Route 1 circles Iceland in 1,332 kilometers. Most drivers do it in seven to ten days, which is enough time to complete the loop but not quite enough to stop thinking of it as a loop. The island imposes a different mental pace once you are out of Reykjavik — distances become abstract, weather becomes the primary variable in every decision, and the absence of trees, visible from … [Read more...] about Iceland’s Ring Road: What the Drive Teaches You That No Photograph Can