Iceland day 2

Day two in Iceland starts with breakfast at a vegetarian restaurant in Reykjavik. Yes vegetarian, I did never in my dreams expected to see or find a vegetarian restaurant in Iceland, but here it was. I had lasagne in the morning for breakfast. 

And then the excitement started. My friend had planned a trip to watch whales in the sea. So we went to the sea on the tour boat from Reykjavik harbour. the wind was blowing hard and the temperature was freezing, boat was rocking like a leaf and the rain was falling; still we were on the deck in the open waiting for the darling whale to come above the surface of the water. We saw dolphins and again waited in anticipation of whale. We waited and waited and waited but the Whale never came. May be she got the news that I was onboard the boat :) 

Well so this trip went in vain but not completely because it was my first time in the sea ... and I did feel the power of waves, how they can be so overwhelming when they are rough

The other highlight of the day was the "Blue Lagoon" the natural silica water lake about 47 km out of Reykjavik. It is famous for its medicinal value of silica, which is considered very good for skin diseases. the water here is unnaturally blue, almost as if some one has added some paint in it, but its natural and it is naturally hot. Yes it is very cold weather in iceland but the water is always hot because of the rich sulphur content in the earth. 

So I also had myself dipped in the silica infused hot blue water of the famous BLUE LAGOON of Iceland.

Again the photos will only be available when I reach back to london on friday evening.

Tomorrow! probably I shall be going for a horse riding trip. I hope the weather is better tomorrow, because it has been raining ever since I have come here. No that I complain but its just that it is not very much camera friendly weather, thats it.

There are different things about Icelandic culture as well which I probably shall write in one of the posts later on when I have more time to groom my words.