Thanks Scott and Rebecca, and yes it defo has a Mars feel to it out there! Fantastic to experience.

And Joe your too kind! Your holiday report was my inspiration! But thank you.

You spotted the goat!! I thought people was joking when they said there was goats, it wasn’t even on some of the smoother land! They really are roughing it out there and yes... what on earth are they eating?!

Walking on the lava fields must have been awesome, we was on a coach and then had stop of points we could look around and take photos, they do walking tours but you wouldn’t see nearly as much as we did. I wouldn’t fancy it in that heat but if I went and there was a place on a cooler day I would love to explore on foot.

These questions scare me already lol

Within recorded history  well I am sure the guide said it was 17 something, so it was a LONG time ago but they monitor it daily as it’s still active. They did a few demonstrations to show us how hot it was just under the surface, they got a shovel and got some gravel, didn’t dig down far, it was literally just under the surface gravel but it was too hot to hold in your hand, it was like holding a hot potato! You had to juggle it between hands. And another bit they had a small pit and held put with a rake, held some straw to the side,which of course went up in flames! Only took a few seconds! Apparently due to the heat generated they was going to put a power plant there or something, but thankfully they decided to use it for tourism instead.

I really was expecting to see some rock enthusiasts around but I didn’t meet any, it was mostly sun seekers! But everybody on the tour was just in awe- it’s impossible to see all that and not be.