Wednesday, our stop was at the small villiage of Djupivogur which is in the south-east part of Iceland. It has a population of about 460 people, It is mainly a fishing village located on the Hamarsfjordur. Our excursion today was "Djupivogur and Nature Walk".
another gray morning as we head towards Djupivogur across the south coast of Iceland
very rugged mountains. This is at the mouth of the short fjord
a small waterfall and farm
this fish farm raises salmon
This is another tender port
The hotel
Lupine flowers all over the place
on our nature walk
this pyramid shaped mountains is called Bulandstindur
the white flowers are call Icelandic cottongrass
some of the houses have interesting yard decorations
back to the town center
a shop with some interesting dis[plays
the National Geographic Explorer was also in port
a display of granite eggs around a bay, They represent the eggs of the many birds that can be found in the area
the view from a hill
I stopped for a local beer
the second oldest building in town houses a restaurant
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