There is something a little surreal about a group of people pouring out of a bus into the washrooms of a visitors’ centre in the cool and drizzle of the morning. So there I stood, with a small audience, having a standup wash and changing bra and T-shirt in a public toilet somewhere near MountContinue reading “At last – Dave and Lilli!!”
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Reservations – and not Indian ones
Well, after a beautiful trip on the boat, with two showers in 12 hours (credit for the days when we have no showers!) and a shared cabin with a window, we arrived in Prince Rupert. I was looking forward to seeing Cow Bay and the cafe Victoria mentioned, but we arrived at the ferry terminalContinue reading “Reservations – and not Indian ones”
Dancing girls in Dawson! Whitehorse and the mountains…
From the Top of the World road we began the long winding descent, catching sight occasionally of the Yukon river snaking far below. We eventually reached the river itself, but not on the Dawson City side, so took a ferry across in the blazing sunshine. We’re here till midnight, after which we do the nightContinue reading “Dancing girls in Dawson! Whitehorse and the mountains…”
North Pole, Chicken and the Top of the World
To go from the sublime of peaceful Chena Springs to the ridiculous, we stopped at The North Pole. Mmmm. A guy called Con (!) Miller who had already developed a reputation for playing Santa Claus to the Native children in Alaskan villages, moved his store from Fairbanks and renamed it Santa Claus House – atContinue reading “North Pole, Chicken and the Top of the World”
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