Category: World Trip 2011
A 14-day trip to USA (California and Alaska) between 31 May 2011 and 13 June 2011.
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In 2011 I went on a short 14 day trip to United States of America with the chief reason to visit the remote region of Alaska something I had wanted to do for a long time. The first few days I was traveling with my mother around Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco then…
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Monday 13 June 2011 Highlights: Spare empty economy seat next to me It turned out that the flight home to Melbourne would not be delayed.
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Sunday 12 June 2011 Highlights: Walking around Anchorage, In-flight Internet access Last day of the trip with any non travel activities. Woke up with the news that flights into Melbourne have stopped and face major disruptions due to South American volcano from last week, I’ll see if That causes any problems tomorrow. First up it…
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Saturday 11 June 2011 Highlights: Boat Plane Flight, Black Bear close up The last major event of the trip, a flight to Redoubt Bay to check out the local wildlife. This started with my first ever ‘float’ or boat flight. Redoubt Bay can only be rested by air or boat, or in this case both!…
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Friday 10 June 2011 Highlights: Scenic Coastal Train Trip, Whittier Glaciers and Dolphins A welcome late start saw me catch the 8.40 am shuttle for the 10 am train from Anchorage to Whittier. The coastal 61 mile trip was down over 2 hours at a slow pace to allow us to look out for wildlife, which…
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Thursday 9 June 2011 Highlights: Anchorage Museum Early start with bus pickup at 7 am, which while becoming common is leaving me tried by the middle of the day. Still this was an easy travel day today with a 8 hour trip back to Anchorage including a short stop at Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge. The Anchorage…
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Wednesday 8 June 2011 Highlights: Denali National Park, Native Wildlife (including spotting a Bald Eagle!) and Mount McKinley Today I got up early for a very long tour of Denali National Park starting at 6.30 am I found myself travelling with Ian, Helen and Rohran from yesterday’s adventure plus a seat mate in Rebecca and by…
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Tuesday 7 June 2011 Highlights: Nine hour scenic train trip, white water rafting (class 3 & 4) Early start day. I had a 8.15 am train to Denali with a 7.15 am check in this meant I needed to catch the 6.45 am hotel to the train depot transfer, long story short I needed to get…
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Monday 6 June 2011 Highlights: The sun shining brightly at 00.30 in Anchorage Said a last goodbye to San Francisco with an early 6.20 am start. The next major part of this trip will see many early mornings as I get in touch with nature. I don’t know if I’ll ever be back to San…
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Sunday 5 June 2011 Highlights: Ferry to Sausalito, walking around Sausalito Last full day with my Mum before heading off to Anchorage, Alaska. An early morning start saw another local bus into the city. This time we travelled to the terminal and walked down to the coast enjoying a short walk to the start of…
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