The Famous Five's Alaskan Adventure - Episode Seven - 'Cruising Ship Shape and Bristol Fashion!'.


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Published: July 11th 2019
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In my last post, we had just completed Day 2 on board and I thought that this time, rather than bore you even more silly than I have in previous episodes, by giving you a blow by blow account of each and every day of the cruise, I would take a slightly different approach. In a nutshell, I decided to wait until the cruise is finished and then provide one overall post summarising highlights/lowlight... Read Full Entry



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Sunset on the ship - 2

And for of the Famous Five enjoying another sunset!
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The Spasski River Valley Wildlife Tour - 1

The Famous Five hunkered up in case of bears.
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The Spasski River Valley Wildlife Tour - 2

Our three guides, two with guns and Ben (Freddie Flintoff) on the right.
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The Spasski River Valley Wildlife Tour - 3

Lovely view but no bears....
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The Spasski River Valley Wildlife Tour - 4

......and still no bears.....
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The Spasski River Valley Wildlife Tour - 5

......those bears are out there somewhere watching us!
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Icy Strait Point - 1

The Hoonah sign.
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Icy Strait Point - 2

Don't care! We didn't wanna see no bears anyway!
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Icy Strait Point - 3

Pretty isolated, but great views....
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Icy Strait Point - 4

....another lovely view.....
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Icy Strait Point - 5

Could this be the start of another Flower Tower?
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Icy Strait Point - 6

Look how close the ship is to the shore!
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Ketchikan - 1

We are here and confirmation that it is the Salmon Capital of the World.......apparently!
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Ketchikan - 2

The town so close to the ship!
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Ketchikan - 3

Fish is big in Ketchikan!
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Ketchikan - 4

Some of the stilt houses
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Ketchikan - 5

The small waterfall.
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Ketchikan - 6

The infamous cushion covers!
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Inside Passage - 1

The coastguard’s boat leaves after dropping off the Pilot to guide us through the Passage
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Inside Passage - 2

A view down the Passage...
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Inside Passage - 3

.....and another.



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