Month: September 2022

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Anchorage

Anchorage is one of the main cities of Alaska. Being a high density centre, the city has grown up full of block...

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Goodbye to Alaskan Rail

Fairbanks-Talkeetna – Anchorage Sorry you didn’t see Denali Mountain, moose or caribou…….. there is a chance but I warn you ,it is...

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Denali in a day…and a bit

Autumn has definitely come to the mountains. The journey from Fairbanks to Denali was spectacular. Silver birch are turning yellow, fire weed...

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Still in Fairbanks

Did you enjoy the hot springs? They were very relaxing and didn’t smell too much of sulphur. Sorry I didn’t want to...

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Alaska here we come

I felt very clever negotiating the metro to get to the airport( how about you),  and two flights later ,we are in...

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Vancouver for a day

Now I know you have been asking, ‘Are we there yet?, because train travel is slow compared to planes. Well it was...

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To Banff and back

Jasper National Park connects lots of small towns. Most of these entertain campers and hikers in summer and skiers in winter. They...

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Jasper

Jasper is a historical area that has been occupied by various people since the glaciers scoured out the valley. The original indigenous...

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