It was great for Thorstein to do what he did. Oskar was actually fully booked, but he did Thorstein a favour and squeezed a slot in for us.
Apparently the weather this morning gives us a good chance of visiting the cave. Finally!!
The drive to the cave was quite an adventure itself. The jeep had to go over some unearthly terrain to reach the cave. See this video i took of the off road journey. http://youtu.be/CbbzbNLNsC4
The cave is really spectacular. It's like a cave carved out of blue crystal. The walls of the cave are very smooth and clear. The place is huge! Oskar told us that this was one of the largest cave he had found in recent years. It's relatively less cold in the caves as wind did not penetrate much. It was really comfortable in there.
Pictures just don't do justice to this place. This short video may do slightly better. http://youtu.be/mmROeL2Fns8
After the cave was to be a grueling 5hr drive back to Reykjavik. Driving in Iceland is nice. Traffic is light. I'll talk more about driving in another post.
We were actually rushing back to Reykjavik to catch a northern lights tour. This is the one purpose of our trip here to Iceland. It is also the main reason why we had to extend our stay here.
Today's weather gives us a slight chance of seeing the lights finally. We've been studying the weather patterns, cloud, moon, solar activity, etc. tonight shall be the night.
Before that we had to stop somewhere for dinner. Lobsters at Stokkseyri, supposedly the best in Iceland. We had to try it. It was a little detour we had to make but it was worth it!
These langoustines are so tender and juicy. We finished almost a kilogram worth of it.
Dessert was really interesting as well, meringue with snickers. 
It felt like a light dessert but I'm sure that's part of the deceiving nature of this sinful item. Yummy!!
When we finally reached Reykjavik, we were joined with 4 others to go on this northern light hunt. We were fortunate to have them with us. They were very chatty and we benefitted with the wealth of information they shared all the way. 
Well, the important question is probably, did we see the lights. I'm glad to say that was an astounding YES! The lights came on for us twice in the freezing cold.
To get a good spot, we drove up into the hills and the temperature was -11C. We could only last a few minutes outside the jeep. 
This was the first wave. Quite faint to the naked eye. Need the help of camera manipulation to make the green glows clearer. This first was lasted only lest than 10mins and it went all dark.
We though that was it. As the solar activity was dying down. The suddenly there was a spike in the activity and the glows came on all around us.
It was clear even to the naked eye. It was awesome. This time it lasted slightly longer. It was amazing seeing the dance of the aurora live. It was freezing cold, but the adrenaline was pumping.
By the time the lights faded off theoon has rise. Into mid sky and lit up the place. Clouds are also covering overhead. It was the last show on the night.
This is the best day of our entire trip. This day made the entire trip worth it!!
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