After a short overnight stay in Reykjavik I drove east towards Thingvellir National Park which is the place for the worlds first democratic government - the Althing, but more impressively the separation of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates materializes here in the shape of a huge rift valley.

A view of Thingvellir National Park towards the east - nothing less than a spectacular view.

From the ancient place of Thingvellir National Park I drove more towards the east on road 35 to the Geyser Geothermal Field to watch Strokkur erupt into a house-high steam explosion. After almost being blown away (by the wind) I continued east to Gullfoss - Iceland's most famous waterfall.

Above is a picture of the Ljosifoss hydroelectric power station from 1937 capable of providing 14,3 MW of power.

The geyser Strokkur dancing in the skies.

Strokkur just about to explode into a tall column of steam.

If you doubt about how hard it is to take a picture of a geyser with a 10 second timer set on your camera just guess why you only see steam being blown away by the strong wind on this picture. The man on the left is the Dane who is enjoying the smell of rotten egg.

I expected Strokkur to be a view of a life-time but however interesting and amazing it was it turned out to be a rather dull experience in compare to the brute force of Gullfoss - where I felt rumbling in my stomach.