I Stay At The Blue Lagoon In Iceland - The Volcano ERUPTS!

I Spend one night at the Silica Hotel, which is just 5 mins from the blue lagoon on foot
I check out the hotel, Geothermal pool and the Big Blue Lagoon!
However it ends in disaster as 5.30am earthquakes happened and just before 6am the alarm sounds to warn of an eruption, no one knew where it would come up but it was very close to the hotel!

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[WalkWithMeTim]

This is one hotel stay I WON'T EVER FORGET!

[well_i_liked_it]

Man: "I am at a safe distance"
Volcano: "Lol!"

[ggjohn]

Hotel Room = lots of money
Lagoon resort = lots of money
Dinner = lots of money
Massage = lots of money
Drinks = lots of money
Minimal packaged lunch = lots of money
6:00am wake-up call by a volcano = priceless

[XMarkstheJourney]

I'm not a swinger... "but you can have a few people standing around watching if you want" with a cheeky pause!

[stormforce]

Hotel stay: expensive, experiencing this: priceless. Best footage I've seen from this eruption so far.

[alexthedeal]

Love how this guy is not a dramaqueen like most people today.
Vulcano erupts, drives away, little filming, time to fill up, vulcano erupting in the background, 'filling up your car is a bit different on iceland.'

[teaandmoretea]

As a follow up - the Blue Lagoon and hotels are now basically cut off for the general public as the lava flowed over the main road and up the blue lagoon road. There is another way in from the south but that is from the town of Grindavik which is closed.

And the lava also melted the pipe that supplies hot water to the rest of the towns on the peninsula, including Keflavik. As Iceland uses this hot water supply for heating people are having to use very limited electric heating (and no hot water for washing) until the new pipe is in place…

[marynoelwhelan]

A once in a lifetime experience!! Amazing footage. Nobody gets that but scientists! You'll NEVER forget that!

[infinitasuk]

I'm pleased you're safe and at the same time extremely jealous that you've seen in person something as amazing as that.

[freakishuproar]

That feature in the hallways, with the volcanic rock formation halfway through the windows is both an awesome architectural work of art, and a rather unfortunate portent of what was about to happen. I'm just glad you're okay Tim!

[GJALBARR]

That was incredible! I was stationed at the NATO base, Keflavik, Iceland 2003, 2005. I use to go to Blue Lagoon once a week, just the Lagoon. It was more affordable back then. Great experience, expensive but you will never forget it. I was stationed at Subic Naval Base, Philippines went MT Pinitubo blew for 3 days. That was a big eruption! Totally destroyed Clark Air Base. We evacuated 25, 000 people! Great Vllogg!

[MrSveddi]

Great video. Very well choreographed.
I have driven people quite often to and from the Silica Hotel but never stayed there, so very interesting for me to see inside.
I love seeing your honest opinions.

I´m one of the locals that have been agains them being allowed to operate in the area while there is a very high chance of imminent eruption.
I mean the area was marked inside a orange danger zone, and they are having business opened for tourist.
I have been waiting for it to erupt any minute in the last 3 weeks.
Though the eruption was where they estimated, they can never be 100% sure.
I mean the magma chamber is underneath the Blue Lagoon area at around 5 km / 3 miles dept.

The road you are driving at around 21:43 is all under lava now. It went over the road about 6 hours after you left.
The lava went as close to the the front door of the hotel as about roughly 600 meters or about 0.38 miles.
The Berm Wall was between, but still.
The lava did not hit the berm wall but was very close to it.

I doubt that anybody told you this. But in the last 3 months, or since novemer 10th when all the earthquakes happend. The land in Svartsengi, where the powerplant is, sunk by about 35 cm / 14 inches and since then it has it has risen again from that point about 55 cm / 22 inches (It sunk a little bit after each eruption).
So there have been a lot of movement in the land there.
Also, the land around the town of Grindavík (The town that have been evacuated) few km south from there. There is a point West and East of the town, and those point have been spliting apart about 3 meters / 10 feet now since november. I dont yet have numbers since this eruption.

[redflames]

Disappointed that water in minifridge is sparkling. Not realizing the best still water ever is right in the bathroom tap 😂
Thanks for the video, always wanted to see one of the rooms! Glad your safe!

[MyHolidayArchive]

I wouldn’t call that stay a disaster Tim. You likely won’t ever experience anything like that again. Most volcanic eruptions in Iceland aren’t particularly explosive so you were fine and not really in any immediate danger. The reason these fissure eruptions happen so much in Iceland is because the country is tearing itself in half and being filled in with magma, so Iceland is getting bigger and bigger. You can see where it is splitting on satellite maps if you look closely. I believe the splitting rate is about 2cm a year. 🙂

[nataliebowers]

Iceland. Was a rip off when I went and I would never return but how terrifying fantastic to see a live volcanic eruption! Amazing footage!!

[deirdrebeecher]

What an experience!
For anyone who wants to go to Iceland and is worried about missing the blue lagoon there are a lot of other geothermal pools. We went to Lake Myvatin and I highly recommend it. Also if you want to eat on a budget, eat the soups, they are very hearty and usually best value for money.

[rmanchego]

You are so fortunate to have experienced this and videoraphed it! They got you away safely, that is paramount.

[andrewemms]

""I stay in a hotel with the most amazing wake up call EVER !! ""

[TravelWithThePrince]

That was absolutely beautiful to see. Aslong as you're in a safe distance enjoy mother nature.

[tonyafrost]

I love how you show the good, bad and everything about the stays. It is as if you take your followers on the trip with you. Thank you. I found you last week by accident and have been on several vacations with you now. Definitely adding to my bucket list.