I never thought I would be scuba diving at all, let alone scuba diving in a foreign country, but I suppose that just proves how unpredictable life is! I got certified to dive last year essentially on a whim.  They say to do one thing a year that scares you and I’m terrified of water (and fish, seaweed, rocks, the dock…).  I’m not quite sure that that’s what they meant, but in a crazy turn of events I love diving! My main issue with water is that it’s not air and therefore not breathable.. but with scuba diving you have air, so the water isn’t actively trying to kill you! Fun! Either way we’re here in Iceland and there’s a world famous dive site called Silfra and we’re going to do it! 😉

Silfra is located in Thingvellir National Park and is, in actuality, the place where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are pulling apart.  When you dive, you’re diving between two continents! Doesn’t really get any cooler than that.  The water fills the lake by being filtered through volcanic rock, so it’s as clear as tap water.  Considering I’m used to like 10′ of visibility in Puget Sound, the advertised 100 meters of visibility pretty much blew my mind. Not too bad for like my 15th dive ever!

I had bought a little waterproof point and shoot camera, but when we arrived the tour guide said that we may be going deeper than the camera was rated to so I left it in the car.  Which turned out to be a good move, because it was so cold (mostly outside the water, although the water was cold also) that I don’t think I would have been able to press the buttons anyway.  Needless to say, we just bought the pictures that our tour guide took. Easy!