weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

I continue on my selected route right next to the continuously winding coastline which brings new "Ahh" moments around each of the many bends in the road. The beauty of this coastline just cannot be adequately expressed. At the point of heading into Faskrudsfjördur I am now at the easternost part of my journey and very close to the easternmost part of Iceland. (Faskrudsfjördur is not marked on my map but it is just above Djupivogur, clearly at the easternmost point of my drive). Instead of doing one more loop around the last peninsula, I choose to take a relatively newly built tunnel for the final stretch to Reydarfjördur before heading into Egilsstadir.

EGILSSTADIR has a population of 2,500 and is the capital town of Austurland. It is a fairly young town, even by Icelandic standards, established only in 1947 as a service center for the region and is named after a nearby farm. It is located at a strategic point on the banks of the Lagarfljot river where the only bridge crosses the river and where all the main roads of the region meet, bisecting Route 1, the "Ring Road" on which I am traveling.

Notes:
My trip introduction in set 1 provides a MAP of the tour plus general information. Please use the link below if you would like to review these:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-667725-1.html

To view earlier posts of this series, access my profile via the link below, then click on the figure behind "# of topics created" for the list of posts:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-profile?usernum=45105

Thanks for visiting, I recommend viewing the downloads and look forward to your comments and questions.
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1 - Light and shadow play at Berufjördur

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2 - Rocky splendour above Berufjördur - note the slim, narrow peak

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3 - Upturned thumb on this mountain!

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4 - Mountains and the sea at the inner reach of Berufjördur

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5 - Stratified mountain slope near Berufjördur

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6 - Green expanse and the endless horizon at Berufjördur

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7 - Eastern coast line

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8 - Town of Faskrudsfjördur on the fjord with the same name

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9 - Heavy equipment at work on the road at Faskrudsfjördur

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10 - Southern entrance to the Faskrudsfjördur tunnel, with a length of 5.8 km, opened in 2005, connecting Faskrudsfjördur in the south to Reydarfjördur in the north

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Ourspolair

Another beautifully captured series. You have a real talent for this. Please stay well and keep on sharing your excellent work

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Neat!
(I found the tunnel on Google maps.)

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Joe, another wonderful series. No guardrails, shoulders? A lot or little traffic? Thank you so much for taking all of us on this beautiful excursion.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Ours for your very kind comment, I am happy to hear that you like this set and tag along on this tour! Joe

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks Bill, great that you looked it up on Google Maps, then you can really see where I was driving along! Joe

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Barbara for your appreciation! Guardrails and shoulders? - no - we have to remember that this is a sizeable country in area with just 350,000 inhabitants and all these road projets cost money - so I felt just lucky that most of the roads were asphalted. Very little traffic up here in the east and the northeast, so little in fact that I sometimes just put my car diagonal across the street to shoot right out of the window. I am very happy to have you along on this tour Barbara. Joe

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

You continue your excellent tour and I am happy to be along, Joe!

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent set Joe.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Mike, and I am certainly very happy to have you along on the tour! Joe

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Jim!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Another fine set, Joe.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Ken, glad you like this one also! Joe

Umnak Loc: Mount Vernon, Wa.

What a wonderful documentation of a country and its natural beauty! Thanks again for taking us along on this tour, Joe!
Rob

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks Rob, I am pleased to hear that you enjoyed this set also. Joe