Today we left Hellnar today and drove around the Snaefellsnes peninsula all the way to Lonkot, which is an eight hour drive. We made very few stops along the way, and the few stops we did make were very short. The first stop we made was in Hellissandur to get gas. Getting gas involved us going inside to figure out how the gas pump works because you have to prepay by guess how much gas you will need, but the system will only charge you for the amount used. The other hard part was estimating liters instead of gallons. Our next stop was Kirkjufell, outside of Grundarfjordur to photograph a waterfall. Several people were stopped at that water fall taking pictures. We ran out of paved road about 22 kilometers past Grundarfjordur, at that point it turned into a gravel and dirt road. Yes it is still a main road and even indicates on the map it turns to gravel and dirt. The gravel and dirt road lasted for approximately 66 kilometers. ...
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