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During my travels, I received free accommodation for a night in exchange for writing a daily travel diary. This diary documented how I reached my next destination, the hosts who welcomed me, the food I was offered, and other experiences along the way. Below, you will find the archives of these extensive reports. Please note that English is not my native language, and most entries were written quickly, often around midnight. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, 1 April 2003
Kugluktuk, Nunavut --> Yellowknife, NWT, Canada

This April Fool's Day morning Becky tried to fool me by waking me up in the rush that my air plane was about to leave within half an hour and I had to hurry! I woke up pretty relaxed and smiled at her. “Well, that might mean I can stay another day if I go back to sleep again.”

Today I left Kugluktuk after six fascinating days where I really experienced life with the natives a bit.

I was invite to join Becky’s class at the high school as one of the kids had prepared caribou soup in home economy class. I never had caribou soup, but must admit it was very tasty.

Becky also gave me this awesome hooded sweater of the Kugluktuk Grizzlies Soccer team. It was a donation by the team and the entire community of Kugluktuk. I immediately put it on and am still very happy with it!

At the school I had to say goodbye to Becky with a grand hug. I loved the days I have spent here and I’ll take the memories with me wherever I go.

At 4pm the local taxi picked me up at Becky’s house and at 4.40pm the small plane from First Air jetted into the sky, showing me Kugluktuk from above.

After a two-hour flight I arrived back south in Yellowknife again and contacted my only hosts in town, [p]the Philipp family[/b], again. They were already expecting me and helped me out with another overnight stay at their place.

After having dinner with Steff and the kids, Jeff took me along to his office at MSImicro.com in the evening. Jeff still had some more work to do and I could use his high speed internet line to load everything about my week in Kugluktuk online (previous reports).

Tomorrow I am leaving Yellowknife again, for the last time now. And I’ll make the biggest jump through Canada so far.

Good night Yellowknife!

Ramon

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