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Thursday, 23 May 2019 Cooper Landing, Alaska, USA   Three hour drive down to the halibut capital of the world. Homer. A fishing port at the end of the Kenai Peninsula. There’s not much to see enroute apart from trees. Lots and lots of trees. Reminds me of Siberia. And northern Scandinavia. And lots of… Read more

Wednesday, 22 May 2019 Cooper Landing, Alaska, USA   Mundane day. Picked up hire car. Drove an hour to Cooper Landing through magnificent Alaskan scenery. Snow capped mountains. Lakes. Pine trees. Checked in to the Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge (https://www.princesslodges.com/princess-alaska-lodges/kenai-lodge/). Clue is in the title. Wilderness. Middle of nowhere. Overlooks the turquoise Kenai River. Rooms… Read more

Tuesday, 21 May 2019 Seward, Alaska, USA   Quite a few days now of opening the curtains to see dank, dreary weather. But. Not today, dear reader. Not today. As you will see from the photos below. Gloriously sunny, blue sky day. A day not to be wasted. Quickly book a 5hr Resurrection Bay cruise.… Read more

Monday, 20 May 2019 Seward, Alaska, USA   Dismal and dreary weather. All day. Was going to walk along the coastal path to the main town area of Seward and visit the Sea Life Centre, 2km away, but it’s chucking it down. Taxi it is. Taxi driver used to drive the Dalton Highway between Fairbanks… Read more

Sunday, 19 May 2019 Seward, Alaska, USA   Really enjoyed the week’s cruising. Am now seriously thinking of changing my plans and rather than fly back to Seattle (for my flight home to the UK) from Anchorage, as originally intended, am now looking at cruising back. Such was the enjoyment. If you’ve never done a… Read more

Saturday, 18 May 2019 At sea in the Gulf of Alaska, Alaska, USA   Woken with a jolt at 0230hrs. There’s a sound of rushing water. The ship has sprung a leak in my cabin. Sounds like a pressure washer right next to my ear. Takes a few seconds to come to and work out… Read more

Friday, 17 May 2019 Glacier Bay, Alaska, USA Full day cruising up and down Glacier Bay. It would be superb scenery were it not for the low cloud and rain hiding the snowy peaks. At the head of the fjord are a number of tidewater glaciers. The ship pirouettes on its axis for an hour… Read more

Thursday, 16 May 2019 Skagway, Alaska, USA   For reasons unknown to me, I’d assumed that the deck 9 Lido buffet restaurant was the only place to get breakfast. It’s with some glee, therefore, that I discover that the fine dining restaurant does breakfast. After all these days queuing in a noisy and overcrowded buffet,… Read more

Wednesday, 15 May 2019 Juneau, Alaska, USA   Four cruise ships in town. Noordam, Westerdam, Star Princess and the Celebrity Eclipse. Cruise ship tourists all over Juneau. The main shopping street is directly across from the cruise ship pier. Indian (as in curry) jewellery shops line the entire street. Each offering a free gift. As… Read more

Tuesday, 14 May 2019 Ketchikan, Alaska, USA   Wake up in Alaska. At last. After all these months of travelling am nearing the final destination. Boo. Don’t want it to end. Another scrum at the breakfast buffet and have to queue nearly half an hour to get an omelette, though surprisingly find a vacant table… Read more