Keeping it short and sweet today.

We've now been in the deep south of Iceland for our second night in Vik. The weather continues to be a royal pain in the behind, not really offering much except rain in different shapes and sizes. Most of it is misty and annoying, and frustratingly, it looks like I won't get the shot I had wanted, yet again. The practicalities of getting it, conditions are not right, and even if I did make it to the top, I'd be something similar to a wet cat if I couldn't take the shot.

^ Stones on Reynisdrangar beach, detail

We've been marking the main attractions of the south off our list, much like a grocery run... eggs... selandsjfoss, milk... skogafoss, bread... reydnisdrangar. After spending so much of the end of our trp in 2012 in the south and realising it had nothing on the north, I'm keen as all hell to get out of here, via Jokulsarlon and into the east then to the north.

The sheer volume of tourists here in the south has begun to make me feel a bit sad. All the wondrous natural attractions are nothing but yet another stop on a pre-defined path, like a train that only stops at certain stations. We're seeing cafes pop up in places there weren't two years ago, along with big big buses dropping herds of cattle off at each one. I feel a bit sorry for people over the next few years, I don't think that iceland has the infrastructure to deal with it. I fell in love with this place because of its delicate beauty, and that's definitely beginning to wane in the south. It's all so americanised it makes me angry, who needs a coffee and a mars bar at every stop?! It makes the waterfalls or the feature seem so cheap, a little less stunning.

^Selandsjfoss, the view or the victim?

I know the icelandic people want to cash in on this tourism, I don't blame them. I just don't think the natural attractions can stand up to this kind of crazy-increased traffic that I've seen so far this time around. I just cannot wait to get into the north, to ditch the ipad-shooting herds that have come here for a dose of pre-packaged amazement.

(end rant)

Tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday, we're at Jokulsarlon, so far, camping. This means that unless the weather turns nasty, I won't have any shots to show you until about Sunday night. This is due to the fact that my laptop will be off, and my phone in power saving mode. I'm hoping for some good weather, I'm getting really tired of the rain. I know that it's something to expect here, but I'm still allowed to be tired of being wet, cold and blown about like a kite.