Greenland8/24 Day 1. Flight leaving Copenhagen, took 4 hours to connect at Kangerlussuaq on the west side of Greenland and flew another 45 min to Ilulissat. Kangerlussuag airport has 2 gates only. Wine at the Duty Free store would save you at least 30% than the local stores. High in 54F, Low in 35F.
Greenland8/24 Day 1 afternoon. Arrived in the afternoon. Rented a house from Airbnb. It turned out to be a great choice because it's among the local residences with great views. Went grocery shopping. With population of 4000+, Ilulissat has a school, two museums, a sports facility with even badminton courts. The outdoor soccer field is where local boys love to hang out. Recycling is pretty serious in thisRead more
Greenland8/24 Evening. After shopping and quick tour of the town, we had dinner with frozen food and some vegetable with congee. It was too late to get fresh fish from the fishing boats. Since the sun is still up, we decided to hike on the short Yellow Trail which is about 2.6 km. Spectacular view along the way. Ilulissat Icefjord is UNESCO World Heritage Site. The orange poles on top of the hills carrisRead more
Greenland8/26 Hiking the Blue Trail today. 6.9 km took us about 6 hours with a 6 yr old. One side of the trail is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The trail started with an easy decked path for about 1 km. Both of the trail head and tail were surrounded by the dog park. Greenlandic sledge dogs were chained here for the whole summer. The breed is half wolf half dog so they howl most of the time. It'sRead more
Greenland8/27 Raining. Everything is foggy so we decided to walk around the town and check out their museums and shops. Ilulissat museum was informative about the history, the people, the dogs, and some art work. The arts museum is smaller that has mostly local artists' work. After couple hours of walking in the rain and brainstorming the town, we chose HongKong Cafe as THE restaurant to try. Boy howRead more
Greenland8/28 Private boat rental through IceCap in the afternoon. Breath taking scenes and a lot of close up play with two humpback whales. Dinner with grilled halibut, corn cream soap, chicken wings, and tomato stir fry egg. Can never tired of delicious halibut.
Greenland8/25 Whole day boat tour to a settlement Ilimanaq and watch glacier calving as well as the whales.
Greenland8/25 Dinner and fish. Very lucky to get these Greenlandic halibut from fisherman's boat. The other one I guess it was red snapper? Total about 15+ kg.
You might also know this place by the following names:
Ilulissat, إيلوليسات, İlulissat, Горад Ілулісат, Παγετώνας και Φιόρδ Ιλούλισσατ, אילוליסאט, JAV, イルリサット, ილულისატი, 일루리사트, Илулиссат, Ilulisatas, Илулисат, Ilulisats, Ілуліссат, 伊卢利萨特
