So I will orientate you on the map below. I landed in Narsarsuaq and slept in Qassiarsuk.
Here is what happened in between:
I exited the plane and passed through the rigorous Greenlandic passport control. (This is the first country I have ever visited in which there is no booth, desk, person, or anyone checking your passport.) I found my tour company, Tasermiut. Of course the Danish/German woman that I had been sitting next to on the plane ended up being part of this group of nine people: Berit (the aforementioned woman), a German dad and daughter duo, an Austrian woman traveling solo, a German (in addition to the aforementioned) traveling solo, and a Swiss dad and son and daughter trio. Here we all are plus one of our guides, Alessandro):
After some time in Narsarsuaq, we went to the wee harbor and boarded our first Zodiac boat for the fifteen minute journey across the fjord to Qassiarsuk. Once there, we organized ourselves into the hostel ( which was really the owner, Ramon’s house but just for one night) and then explored some ruins with Jara (our other guide) and Alessandro.
More about the ruins in my next post.
Amy Oswalt 