Still here, 2 more days after today.
Inside breakfast again, still cloudy.
Out in the bay the scenery had changed. The last 2 days we saw mostly sea and a few dozen icebergs, today it was mostly ice – literally thousands of small icebergs everywhere, with about a dozen small fishing boats bobbing about.
Walked towards the hiking tracks, up and down the hilly streets of the town, today decided to follow the blue markers – this track went close to the Icefjiord and was longer than the yellow one we did the other day.
The track was pretty much level, but it went past some boggy areas and tons of mosquitoes. Bastards. There were a couple of other people around, but they soon disappeared from view. Got some photos of a small inlet.
We climbed some steps, then went up a small incline and saw almost the entire Icefjiord in front of us. Incredible view. Took lots of photos. It was like an alien landscape.
There were a few people around, but surprisingly few, we only saw about 10 in all.
Sat on a rock just looking at the view, had a cup of tea. It wasn’t cold, a fair bit warmer than the other day, and at one stage I took my jacket off and just had my T shirt. It was mostly cloudy but the sun came out intermittently, highlighting some of the ice. We were about 50M from the ice, on a hill. Some of the icebergs looked to be around 20 storeys tall. You could hear the ice groaning and cracking now and then, and occasionally there would be a loud thump as something big fell off, but we didn’t see any.
After a while we moved along the track, still with stunning views, and were the only people there. It was very quiet, the occasional bird and buzzing of mosquitoes.
Came across a junction with another track (red), and asked an old German lady sat there if the blue track went back to the town. She said yes, but it was very long, so we took the red one which took us back to the town in about 15 minutes. We looked at the map and saw the blue track would have taken a few hours, so just as well we decided against it.
Staggered back to the hotel through the town and fell onto the bed.
Had a snack because we’re back to the same hotel restaurant as last night.
Walked the 10 minutes to the other hotel, up more bloody hills.
Song checked that they would do the steamed crab, they said OK. I asked what the fish of the day was, the waitress said Whale. I didn’t think I could eat a whole one so ordered the lamb. I also had a beer.
Song’s crab looked like the monster from the deep, but she said it was very good.
I asked for my lamb to be cooked medium, but when it came out it was verging on well done again like yesterday. Mind you, the potatoes were under cooked to make up for it.
The lamb was OK though, and it came with a nice berry sauce, so not a total loss but not good value.
After Song had demolished the crab we went back to the hotel, didn’t fancy dessert. Cost 110 AUD for 2 mains and a small beer.
Just about managed to get back to the hotel, collapsed on the bed again. This holiday business is hard work.
We are thinking of doing another walk tomorrow, part of the blue track we skipped, but I don’t know if my legs will let me so we may end up taking it easy. I’d be quite happy sitting on the terrace with a beer or 2.
