Juneau, United States Travel Blogs

Boat, sweet Boat
Aug 16, 2007 (14 photos)

... away. Some of her answers amaze me, others just seem funny. And, as always when coming back to the United States from abroad, there's that funny reverse culture shock: Souvenir shopping for Alaskan prices on Chinese salaries was a bit depressing ...

July 4th juneau alaska disaster and swift ...
Jul 5, 1999 (1 photos)

... who had had the same fate befall his bags, though I don't know what the reason was since he was originating in the States. Apparently it's very common for luggage to be delayed into Juneau. Juneau's population is bigger than I thought based on its ...

Alaskan Sojourn - The Inside Passage
Sep 1, 2005 (7 photos)

There is something romantic about going to Alaska, and it has nothing to do with a cruise (which I did not take anyway). Be it gold and riches in the past, or the grandeur and power of nature and wildlife today, the lure of the Final Frontier remains ...

Juneau
Apr 22, 2008 (35 photos)

Do you know Juneau?
Jun 15, 2007

... during the winter, and a bustling surge of tourists during the summer. There were four ships anchored in the channel near Juneau today where they deposited countless thousands of camera-toting tourists in full-bore spending mode. It felt like we were in ...

Ships ahoy - MS Ryndam
Sep 3, 2008 (5 photos)

This morning we headed back to Vancouver where we dropped people at the Airport and at the Hotel we started from, there was about 34 of us who were doing the Inside Passage Cruise of Alaska.  We were dropped at the ship terminal at about 3pm and ...

Wonderful Alaska
Jun 4, 2009 (5 photos)

... inaccessible to the big cruise ships and we did a walking tour of the town and visited the hammer museum. Thursday - we arrived in Juneau where we disembarked from the boat.   This was very sad as we had really enjoyed the boat and also made lots ...

Day 4 Juneau
Jun 11, 2009 (2 photos)

... out that it is like soda stream and is made from coffee concentrate (WTF!!! No more coffee for me) Back to a regular update Juneau is an interesting town,. It is only accessible by boat or plane with no roads into town as it boarders a large icefield, it ...

Scenic cruising to Juneau
Sep 4, 2008

Ships log;- 3.00am Transiting Seymour Narrows 12.00nn Cloudy, gentle breeze: 12 degrees C 3.30pm Transiting Granville channel 8.30pm Dropped off our pilots at Triple Island A relaxing day cruising and exploring the ship, duty free shops wow and ...

Red Deer to Alaska 03
Sep 2, 2003 (8 photos)

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Juneau
Sep 5, 2008 (14 photos)

... ; 7.45am Picked up our first Alaskan pilot 12.00nn Partly cloudy skies, light breeze; 10 degrees C 1.45pm Safely docked in Juneau 10.05pm Unmoored 10.35pm Commenced voyage to Skagway Berthed at Juneau, the capital of Alaska, at 1.45pm and we ...

Juneau
Sep 11, 2007 (7 photos)

... Judy and Gene on this tour of a Gold smelting plant in Lead, South Dakota.  It was fascinating.  When this tour in Juneau offered a tour down into a Gold mine, despite my dislike of being in caves, but never being in an actual mine of any sort, ...

Arriving in Juneau with the Ferry
Jun 6, 2008

... bustling capital and gateway to Glacier Bay, nestles between towering mountains and the Gastineau Channel. Although a modern city, Juneau wears its romantic Gold Rush past proudly. Exhibits, museums, and enchanting performances are waiting to entertain you ...

Cruising to Juneau Capital of Alaska
Jun 22, 2009 (2 photos)

Day 14  22/6/09  Juneau Alaska      Please click Titles below photo's for the story

The Medenhall glacier et al
May 27, 2006 (9 photos)

... , there's been talk even while we were here about a 90 mile section of road being completed between here and Skagway. There by connecting Juneau to the outside world by something other that sea and sky. Along the road to the "end of the road" we passed ...

Juneau - The Unique Capital of Alaska
Sep 29, 2007 (93 photos)

... in the photos, I did it once and lost the changes. The process is too time consuming to do again. ---------------------------- Juneau is unique due to its spectacularly scenic location and for being the only state capital in the U.S. not connected to ...

The Morning After...
May 5, 2008

... of not hiking in the rain we decided to venture to Costa's Dinner which we have subsequently decided is the highlight of Juneau. Costa's is a tiny little "junkshop" dinner run by a big boned lady (referred to as Ma). The interior looks like it is ...

Mad-Alaska
May 4, 2008 (130 photos)

... Pearl' and absolutely stunning and huge!  Our first day of sailing was perfect where we made our way up to Juneau.  A gorgeous town with a population of 30,000 (double the size of Llantwit!!).  It is very quaint with stunning scenery.  ...

First day in Juneau-hostels,cruises and alcohol!
May 4, 2008

Poppy: The ferry from Sitka to Juneau was slightly more civilised than the one to Sitka and we arrived in town at 6pm on Saturday and got a taxi to the one youth hostel in town. Very nice but the no alcohol rule, midnight curfew and plastic coated ...

Big seas, no vomit!
Aug 28, 2009 (11 photos)

... to get the train to Seward - I went for the day. I had no real choice as there is only one ferry from Whittier to Juneau a month and I wanted to be on it. Anyway, the train to Seward goes through some beautiful scenery. We passed a lot of dead trees, ...

Juneau
Jun 7, 2006 (13 photos)

... pub from the days of the gold rush.  This bar is truly authentic, and one of the oldest standing establishments in Juneau, complete with a sawdust floor and honkey-tonk piano player.  Above the bar are two of Wyatt Earp's pistols that were lost ...

Mendenhall Glacier
May 6, 2008 (7 photos)

Debs:  Ok, so...........apparently you just can't visit Juneau without checking out Mendenhall Glacier, so we did! We also later renamed it Tim the Glacier, not only because it's easier to say, but also because we're sure we were the first to discover it, ...

Bears!! For real.
Aug 19, 2007 (11 photos)

... down. Reaching the bottom, I put Keesha in the car and went to try and see some bears feeding on salmon in the stream. Juneau built raised platforms over the stream for people to hike on in this area. The paths beyond the platforms were closed due to bear ...

It was the best of days... It was the worst of day
Jul 3, 2004 (17 photos)

... picked us up to transport us to the docks.  She was a Tlingit Indian, named Kathleen who was also a headstart teacher in Juneau.  She said Alaska was hurting for teachers and we both joked about moving up there.  Well... Jan joked about it, ...

Haines to Juneau
Jul 31, 2009 (38 photos)

... is caused by an insect.  In fall it turns red.  City Museum had very interesting items and displays about Juneau’s history.  The intricate handle on the spoon carved out of a goat’s horn was remarkable. Tried several different ...

Did Ju-Neau That?
May 15, 2008 (32 photos)

... , Juneau, a pretty, colorful city and the capital of Alaska is settled at the base of a mountain, conveniently called Mount Juneau. There is also an island; Douglas, across from Juneau. It is only accessible by aircraft or boat and has more ...

Juneau Rocks!!! Orcas and Humpbacks and Sea Lions
May 25, 2009 (23 photos)

WOW!!! I'm not sure what else to say! We went whale watching this morning on a small boat, only two others plus the captain. We weren't out just a few minutes before he was radioed that there were Orca's, which is highly unusual to see. We must have ...

Day one of Cruise to Alaska
Jun 21, 2009 (4 photos)

Day 13  Cruising inside straight all day Please click Titles below photo's to read the story

Forty miles of road
May 30, 1993

... present and mining continues to play a role. Considered by many the most beautiful capital city in the US, Juneau has something for everyone: spectacular scenery, abundant wildlife, great shopping, a myriad of outdoor activities, fascinating gold rush ...

Fun things to do in Juneau!
May 7, 2008

... surprised by our sudden appearance) who informed us that it wouldn't be open until 2pm when the cruise ship was in. Juneau's tourist industry revolves around the most monstrous and horrifically naff cruise ships which come into port daily from May to ...