Tag: USA
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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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Saturday 4 June 2011 Highlights: Ghirardelli Place, Music Box Shop The big shopping day in the Bay area. Last night they issued warnings about unseasonable wet weather, it turned out to be very wet but for the most part it rained while we were indoors. Caught the local bus in San Francisco, always interesting to…
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Friday 3 June 2011 Highlights: Gambling at Las Vegas Airport The shuttle pick up worked out well but had we really left Vegas yet… well no. It’s around 9 am and we are sitting at Las Vegas Airport and playing the slots how addictive is that?? Well not as addicted as the smokers who locked…
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Thursday 2 June 2011 Highlights: The view from the Stratosphere Tower, gambling at ten casinos in one day! We started today with a visit to the Stratosphere Tower to view Vegas from 500 metres height. Not a bad view, makes you realise you are in a desert, the only green places are the exclusive golf…
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Wednesday 1 June 2011 Highlights: Premium Shopping Outlet (South) Late start today getting up around 10.30 am, but with no sleep yesterday that’s not a big surprise. Finally dragged myself out to the strip and caught the Deuce bus service ($7 for 24 hours use).
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