Originally Posted by JLarson

Yup I felt the same way about Switzerland. This was not like that - I described it at first as 75% Mordor from Lord of the Rings, and the remaining 25% the most beautiful place I've seen. That's pretty accurate. Volcanic craters, lava flows covering miles, few enough trees that groups of them really stand out - and hundreds of waterfalls, enormous mountains, glaciers, rift valleys, etc. Craziness.