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The road winds through this mystic landscape for about 20 kilometres before it goes into a short but steep ascent before dropping down to the coast. On the way down you have a great overview on the bay below and a peninsula pointing out to the sea. This peninsula was of special interest for me because it had the right exposition for the current small south swell plus a couple of little points and bays. The wind was a very light offshore here which added to my expectations.
Back down at the coastal (lave, what else) plain, the road makes two rapid curves and then passes a small village. Here I left the main road and parked my van at the outer reaches of the village. In the bay in front of the village the odd wave was breaking, but what caught my interest was a point on the peninsula that seemed to have some waves.
So, I followed a gravel road leading around the peninsula through grass covered though clearly quite fresh – again in geological terms – lava fields. Parking possibilities were sparse, but I eventually found a spot to stop my van and go for a walk through the ruins of the old village and harbour – which had been flooded by a recent lava eruption a few centuries ago – to the coast. The waves at the point that looked so promising from afar turned out to be too small.
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