What do all brides do on their wedding eve???? Go on a superjeep tour! Our first night at Hotel Ranga. This time we have a deluxe
room with a veranda and sofa, it’s wonderful, especially the Jacuzzi bath. This
morning we were on a magical mystery tour. The hotel took care of everything
for us, even booking our excursions. Thing is, I never asked what we were doing
on the superjeep but Hugrun booked us a treat. We were picked up at the hotel
in a monster truck, then first visited a gorgeous waterfall called the ‘windows’.
David, Jeannie, Ali and I were on the trip with two others from the hotel. At
the waterfall, Magnus let down the tyres for the next bit of the trip. Little
did we know that we had no roads, we just went right, off the road, onto the
gravel and rocks of the glacial rivers, and then through the river! There was
complete silence, the water was up to the windows! It was amazing. At one
point, we were vertical so I could see the sky and not the land!
We first visited a gorgeous gorge, snow up to our knees. We
walked into the gorge, but when it came to crossing rivers, I chickened out and
walked slowly back. We then visited Porsmork, a camp ground in the summer time.
I’ve always wanted to visit it, but it’s hard to get to. We went for a walk
through the park which took 40 minutes. Walking through knee deep snow was
fantastic but exhausting! As we descended, we had to walk down a number of
stairs. However, they were covered in ice! I adopted a sideways, hold yourself
up on the bannister approach. I later needed this approach for the wedding day!
We were then taken to a hut where candles and a picnic
basket lunch were laid. We had hot drinks, Skyr and cookies. Inside the
building, you could actually see your breath. Back on the superjeep, through
the most amazing landscape, including a lake that is no longer a lake, as the
lake wall was broken, causing a major flood. It’s now a dry lake bed, which we
drove over. We visited a glacier, the first I’ve ever been to. Jeannie was a gazelle jumping over rocks in the river,
but David, Ali and I took a slow walk back to the superjeep as we were
freezing! However, back at the superjeep, all we could hear was cracking,
almost like an avalanche was happening. It’s quite an eerie noise. Back on the
superjeep, we visited Seljalandsfoss, where our wedding pictures were taken,
then back to the hotel. We left at 10 and got back at 5. For a magical mystery
tour, it was absolutely amazing and we can’t wait to come back to Ranga and go
on another. Southcoast superjeep tours are fantastic, definitely doing that
again.
A quick turn around, then our rehearsal dinner, with the
dress Carol made for me, and Ali’s tailored suit. We had a private dining room,
it was like a big Christmas dinner with all the family! We announced our new
name and had the most amazing time on the eve of our wedding.
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