One of my favorite places we visited was the supervolcano Katla. This is a massive caldera that has a glacier on top of it, surrounded by floodplains. We were lucky enough to go visit and see not only the glacier itself, but the ice caves there as well!
The ride there was rough, having to sit through over 15 minutes of the most wobbly off-road driving I had ever experienced with a lap belt that did not fit over my lap was a bit nerve-wracking to say the least. But when we stopped and got out of the car, we all knew it was so worth it. I had never seen anything like this, not even in pictures!
We spent the next two hours being guided across this frozen landscape by our guide, Gudjonthor Peterson. He took us across a smaller portion of the glacier (which still looked massive to me) and down to a leveled out area. Here, we saw what he called “the skylight.” My first thought was of course how stunning this was, but then quickly came another…”what if there was a giant poking their head through there to say hello?” Of course, this is what I was imagining:
Aside from the extraordinary views of the ice caves and heavenly taste of the glacier water, my favorite part of this experience was getting to chat with Gudjonthor. I was lucky enough that he agreed to do a brief interview with me, and I am so glad I chose to speak with him out of everyone I met. Not only was he thoughtful and elaborative in his answers, but he cracked jokes throughout! The full interview is below, but let me just say, there is no one in the world I would trust more to drive me through a wacky, bumpy road with no lap belt than him.
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