This day was the most amazing day for us. The boat could not dock into Sitka as the water there was too low. We met for the Sea Otters and Wildelife excursion, into the Rendez-Vous bar where we were given a sticker for our excusrion. We took a boat directly from the ship. There were 2 decks. The one at the top had an observation deck. The boat went out to sea for about 10 minutes. This is were we saw humpback wales!!! They were spraying water out and diving into the sea to feed. We saw tales and fins. I [View Full Entry]

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Today marks the countdown. Officially, I will be in China in less than a week! So exciting. I have a mess in my living room. Clothes, meds, and bags spread everywhere. It's been that way for a week or two now. I figure if I look at the stuff enough, I'll be able to figure out exactly what will make the cut. Make it to China that is. The comfy neck pillow? It takes up so much space... But I'll be flying for ages! Figure in all of the dodgy accommodations and train rides and I expect that it may be [View Full Entry]

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Hm. Paa tide aa vende nesen hjemover merker jeg. Dagen i dag (mens jeg venter paa ferga) har jeg brukt til aa drikke kaffe i bokhandelen og henge paa den lokale surfesjappa. (Jeg har ikke saa mye foelelse av aa vaere turist lengre. Og saa begynner jeg saa smaatt aa bli lei av soveposen og teltet mitt.... ) Det er trivelig her i Sitka, men ikke saa mye mer aa gjoere enn kajakk og rusle fjellturer. Dessverre finnes det ikke surfbare boelger paa denne tiden av aaret. (Ikke akkurat en overraskelse, det er jo det samme hjemme) Reiser tilbake til Juneau [View Full Entry]

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En kort liten posting. Mest fordi jeg har padlet saa mye de siste dagene at jeg nesten ikke klarer aa skrive... (armene er moere) :-) Befinner meg i Sitka etter en fergetur fra Juneau. Her har jeg vaert de siste dagene, kom nettopp tilbake fra en todagers kajakktur delvis utaskjaers, setter sjoebein ennaa. Sitka er midt i regnskogbeltet, saa det er rimelig vaatt her, men av en eller annen grunn begynner jeg aa venne meg til at det skal vaere 8 grader og regn her. Ellers merker jeg at reisen gaar mot slutten, kanskje likesaagreit. Hele den Alaskagreia begynner saavidt aa [View Full Entry]

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It rained during the night, as we found out in the morning, as water poured off the tent when Dave opened the hatch. However, we never heard the rain during the night. We also noticed we were sitting on the floor of the van, with almost all the air gone out of the mattress, as we got out of the van. Not a good sign. By the time we had breakfast and were ready to go the skies were just cloudy and remained that way throughout the day. First order of business for the day is laundry. How fortunate we were, [View Full Entry]

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Five am came early this morning, as I suppose it does every morning. We grabbed coffee at the campground office and headed to the Ferry Terminal about 5 miles away. Two hours before the ferry leaves, you need to check in and get a lane assignment. There we sat, in our lane number 5, until about 7:30 am. We are on the Fairweather today, which is a high-speed catamaran ferry. It is quite nice and comfortable, but unlike the Malaspina, it has only one passenger level and no wireless internet. We sat at a table where Dave read his book and [View Full Entry]

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What a great place Sitka turned out to be - doubtless the gorgeous weather helped. The ship anchored off shore and we were taken to the dock on tenders - aka the lifeboats. I figured if we had to use them for the real thing the food wouldn't be quite what we'd become used to!! According to Wikipedia "The name Sitka (derived from Sheet’ká, a contraction of the Tlingit name Shee At'iká) means "People on the Outside of Shee," Sheet’-ká X'áat'l (often expressed simply as Shee) being the Tlingit name for Baranof Island. The town is sometimes referred to as "Sitka-by-the-Sea." [View Full Entry]

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We left Kona and said our good-byes. Then we arrived in Honolulu around 7-ish p.m. We had some Burger King aka BK for dinner. After getting some grub, we walked around the airport. We went into this store, can't remember what it was called, but it had lots of make-up and perfume. Tasha, Mary and Saulina went in there to try on some cool stuff and some good smelling perfume. Jen came furiously, looking for us, telling the three of us that we had to go to our gate. When it came to about 10 p.m., we started to board [View Full Entry]

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We thought we should let you know who we are! We are getting busy packing for our trip to Hawaii. We will keep you updated on our adventures daily! Thanks for checking out the blog! [View Full Entry]

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It all started on an early Friday morning in July. I had to check in at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol at 0700 AM, where I had to pick my flight at 10:00AM. It took off at 10:30 AM so there was the first delay of 30 minutes. After a great flight with lots of turbulence I arrived in Detroit the Motor city. It was 13:00 and my connecting flight to Seattle would go at 15:30. But first I had to go thru customs to pick up my luggage and check that in again. Well it sounds like peace of cake but [View Full Entry]

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