th June: Kirkjubæjarklaustur - Skógar (107 km)
19th June: Skógar - Fluðir (115 km)
20th June: Fluðir - Laugarvatn (71 km)
21st June: Laugarvatn - Selfoss (71 km)
Reykjanes
22nd June: Selfoss - Grindavík (93 km)
23rd June: Grindavík - Keflavík (24 km)
24th, 25th and 26th June: Reykjavík, Keflavík and going home
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