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Juneau Slideshow
Juneau
Travel Blogs from Juneau, United States
Zurueck in der Zivilisation
Nach 8 Tagen Wildnis kommt uns selbst das nur per Schiff oder Flugzeug erreichbare Juneau vor wie eine ...
Visiting Mendenhall Glacier
... about $12. Quite enjoyed the meal and unlike most chinese food the dishes werent soaked in oil (guess its the japanese influence). Juneau - Day 4 Weathers improved again today. Have a day to do something since my ferry out of town isnt til 4am the next ...
Juneau
... and a new beginning. For me - I have made my new beginning many times in towns such as Anchorage, Sitka, Ketchikan, and now Juneau. I love Alaska when the sun is out and I am looking across a valley at the mountains. Or when I am sailing ...
Little Did Juneau
So it's now close to the end of Day 2 of Deb's Crazy Cruise Experiment. I'm in Juneau now at an Internet cafe which I found as quickly as possible after practically running away from my tour group that I spent the last 5 hours with. Not that there was ...
Ohne Auto unterwegs
... Monaten unterwegs im Auto parkierten wir heute den Wagen in Skagway und liefen schwerbepackt mit unseren Rucksaecken zur Faehre nach Juneau. Von dort wollen wir weiter nach Gustavus in den Glacier Bay National Park. Die Faehre dorthin faehrt nur zweimal ...
Day 3 - Part 2: Mount Roberts and Shopping
May 16 – 2 Day 3 - Part 2: Mount Roberts Tramway and Shopping (continued from previous entry) (Mount Roberts) We're still reviewing hundreds of photos and comparing notes! We'll update this entry just as soon as possible. Please ...
Tracey Arm Fjord
... . We move quickly for a while until coming upon an iceberg which was a perch for several eagles. Farther toward Juneau, we spent about a half hour pacing about 6 humpback whale swimming in the area. After 10 hours we returned to Juneau ...
Downtown Juneau
... and gathered up the laundry which needed to be done. After breakfast and touching base with home, we headed into downtown Juneau. Our first stop was the federal building as I was hoping to be able to sign up for social security. ...
Juneau and Mendenhall Glacier
... to see the iceberg we passed by, but we did see the humpback whales passing by. We were a little late getting into Juneau, but were soon on our way to the campground. The campground is nice, but we have encountered the Alaska State Bird ...
Juneau
After a few days here and a few days there we booked into Juneau for a full week of fun and frolic. We started with the Alaska State Museum where you can easily spend the better part of a full ...
JUNEAU, ALASKA
... boat or birth. We arrived at 1 pm by boat after a very early start raring to go and anxious to view our new billet – the Juneau Hostel only to be told that we couldn't gain access until 5 pm. Another 4 hours to kill in a strange town. Not ...
Yes, bears really do s**t in the woods
... 8217;s true Sorry, more digressing. After a couple of days in Haines, we were supposed to take the evening ferry and arrive in Juneau in the early hours but we stayed a little longer than expected due largely to a problem with the boat. It ...
ALASKA – CHICKEN/DAWSON CITY/WHITEHORSE/TAKH
More about Chicken. Amateur (and professional) gold prospectors can hire a stretch of the creek for $15/$50 a day. Last year a guy and his grandson made $10,000 in a week. It's normally possible to at least find enough gold to pay for the ...
Skagway, AK to the Inside Passage
Vacation Day 13 July 14, 2008 Skagway, Alaska to the Inside Passage Today, was the final day of Skagway, and now the voyage begins for the next 5 days we will be aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System. This morning started almost the same as ...
Skagway, AK and Juneau, AK
... arrived and we boarded the Juneau Express to head to Juneau for the day. The trip was planned out for pretty much a ferry to Juneau with shuttle service to downtown and then pickup and drop off at the Mendenhall Glacier and pick-up and drop off back at ...
And we thought those salmon were big!
After a leisurely breakfast we exchanged a large ship for a smaller boat and off we went to try and sight some whales, along with other sea creatures. A very successful trip on the water. We spotted several whales at various times through the day ...
Inside passage
... - saw orcas too. Bald eagles everywhere, nesting and diving on fish. 26 hours ferry travelling took us up to Juneau, 3 days there. Time to climb a peak over city, explore and visit the Mendenhall glacier. Glacier that bigs chunks ...
Never been to sea - never seen a fish...
... day Falklands War, but which had been torn apart by strikes and the inner city race riots of just one year earlier. The United Kingdom in 1982 was staggering to its knees; reeling beneath the combined pressures of a protracted recession and, at more than ...
Australian euros?
... with Spam, I decided it may have been Filipino instead. I skipped the Spam but did enjoy some good bacon and eggs. The flight to Juneau was interesting. It was a cargo plane, too, so we were all in the back of the plane and the cargo in front. ...
Dog Sledding Alaska
After checking out the glaciers we tracked down the little dog sledding camp onto of one of the glaciers. The pictures give you a feel of how enormous the glacier was as the camp looks so small in the distance. Upon landing we are met by our guide, ...
Juneau
... amazingly clear. This particular glacier ends at a fresh water lake rather than the ocean or bay. A couple of interesting things about Juneau. Alaska has a woman governor. She is 49 years old. She lives in a "mansion" perched up on a hill. You ...
Juneau flight over the rockies
Here is you cabin crew. The only passenger and the pilot maximum age was 21. Beautifull ...
Mendenhall Glacier Hike
(Sean here.) By far the best hike of the trip was the West Glacier trail at the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau. We started with limited time as we had a 2pm appointment at the ferry terminal to depart for Petersburg, but knew we had to get Kaia some ...
Juneau, AK
... , we boarded the bus again and headed for a trip out into the straight on a whale watching expedition. Keep in mind that Juneau is in a rainforest and gets about 250 days of rain a year. The clouds parted and our trip was absolutely ...
Such a small capital city...
... a hole in the wallet We have picked “Glacier and gardens” bundle and I think it did the trick – especially that Juneau was our first port of call. We have booked shore excursion with NCL in advance. There are some pros and cons in ...
In port 11 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Whale watching. We saw humpback whales, orca's and seals. Mendenhall glacier. Tram to the top of the hill for the view and information on the local Native American tribe. ...