Airport in Iqualuit
Okay so I get on a plane on the 1st of August..... I fly to Montreal..... (ohhh I forgot to say the car in front of my cab hit a pedestrian.... great start right..... Okay so I arrive in Montreal.... I stay at the Comfort Inn I don't recommend it if you looking for a luxury hotel for holiday but it was alright (no hot water though).
So then I head to the airport to Fly to Wakeham Bay.... right..... So the plane is broken.... after loading and unloading us and about 3 hours late we are on our way...to Iqaluit....Baffin Island.....totally skipping over where I was heading... anyways... the plane breaks again in Iquluit... So I along with a lot of other people spend the night there......
Fellow Stranded Travellers
The next Day I finally make it to Wakeham... where I am going to meet ( a guy with a ponytail and a helicopter).... yeah anyways he shows up..... thank goodness.... But not before I feel like I've crashed a local family reunion... I was the only white person... strange feeling... So after a local asks me "why are you here?" I finally take my first trip in the helicopter.....terrified I was... still am... the tip that you won't feel it if it hits you doesn't really ease my fears.....
So I arrive at Guindeau Lake... I am only guessing at the spelling here.... and well this guy Matt says "We don't know what we're going to do with you?" What I've only traveled 3 days to get here????
Belanger Camp
So they send me the next day to Belanger....another camp... really nice well established and great Bathrooms... which to most may seem basic... trust me a good Bathroom is a luxury.......these ones had handy foot levers and plastic bags rather than water.... a real modern convenience compared to the other camp... at any rate everyone was nice and I saw lots of caribou... after about 4 days I am sent to the other camp again... another trip in the helicopter...
okay so at the other camp... it's a bit more rustic as it's a new camp.... but the people are still nice... then I meet the regular cook and things go down hill from there...not a nice guy, anyways now I am back in Vancouver and I am heading to Whitehorse on Friday.... so I will further update as I can... I need to buy a laptop computer... someday soon.....
The Odd habit people have to collect bones in the north?
Airport in Iqualuit
Okay so I get on a plane on the 1st of August..... I fly to Montreal..... (ohhh I forgot to say the car in front of my cab hit a pedestrian.... great start right..... Okay so I arrive in Montreal.... I stay at the Comfort Inn I don't recommend it if you looking for a luxury hotel for holiday but it was alright (no hot water though).
So then I head to the airport to Fly to Wakeham Bay.... right..... So the plane is broken.... after loading and unloading us and about 3 hours late we are on our way...to Iqaluit....Baffin Island.....totally skipping over where I was heading... anyways... the plane breaks again in Iquluit... So I along with a lot of other people spend the night there......
Fellow Stranded Travellers
The next Day I finally make it to Wakeham... where I am going to meet ( a guy with a ponytail and a helicopter).... yeah anyways he shows up..... thank goodness.... But not before I feel like I've crashed a local family reunion... I was the only white person... strange feeling... So after a local asks me "why are you here?" I finally take my first trip in the helicopter.....terrified I was... still am... the tip that you won't feel it if it hits you doesn't really ease my fears.....
So I arrive at Guindeau Lake... I am only guessing at the spelling here.... and well this guy Matt says "We don't know what we're going to do with you?" What I've only traveled 3 days to get here????
Belanger Camp
So they send me the next day to Belanger....another camp... really nice well established and great Bathrooms... which to most may seem basic... trust me a good Bathroom is a luxury.......these ones had handy foot levers and plastic bags rather than water.... a real modern convenience compared to the other camp... at any rate everyone was nice and I saw lots of caribou... after about 4 days I am sent to the other camp again... another trip in the helicopter...
okay so at the other camp... it's a bit more rustic as it's a new camp.... but the people are still nice... then I meet the regular cook and things go down hill from there...not a nice guy, anyways now I am back in Vancouver and I am heading to Whitehorse on Friday.... so I will further update as I can... I need to buy a laptop computer... someday soon.....
The Odd habit people have to collect bones in the north?
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