Coming out of Newfoundland and heading north, we encountered hours and hours of heavy sea fog. The fog horn blasting for 5 seconds every 2 minutes gets a bit wearing after a while!!! The ship slowed down.

Such was the delay that we had an itinerary change and a missed port for Greenland. Paamuit then Nuuk, instead of Nuuk, Paarmuit and Qarqortoq. The compensation was that the weather was brilliant, as you will see …

If you want to see and even taste crystal fresh air, come to Greenland …

We weaved amongst the icebergs …

… past rocky islands …

… pulled up offshore … and came into an almost impossibly hopeless tender wharf in Paarmuit (population 1600 in an area of about 250 acres). All the buildings are wooden, but there’s not a solitary tree grows in Greenland!

First, a walk to the top of a nearby hill. We could see where the ship was waiting …

… and admired the extraordinay view …

This photo is on the iPhone 6 panorama (actually 90%+ of all photos on the blog are from the iPhone!)

… life is tough on the hills – this is all that grows …

I went higher …

… for a view of the whole town …

We came down off the rock …

… and walked past this gorgeous wooden church …

… past colourful houses and admired the flowers, struggling in the harsh environment …

These were the tallest plants in Paamuit …

… and the dandelions grow really well.

All the houses look pretty cosy and well kept … and very colourful.

Overhead a reminder of “civilisation” …the main track between Europe and America.

Then, when we left – icebergs!!!

We didn’t get very close to this monster (stretching to the limit my telephoto lens capability) …