Wednesday 12 January 2011

The adventure begins...

This post has been a rather long time in coming... but finally, I´m off and the saga-steads adventure begins for real!

I popped over to Qaanaaq in the far north-western corner of Greenland in mid-December for Christmas (a couple of pics will be posted here soon). And couldn´t leave on account of the weather, which meant that the one weekly plane in and out of the place was cancelled. So I danced the Greenlandic polka on New Year´s Eve and marvelled at a spectacular 360 degree firework display, and had the chance to enjoy the 24-hour darkness for an extra week...

But now the Embulance is packed up and ready to go (I´ve been sleeping very comfortably in her the past few nights) and I hit the road headed to Harwich in a matter of hours. From Harwich I´ll sail to Esbjerg in Denmark, getting in at lunch time tomorrow. Then I´ll jump on the ferry from Hirtshals in Denmark over to the Faroes on Saturday. The beauty of this journey is that because Smyril line (the Denmark-Faroes-Iceland service) operates their winter timetable until April, I can´t buy an onward ticket from the Faroes to Iceland until I actually get to the Faroes. Wonderful! If all goes well though, I could be on Icelandic soil (or rock) next Wednesday...I will try to keep you updated with my progress where I can.

Finally, a short BBC Look East interview with some shots of the back of the (very spartan looking, pre-loading-of-kit) Embulance and a bit of chat about the project is to be found here http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9272000/9272619.stm -  

8 comments:

  1. Dear Emily,
    I am coming to Iceland at the end of the month. Can you tell me where you intend to be and when, so that we can try to meet ?

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  2. super - i am looking forward to following your adventure :))

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  3. Yeah! I've been waiting for updates since Christmas. Let the adventure begin!

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  4. Emily,
    Congratulations! Good Luck! I'm coming mid-June and look forward to reading about your adventures to get me even more excited about my trip.

    Sincerely,
    TB

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  5. Good Luck Emily! I'm dreaming to follow about your adventure. Be happy and enjoy it.

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  6. Kaeri Emily, takk fyrir skemmtilega ferdasaga. Goo luck in yout travel in tofrar Islands.

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