• Skagway, AK

    August 20, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    The train arrives at Skagway, a coastal town set at the end of a fjord. There are 2 cruise ships in port today.

    Skagway looks like an old time frontier town but is filled with jewelry stores selling objects that are rarely authentic. It's a tourist trap!

    We have some great haddock and chips down on the wharf at the Alaska Fish Co. There's and old time saloon building/brothel called the Red Onion. It now sells pizzas and does brothel tours for $10 pp. Sidewalks are raised and timber to facilitate walking around in the wet and snow.
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