Long House Alaskan Hotel

... why is it deep fried and not grilled like the salmon? A place to go after the university had closed for the day was the Alaskan Hotel in downtown Juneau. Historical and authentic, it is a favorite watering hole in town as well as being a "hot spot" which ...

... the key items on our agenda for Singapore was to sample the world famous Singapore Chilli Crab, so we headed over to The Long House with Geoff and Carmen on our first night and had an absolutey delicious Alaskan Crab cooked two ways, half in chilli sauce ...

... in Jakarta the past 10 years and has traveled quite a bit in Southeast Asia, told us that we absolutely must stay at the White House Hotel in the capital when we arrive (quite fitting eh?). So after a tour from the friendliest taxi driver we've had in ...

... adds: To be fair, I think we had unfairly expected to see majestic fjords similar to what we had seen last summer on an Alaskan cruise with my family. Nonetheless, it was pretty boring. The highlight, other than the fact that we were riding a Badfart, was ...

... to take a cornea out, they neglected to tell us that this was a problem during sunny weather as well.  Apparently an Alaskan "pale-face" look is preferable here to a Coppertone tan, regardless of the risks imposed by the umbrellas on us tall ...

... and 11,500 km. Collected luggage, through customs and fingerprinted at immigration, then walked to domestic terminal for connecting Alaskan Airlines flight to Seattle which was delayed for nearly two hours. Smooth flight to Seattle, flying over a line of ...

... . The heritage center was a great experience for us and we learned a lot about the culture and way of living of the Alaskan natives. We returned to the downtown by the heritage center shuttle. We had lunch in a Japanese restaurant and went on a trolley ...

... subject was coming up now though, what with my dream last night and peoples questions. I met my new neighbour in the Marina Hotel, Bart an Alaskan Taurean man from the wilderness. He wanted to know what was this ashram I had run away from. He wasn't ...

... , and geography of each one with so much detail.    I found the information on the WWII detention of Alaskan Japanese Americans and Aleuts most interesting; these people had to leave their homes with only a small suitcase and bedroll, only to ...

... in the park, the journey takes six weeks. Temperatures rarely crept above zero degrees. For the dogs, this weather was perfect. Alaskan huskies are most comfortable at ten degrees below zero. For humans, much high quality gear was required to sustain ...

... airport at 6am and got through without too much hassle. This day was going to be huge since I had 3 flights to make with Alaskan Airlines and I was hoping that they would all connect smoothly as I basically had to cross the country and then further in ...

... They made rain coats out of animal guts.  Yum.  Those of us who were 21 (only 5!) went to the historic Alaska Hotel Bar and had some Alaskan beer – I had an Alaskan White & a Holiday Beer.  We then went back and had Salmon – ...

... like I was in the middle of a Top Chef episode.  We started off with a sampler appetizer of Dungeness & Alaskan king crab, mussels, and clams.  Delicious.  We all ordered different entrees; Elyssa ordered scallops, I ordered halibut, ...

... and bananas), as well as coffee plants, corn and cashews; a vegetarian's delight. We pass by his outhouse. It must be 50 yds from his house! Thats a long way to go for natures call at night when it is dark. I ask why so far and he tells me he was going to ...

... been shut down for the season. Considering how I might have to walk a distance of about 20 km through Alaskan wilderness, albeit on a narrow dirt road, it took a long time to get the right combination of items to carry with me. Water, rain gear, warmer ...

... (3545km). So after lunch with Stu and his significant other, I mounted my over-packed steed and headed northwest along the Alaskan Highway and spent the night in Valleyview Alberta. The next day I successfully dodged rain clouds for 15 hours, had lunch ...

... first few hikes. I was still hyper alert to everything, but felt more confident about being alone in the Alaskan forests. Just as well really considering how long this hike took! To be fair, Juneau Falls were worth the effort (see pic), but the elevation ...

... 's rehersal dinner at the Alaska SeaLife Center. Built with money from the Exxon Valdez disaster relief fund it's a great insight into Alaskan sea life and a unique place to have dinner, although I'm sure the diving puffin in the tank beside me was eyeing ...

... of outfits I wore as a kid in the 60's!  The restaurant was from 1964.  They had a tsunami in 1964 from the Alaskan earthquake that killed 14 people. They had a book about it in the restaurant that had pictures and stories from the people who ...

... We stopped and whilst Mick took the wheel Rach went to ask for a bowl of water at a nearby house. Out came Ron with his now infamous spray. Before long we were invited in and persuaded to rest up overnight with Ron promising to take us to the hospital ...