Air Inuit

Advantages: Amazing scenery and interesting people
Disadvantages: Can be dangerous....

...she had left, for christmas of 2002. She moved to Baffin Island, roughtly the size of the U.K., which sits on the top of Hudson Bay. It is part of the newly formed Inuit continent, Nunavut, an icy land mass the size of Europe and host only to 11,000 people. Astonishing proportions. As my plane left Ottawa for Iqaluit, the capital, I was full of aprehension. I had never crossed the big blue before, and to go to such a remote island was a little daunting and rather overwhelming. I arrived at 12pm and feeling a little jet lagged, found my way to my home for the next two weeks. By 3pm it was pitch black. Welcome to the North. The first thing to hit me when the airport's automatic doors slid open, was a wall of ice. The air was so cold that I could not breathe. I had to wrap a scarf around my face and suck... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderment
Disadvantages: None

.... It was breath taking. I have been up the Norwegian coast and round the Land of the Midnight Sun but nothing could prepare one for this quiet magnificence. Greenland is larger than Australia or the whole of Europe and yet it only has a population of about 17,000. It is 85% covered in ice. Our first stop was Qaqortoq which is one the main CITIES, having approximately 3,000 people living there all in these brightly coloured houses, made of wood and TIN!! We also visited Narsarsaq where there is an "International airport" which has a weekly flight to Denmark! Greenland has very little industry and is mostly supported by Denmark. It was strange to be in a place, which did not "accommodate" tourists, just a State owned supermarket, which sold very familiar imported goods!! The people are called Inuits, which means "human being" in their language... Read review

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Advantages: Very cheap for us Brits. Very mixed cultures, very friendly and polite.
Disadvantages: COld, slightly sterile environment

...and is great for Classical, Rock, Jazz & Blues as well as contemporary and Indigenous (not Alanis) musicians. The Metro. Very cheap $2.25 for an adult and 50 cents for a child to go anywhere on the system (U shaped goes from North to South and back again). Don't forget your transfer ticket if you are going to IMMEDIATELY continue your journey by bus. Eating out. Anywhere - food is very cheap and is not served in those challenging US portions. Lots of choices for Ethnic food exept for Inuit. In fact they do not seem to know about them in Toronto. Try to make time for Planet Hollywood - by the Skydome and CN Tower and the TWO Hard Rock cafes. One is in the Skydome complex, the other is by the Eaton Centre. There is also a revolving restaurant on top of the Westin Hotel (I did not go) Shopping. Take a large EMPTY suitcase and buy everthing you... Read review

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