Kangerlussuaq - cruise end.

This morning, the Venture stopped off the Kangerlussuaq coastline, and zodiacs took guests ashore. Most of them are leaving, their cruise is at an end. 60 guests are staying on for the next cruise.

Busses were waiting near the small pier to take departing guests on a tour before they caught a charter flight out of Greenland.

Paul and I waited on board until after lunch before heading ashore in a zodiac. Transport was organised to take us to the airport hotel.

The road was not in the best state of repair, so we were in for a bumpy ride, about a 15 to 20 minute drive to Kangerlussuaq and its tiny airport.

Kangerlussuaq is a former USA military base dating back to WWII.

The airport hotel rooms are extremely basic and the cost of the room is very expensive for what it is (over €200). Having said that, the hotel is the best in town. The hotel also has 3 dormitories. In town, there are 3 or 4 hostels, all catering for hikers/backpackers or a few tourists, but from what we saw, many are serious long-distance hikers.

Paul and I found some liquorice ice cream in a tiny café just outside the airport building and enjoyed eating it as we walked around the runway perimeter and into the rest of Kangerlussuaq and back again. The town seems to be split in half by the runway.

We have decided to book a 5 hour tour tomorrow to use up some of the time between checking out of our room by 10am and our flight at 8pm.

Tomorrow is another day.Lue lisää