We lounged in this pool at sunset the night we stayed at the hostel. It was so great and so relaxed with a great view. Very warm and very reccomendable.
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
A pool to lounge in
This is the pool outside the new Snaefell Mountain Lodge (not the one next to the glacier / snow field, but the one most way up the valley)
We lounged in this pool at sunset the night we stayed at the hostel. It was so great and so relaxed with a great view. Very warm and very reccomendable.
We lounged in this pool at sunset the night we stayed at the hostel. It was so great and so relaxed with a great view. Very warm and very reccomendable.
Friday, September 21, 2012
in the blue waters
Traveling Iceland means to go to the pools. Next to local pools and hot pots there are two baths that lure you in with blue, blue, blue milky waters. As different as they are, I can recommend them both.
The well known Blue Lagoon is near Keflavík in the south. It's a short busride from the airport and I ususally went there right before my flight home.
This one here, is more remote, loacted in Mývatn in the North of Iceland. But seriously, if you ask me, it is the nicer and more cosy feeling of the two.
If you want to see the Blue Lagoon, check out this posting here: Blue Lagoon.
The waters of those two places do not have much in common. The blue lagoon is saltwater, the Mývatn Nature Bath is freshwater. The minerals and ingredients are totally different. But they are waters from natural hotsprings or from underground and they are milky and turquoise.
Do you agree with me that the Mývatn Nature Bath is the better of the two? What is your experience?
The well known Blue Lagoon is near Keflavík in the south. It's a short busride from the airport and I ususally went there right before my flight home.
This one here, is more remote, loacted in Mývatn in the North of Iceland. But seriously, if you ask me, it is the nicer and more cosy feeling of the two.
If you want to see the Blue Lagoon, check out this posting here: Blue Lagoon.
The waters of those two places do not have much in common. The blue lagoon is saltwater, the Mývatn Nature Bath is freshwater. The minerals and ingredients are totally different. But they are waters from natural hotsprings or from underground and they are milky and turquoise.
Do you agree with me that the Mývatn Nature Bath is the better of the two? What is your experience?
Monday, May 9, 2011
Blue Lagoon
On several trips to Iceland we went to the Blue Lagoon near Keflavík. Here are a few impressions and the big recommendation to try it out!
Unbelieveable that we saw snow falling just minutes before these pictures!
Bei unseren Islandreisen waren wir schon mehrfach in der Blauen Lagune bei Kevlavík. Hier sind ein paar Bilder und die Empfehlung, den Besuch fest mit einzuplanen.
Unglaublich, dass wir noch Minuten vor diesen Aufnahmen Schneefall hatten!
The lagoon is fed by the wast waters of a power plant. But since this power plant is operating on sea water that is heated by geothermal forces, there is no pollution in the water.
Die Lagune wird mit dem Abwasser eines Kraftwerks gespeist. Da es sich aber um ein Kraftwerk handelt, dass allein mit geothermal aufgeheiztem Meerwasser arbeitet, ist es natürlich völlig unverschmutztes Wasser.
The sediments that get carried along with the water and that make it hazy blue have prove to be healthy, not just pretty.
Die Sedimente, die mit dem Wasser in die Lagune geschwemmt werden und die die Farbe geben, sind außerdem gesund, nicht nur hübsch anzusehen.
The funniest part about the lagoon are the white faced people in the water. Concentrate of the sediment is provided in buckets near the back of the lagoon for people to spread on their skin. You let it dry on and wash it off in the lagoon. It is a face mask that makes your skin all smooth.
Das lustigste an der Lagune sind die weißgesichtigen Menschen im wasser. Konzentrierte Sedimente werden hinten in der Lagune in Eimern bereitgestellt, damit man sie sich die Masse ins Gesicht schmiert. Es ist eine Gesichtsmaske, die man trocknen läßt und dann wieder im Wasser der Lagune abwäscht. Die Haut fühlt sich gut an.
Just never spread it in your hair. It will not feel good for a longer time. After the bath I recommend using as much as possible of the hair conditioner that is provided in the showers and maybe a hair cure soon after your stay. Believe me. I have tried the other way.
Man sollte sich das Zeug nur niemals in die Haare schmieren. Die fühlen sich danach für längere Zeit nicht mehr so an, wie vorher. Nach dem Schwimmen empfehle ich ohnehin, soviel wie möglich von der Haarspülung zu benutzen, die in den Duschen vorhanden ist. Und vielleicht eine Haarkur bald danach. Glaubt mir. Ich habe den anderen Weg versucht.
This is the vast lava landscape that the lagoon is situated in.
Und so sieht die Lavawüste um die Lagune herum aus.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Myvatn Nature Bath
Myvatn Nature Bath, 2008
We stayed at the vulcanic and geothermal area of lake Myvatn in northern Iceland for a day. The stormy and partially rainy evening we spent in the Myvatn Nature Bath and just could not resist to get the camera out.
Wir waren auf der Durchreise durch das vulkanisch und geothermal aktive Gebiet des Myvatn in Nord Island. Der Abend war kühl, stürmisch und regnerisch und wir haben ihn im Myvatn Nature Bath verbracht. Die Kamera konnten wir dann doch nicht im Spind lassen.
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