Grand Bay East

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Traveler Nova Scotia & Newfoundland
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- Jun 7, 2023
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Channel-Port aux Basques Grand Bay East 47.58937, -59.16471247°35’22” N 59°9’53” W
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Endlich in Neufundland
June 7, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Um ja auf der Fähre mitzukommen haben wir heute morgen einen Blitzstart hingelegt und waren um 7:20 am Hafen 🤣
Dann gewartet bis um 10:30 das Boarding losging und abgelegt hatte die Fähre dann um ca. 12 Uhr.
Ein nobles Gefährt mit Restaurant, Liegesitzen, TV und allem Schnickschnack.
Da kann man schon 7 Stunden verbringen 😜
Nach dem langen Tag sind wir zum nächstgelegen Campingplatz im JT Cheeseman Provincial Park gefahren. Und welch Freude: hier durfte Dirk endlich Feuer machen 😂
Dass er jetzt bis zum Ende der Reise angeräuchert riecht ist ja wohl klar 🙄🤣
Die erste Aussicht auf die Insel war schon klasse, doch ich hab vergessen zu fotografieren. Aber das wird bestimmt noch besser ❤️ und dann drück ich ab 📸
Edit: heute morgen war was am Himmel .... 🤔Read more
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Traveler Cabot Trail and Maritimes
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- Jun 24, 2016, 8:38pm
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 7 ft
- Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Channel-Port aux Basques Grand Bay East 47.58992, -59.1641347°35’24” N 59°9’51” W
Hotel
June 24, 2016 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
This is the Hotel Port aux Basques. The town is called Channel-Port aux Basques - two towns merged some decades ago.

On the menu was cod tongue. I plan to try it but not today. Was seasick for the whole 6+ hr trip. Had moose soup which is made just like beef and veg and was very good.

This area feels super remote. It reminds me a lot of stuff you see on TV of remote Alaskan fishing towns. I'm eating in the hotel's dining room and there's like 6 other people - plus 12 construction workers at one table, many still wearing reflective vests. The hotel served their food by name. And took their orders for breakfast tomorrow. And lunch! When there's so few options and resources are not plentiful you need to pull together.

On a gossipy note one of the construction workers ate a soup in a funny way. He emptied two or three crackers into it. Then another. Then another so now there was a hill of cracker. Then two more like a cartoon.

It appears the construction workers all got here by ATV. So maybe they were an ATV club.Read more
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Traveler Travel East
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- Jun 25, 2019
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Channel-Port aux Basques Grand Bay East 47.58967, -59.1641247°35’23” N 59°9’51” W
Day 16
Day 16
June 25, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Got up far too early this morning! Fueled at Timmy Ho's. Lined up in ferry parking lot for 2-1/2 hours. Loading was interesting driving down ramps into the bowls of the ship.
Landed on the Rock at 7:00 PM local time. Lost another 1/2 hour of time with zone change. 3-1/2 hrs out of sync with home.
Air was crystal clear. Could see rocky detail for miles (hence the nickname!) Snow on the hills on the horizon. To say it was brisk weather was understatement!
14 whole kilometres today including searching for Timmy Ho's this morning in Nova Scotia, and driving from ferry terminal to hotel in Newfoundland!

1. Families of Cormorants nesting on anchor bollards. Some of them don't plant the landing too well!
2. Wife with favourite beverage.
3. Helicopter landing pad on deck of ferry
4. Transports on upper deck. They get unload before any passenger cars!
5. Entering the lower deck of the ferry...then driving down!
6. Leaving Sydney Harbour.
7. Tourist defense against sea-sickness. Wife pressure testing them! Ocean was a mill pond all the way across!
8. Very intense tourist watching progress out of harbour.Read more
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