The building of the hostel that we were staying in had clearly been at least partially re-built if not entirely built from scratch in recent times - and wasn't entirely finished. What had been done was nice, however, and when finished it will probably make a lovely hostel.
Before getting an early night we phoned and booked a glacier hike for the next day - this started at 9am in Skaftafell National Park, which is situated at the foot of one of the tongues of Vatnajökull, and some 50km back along route 1 from Hvöll, so a very early start was called for.
© Mark Hughes & Audrey Bowerman, July-August 2003
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