(Only two more days to go…!)
So today we left the dome tent camp. Though it would feel good to get a shower and such again, it was bittersweet to leave this place. It was just so “away from it all”. It is easy to not care about so many things when you just have a few things to concentrate on instead.
But all good things…or so they say…
Ajo drove us out to the sound of him singing “Happy Birthday” in Inuit and then he played “What A Wonderful World” for us. Honestly, it was such a poignant moment that I did have a tear in my eye…the song, the sights…it was just all really really beautiful. It really did restore my faith in the world, somehow.
The sound of nothing really
Blowing up the boat
Inuit Happy Birthday – sorry for the fast stop – Ajo told me to stand up and sing!
(For the full song, click here.)
So we rode to Narsaq for a quick boat change/captain change (goodbye, Ajo!). Of course, the group needed more wine. It was a mad dash to the supermarket…only to find that there is no alcohol sold on Sundays! My heavens! This did elevate the box of wine that I had purchased earlier to a much higher status. Prior to the “no alcohol sales on Sunday”, my box of wine was laughed at and scorned for being a box. But…when there was no other wine, my box started to look pretty attractive. Wine box googles.
Anyhow, we left Narsaq and headed to Igaliku. Here it was a short hike (ha! there were no short hikes ever in the history of Greenland) to a very pleasant looking village and the remains of a Viking stronghold, Gardar.
The name “Gardar” just sounds middle earth, doesn’t it?
Amy Oswalt 