Blogs from Alaska, United States, North America - page 271

The problem at the moment is that we are tearing around the place much more than we ever did in India and public internet access here in America is less common and more expensive than there. Hence the diary doesn't get updated often and when we do it's difficult to remember everything or anything we have done. Alaska is huge and wild. And expensive. It seems old age Americans like to cruise up the west coast, to places like Anchorage, Juneau and Whittier and then experience 'wild Alaska' in total luxury. You can pay $5000 for a week long 'back country' fishing experience which in reality is a luxury transport, 5 star lodge and someone to hold your fishing rod for you. $500 gets you flown in the interior to land next to 30 bears feeding ... read more

Hi everyone! Another blog from AK. Since the last one, we have been journeying around the main bit of Alaska. Landed in Fairbanks and drove straight to Denali National Park for a tour. The only way to see the park is either on foot or on a tour bus. The tour was great. We had a good driver who was quite humourous, and we saw stacks of wildlife....dall sheep, ptarmigans, snowshoe hare, and grizzlies! A momma bear and her three cubs walked straight by my window. An awe inspiring experience. We then drove down to Talkeetna for a flight over Mt. McKinley. When we got up the next day though, the mountain was too clouded in so our flight was cancelled. It didn't matter though as our flight to Fairbanks went straight past the big mountain. ... read more

Hi there! Apologies for the delayed blog. SE Alaska is a tourist area, and it ain't hard to find a $10/hr internet connection, and they're rarely under $5/hr. We started our trip on the Alaska Marine Highway. Most of the places in SE Alaska don't have road access and rely on a series of ferries to connect to the Lower 48. The cruise to Ketchikan was good. Arrived in Ketchikan to rain. Ketchikan has the highest rainfall of any place in North America with over 13 feet of rain annually. While in Ketchikan, we stayed at the New York Hotel where we had two single beds in a small room. Accommodation is quite expensive here in SE Alaska, and just a room like that was over US$100 per night. It had a very steep staircase to ... read more

Well, we finally arrived in the 2nd hardest state to travel to in the beautiful United States. My first impressions were, majored in environmental science, that this is the greates place on earth. The water is so clean, trees too green, absolutely beautiful! My dad and I are crusing the inside passage with stops in Ketchikan Skagway, Juneau, & Sitka. Then the land protion is Anchorage, Fairbanks, Denali, Valdez, then back to Anchorage. FAst forward In Juneau we took a helicopter ride to the top of t a glacier. This was the greatest flight of my life; fast, great visuals, and a little scary! The pilot was an experienced bush pilot. He took us on a wild ride, but felt completely safe. The glacier was excellent, espically the water *(check pic caption). In Sitka: Prior to ... read more

Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all.-----Helen Keller Sorry, you haven’t heard from us in a while. We have been busy having fun. Plus it is hard to get connected. So we will do what we can and finish these at a later date. We are in Jasper and heading to Bamff next, the Rockies are awesome!!! YOU WANT TO STAY TUNED, BECAUSE WE HAVE LOT OF PICTURES TO ADD BEARS!!!!!!!!!!. July 23, 2005, Saturday. We are in Denali and are up at 5 AM to take the bus to Wonder Lake. Denali’s claim to fame is probably it’s remote location, the extreme and difficult terrain and the fact is, this is WILDERNESS! Once a dirt road was developed and people began coming, the park services restricted the use of private vehicles. So ... read more