By All of Us!

We cracked breakfast this morning by arriving significantly earlier than yesterday, as a result we discovered a great selection of fruit, cheese and ham, as well as, unexpectedly, donuts!

We’re getting reasonably swift at packing now, so was out of the hotel and on the road quickly after breakfast, heading for our first destination, a couple of waterfalls around 30 minutes drive

When we first pulled up in the car park Mummy and I both said that we shouldn’t have a walk around the waterfalls because we had to pay for the car park, we didn’t really feel like doing it but I am grateful we did take the opportunity!

We walked to the first waterfall and found out that there was a passage behind it. The view from behind the waterfall was amazing. The very small amount of water was silhouetted against the the bright blue sky. Of course something had to go wrong, turns out that Mummy had lost William’s sunglasses case. So we had to spend the next 10 minutes hunting for it.

Once Mummy had found it, we took a short walk next to a stream. We stopped a few times in some caves and chasms along the way. When we got into the sunlight we saw people laying on the grass (only in one area though) which was quite strange. Then I looked into a chasm and found a HUGE WATERFALL inside! It was so cool because there were stepping stones through the water and onto a bank in the chasm. There was a giant rock that we climbed onto a took a few pictures of (no not the rock, us and the waterfall).

By the time we were out Daddy and I had realised why people were laying on the grass. They were soaking wet and so were we! William I got a bit bored so we started playing pooh sticks. By about the 3rd go Daddy started to join. It was so annoying because after Daddy joined in he basically won all of them.

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After a while, we had to stop because Mummy needed the toilet (unhelpful). So we went these horrible porta-loos. Next we went back to the car and drove off (broooom broooom)

By Rebecca

When we arrived at the Secret Hot Springs, at first me and mummy saw a monster truck, then we realised it was a public truck, for tourists.

Daddy and Rebecca and mummy and I went into the building where the hot springs were then we had to take of our shoes then mummy and Rebecca went to a different changing room. Daddy and I went to the men’s changing room we got undressed and did not put our swimming trunks on as we had to shower without them.

We put our swimming trunks on then we went to the pool (outside) then mummy and Rebecca arrived from the women’s changing room the we sat in the pool 2 hours and played. We went into the pool and found floats that looked like armchairs and a seahorse that was blue. Some bits were very very hot in the pool. Rebecca and I found crocodile shaped floats and the tooth squirted water.

Mummy went into the bar and got a Pepsi for Rebecca and me, and mummy got a Prosecco and daddy had a beer. Mummy, Rebecca and I went outside the pool and saw small spouting geysers. After we saw a big geyser with smoke coming out of it. We left after a hot shower with slimy soap. I enjoyed the heat of the water and playing with Rebecca on the crocodiles.

By William

After the secret hot springs, we managed to dive in to a supermarket and pick up a few ingredients for dinner the next few nights.  Tonight’s dinner was chicken fajitas with nachos. Managed to make some salsa too. 

The owner of the guesthouse was very nice and cleaned the trampoline for the kids. He also treated us to sample some Icelandic delicacy Hákarl which is fermented Greenland shark (very toxic if not fermented properly). The pieces were ever so very small (as I believe it’s very expensive), it tasted very chewy and the smell was like a strong ammonia and the flavour was like sun dried scallops with a very strong horrible lingering taste. The kids declined after they found out it was shark, so I ended up having 2 pieces as Tony declined. I didn’t want to appear ungrateful and throw it in the bin given how much a small tub costs. However, it did take several herbal teas and some dime pieces to get rid of the taste.