Hotel Greenland

... that this isn't going to be much fun at all because of the weather, but we're all delighted to actually be in Greenland.   The tiny airport is total chaos because of the backlog of passengers who were unable to depart the previous day. It takes a ...

... polar bear bar and made sure I had enough beers so I could then walk straight.  Once reaching the East Coast of Greenland we traveled along the coast, looking for polar bears, which we did see another one but again from a distance, exploring fjords ...

... the customs desk, and it turns out that since the only cop in town had gone home, we could enter freely...i love this place. Greenland is such a cool place! I'm already wishing I was spending a lot more time here than I am. It's very mountainous and in ...

... sad that she cannot hear or speak it here in Greenland, so I suggested that we could watch one of my French DVDs. Unfortunately, Iddi traveled back to South-Greenland this morning. So the next time I see her might be in Germany, if things work out! ...

... did manage to identify on the chart included Sondre Isottoq, Buksefjorded, Frederikshabs Isbiink, Sermilikfjord. We followed the west coast of Greenland as it curves towards its southern tip. Nuuk had been on our schedule to visit, but as we have already ...

... cliff top. At this point, we turned right, across the Davis Strait, pretty much the shortest crossing to Sisimiut, Western Greenland. This is a large community with 5,000+ inhabitants complete with tarmac airstrip – a bolt-hole if needed. Patrick ...

... up witha solution....live like a homeless person! (except with money and food)...I moved my tent into the wild and used the aiport or hotel for brushing my teeth and stuff. For cooking, I would wait until the hostel owner left at 8pm and then I'd sneak in ...

...   Dear Readers:   We're at the domestic airport in downtown Reykjavik, excited and eager to set foot in Greenland. The announcement comes on the loudspeaker that the Greenland flight has been delayed due to bad weather. An update is expected ...

... what a disappointment this morning, I had checked in and ready to go yet - we did not go anywhere! There was bad fog in Kulucuk - Greenland, where we were flying to so the day trip was cancelled at 1100, we were due to fly at 1010. Not a happy bunny. ...

... 33,000 feet I can say we are spoiled again, good value for the money. The weather was clear going over the coast of Greenland so we had a terrific view and it was very interesting but I’m still not moving there.  For the first time Nancy ...

... were full for the next 3 days. But there was a day train that left around 6am. So I booked that, and went to find a hotel. Greenland Lodging, the closest one to the station, had space, thankfully. On my way back down to get dinner, who should I run into ...

... food from the supermarket was super expensive and I remember having quite a few salads for various dinners. Before Greenland, we stayed at a hostel called Hotel Jorgensen which was a veritable rabbit-warren of a place. It was like a treasure hunt in a ...

... Lagoon in winter and tomorrow, there should be gigantic fireworks here in Reykjavik. For now, I'll just relax and watch a Danish movie about Greenland. At least a little compensation for not being in Greenland myself! Bless (as one would say here)! ...

... easily seen animals and climbers on the mountainside as you passed. The town looks like what I imagine towns in Iceland or Greenland would look like - brightly painted wooden buildings surrounded by amazing peaks on one side and the Beagle Channel on the ...

... mass of the glacier. Apparently this glacier, Vatnajokull, is the third largest ice mass in the world, after Antarctic and Greenland. I stop at the Skaftafell National Park area and decide to go for a walk to a waterfall called Svartifoss. ...

... my way home was just as good as another one of my adventures in Ecuador. So now ive made it to the end of the earth (Ushuia) and to the middle of the earth (Quito), next adventure to the top of the earth (Greenland)....Coming Soon in the near future. ...