The East Coast Fjords - in the middle of nowhere

The photos below are the view from our guesthouse first thing in the morning.  It was super relaxed to sit here and enjoy the absolute peace and quiet.  Eastern Iceland is a real untamed wilderness of rocky mountain peaks and winding black-sand coastlines.

We were very lucky that our guesthouse hostess was able to give us some great tips for what to see on our journey up the East Coast Fjords.  Our first stop was a very strange exhibition of eggs in the little village of Djupivogur at Merry Bay.  The artwork is by the popular Icelandic artist Sigurour Guomundsson and it consists of 34 huge granite eggs which represent the eggs of each of the nesting birds in this area, many of which are migrating birds flying over Iceland from far away to lay their eggs here in Iceland.

The plinths that the eggs are on are the remnants of plinths that used to be used in the landing of fish in the port.  Each of the 34 eggs is an exact replica of the egg of the bird in question.

Another lovely stop along the way was the "black houses" along the next fjord.  It was lovely to walk along the coast here.

Finally were were recommended the Vok Baths - 3 geothermal pools in the middle of a lake near Egilsstadir. 

There are not many people in this part of Iceland, but apparently there are loads of reindeer - though we didn't see any we were told that a herd of them could cross the road without warning!