Jeff's Random & Readable Revelations

Juneau

Tuesday

We arrived in Juneau at 7:30 this morning and found exactly the same as in Ketchikan - drizzle! We walked around the town which is very similar to Norway or yesterday's experience.

This afternoon we visited the sled dog summer camp and met the "mushers" and their dogs. A team of twelve dogs took us in a wheeled vehicle on a trip of about a mile and afterwards we met the puppies. Not quite cairns, but cute anyway. Photos to be posted soon

Ketchikan - Juneau

Yesterday (Monday) was an internet disaster. The connection has been down for 24 hours and I am now well behind on blogging. I am now connected and here is what I intended to post yesterday.

Sunday

There was nothing dramatic to report yesterday as we were at sea all day. We commenced the journey through the Inner Passage - if you will pardon the expression - towards Alaska. The tour manager said that the temperature tomorrow would be about 28 in bright sunshine; well, if not in Alaska, it would be somewhere in the world!

Monday

Today we arrived at Ketchikan at 07:30 and after breakfast we went ashore in a misty drizzle. Apparently, they measure rainfall in Ketchikan by the foot, not the inch! It does make you wonder what drove people to settle in this part of the world. After about two hours ashore we decided that the ship would the drier and more welcoming place to be. We had by then seen most of downtown Ketchikan including Creek Street which was the old bordello area of the town, particularly Dolly’s House which was closed down in the 1930s. Wouldn't you just believe it - as we got back on board, the sun came out.

We sailed at 14:00 continuing up the inner passage to Juneau, tomorrow's port of call

Leaving Vancouver

Yesterday was quite a day. We were collected from the hotel at 11:30 as promised and reached the port at 12:30. After spending 90 minutes wending our way through a serpentine queue, we entered the "Cattle Shed" that puported to be US Immigration.

The least said about that the better! We eventually got on board at 16:30!!!

At least our frustration was countered when we got to our cabin and saw how delightful it is. We finally sailed at 18:30.

Leaving Vancouver
Early nigh as the travel days have caught up with us

Vancouver

I now know where all the redundant engines from Concorde have gone - they power the hand driers in the toilets at Terminal 5!

So here we are in Vancouver after a 32 hour day yesterday. Our 9 hour flight from London was almoost uneventful, apart from the fact that I must be the only guy to have a shower on a BA flight! One of the trolley dollies managed to throw a glass of cold water over me, and not for any of the reasons you may think!

The hotel we stayed in last night is fantastic. We had two emporer sized beds and areal coffee percolator. Don't suppose our cabin will be that size. Well we will find out in about 4 -5 hours time.

Carry on watching this space.

Golden Wedding - Diamond Princess

Diamond Princess

Tommorow we are off to start our round the world trip. We are camping out at Heathrow so as not to suffer traumas on Friday morning! We then fly to Vancouver and board the ship there. We are then of to Alaska for 9 days before crossing the northen pacific.

I will be updating this blog daily if possible, but I doubt if I will be able to post pictures. They will have to wait until we get home. So - as they say "watch this space"