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Voyageur Around the World 2023
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- 1 juin 2023, 13:13
- 🌧 7 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- États Unis Alaska Juneau City and Borough Mendenhaven Tolch Rock 58.404004, -134.60566458°24’14” N 134°36’20” W
Jour 35
Juneau
1 juin 2023, États Unis ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
What a freezing cold night 🥶. Definitely the coldest so far and not a lot of sleep was had.

Around 6.30am, I gave up on sleeping and went to find coffee. I found a free coffee machine in the office and helped myself 🤗.

After breakfast and showers, we caught the bus into Juneau. 4 cruise ships 😩. The bus company wanted $45 each for return transport to the glacier. I phoned a car rental company instead. The guy came and collected us from the cruise dock and drove us all the way back to Auke Bay, where we had just come from. He then asked me for my license and insurance documents. Oh no! He couldn’t offer us insurance and I knew I couldn’t get any after the Haines debacle. No rental car. Fortunately, the guy dropped us at Mendallhall Glacier.

We spent some time at the glacier walking around and looking at Nugget Falls. Then the next hurdle. How would we get back with no transport? I saw an orange tourist bus and asked the driver to take us. He said $20 per person, we paid and got a ride back to the cruise ship dock where we started. A round trip for less than half price 😆.

We found a pub for lunch and had a tasty sandwich before catching the bus to Fred Meyers. We picked us a couple of things for dinner and caught another bus back to the campground.

We had some coffee (don’t think they realise what they’ve got into) and sat by the ‘campfire’ keeping warm and dry.

Macaroni cheese and veggies for dinner. I hope tonight is a bit warmer.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Around the World 2023
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- 2 juin 2023, 12:28
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- États Unis Alaska Juneau Gull City 58.300025, -134.41551258°18’0” N 134°24’56” W
Jour 36
Juneau
2 juin 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
A much warmer night with a blanket inside the sleeping bag. We used the propane fire to toast some bagels for breakfast before packing up the tent.

We got a taxi to the airport hotel where they let us check in early (probably to get rid of all our luggage). We then caught the bus into Juneau and spent some time in the museum. There were some interesting videos on how native Alaskans used marine mammal intestines to make waterproof clothing and some of these clothes on display.

Once the museum became overrun with tour groups we walked into the city and found lunch’s I had some tasty rockfish tacos.

We then walked along the front for a bit but it started raining so we caught the bus back to the hotel.

After a little afternoon nap we went through all the luggage to prepare for flying tomorrow - liquids and knives etc.

For dinner we had Dominoes pizza and watched Harry Potter on TV.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Canada & Alaska.
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- 29 juin 2023, 13:33
- 🌧 10 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- États Unis Alaska Juneau City and Borough Tsantikihin (historical)Juneau Downtown Historic District 58.296764, -134.40133758°17’48” N 134°24’5” W
Jour 16
Juneau
29 juin 2023, États Unis ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
What else is there to say?
Went on a trip specifically to see whales and was not disappointed.
Abbey was our guide and seemed to be more excited than anyone else in the boat.
Along with a feeding Humpback we also spotted Orcas in the distance.
Back on shore we wandered around Juneau (which is not very big) and were surprised
to discover an unprecedented amount of Diamond stores, all family owned of course!En savoir plus
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Voyageur 2023
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- 27 juil. 2023, 23:53
- 🌙 13 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- États Unis Alaska Juneau City and Borough Mendenhaven Nugget Creek 58.416588, -134.54686258°24’60” N 134°32’49” W
Jour 219
Juneau, Alaska, USA
27 juillet 2023, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Today we went ashore without a booked excursions but when we arrived in town we booked whale watching for the afternoon. We looked around the town, which had 4 cruise ships in port! It was built on cruise tourism and mum and Alex bought some souvenirs. In the afternoon we boarded the bus to go whale watching. On the way out we stopped at the Mendenhall Glacier which can be seen from many vantage points around town. We were also super lucky and saw a black bear with her two cubs.

Once we got to the marina, we boarded our boat and headed out to see the whales. It wasn’t long until we spotted plenty of humpbacks. The highlight was our first stop, where we saw 10-15 whales bubble netting. This phenomenon only happens in Juneau and only for a few weeks of the year. The whales catch their fish by creating a spiral of bubbles while the leader approaches from below and scoops up the fish. Our second stop was to watch a few more whales feeding and diving. This group got quite close to our boat! Unfortunately it was difficult to photograph the bubble netting to accurately depict its awesomeness!En savoir plus
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Voyageur 5 Wochen Kanada
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- 28 août 2023
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- États Unis Alaska Juneau Gull City 58.300799, -134.41586758°18’3” N 134°24’57” W
Jour 16
Ruhetag in Juneau
28 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Heute war ein Ruhetag.
Habe Juneau zu Fuss erkundet, kreuz und quer, rauf und runter. Es ist mir zu touristisch, hinter der Fassade hat es viele heruntergekommene Geschäfte und Häuser. Aber am Hügel hat es auch schöne Quartiere.
Hatte gute Fisch-Tacos zum Znacht, aber gegessen wie ein Schwein. 🤣En savoir plus
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Voyageur Silver Muse
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- 8 sept. 2023, 22:35
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- États Unis Alaska Juneau City and Borough Taku Harbor 58.042992, -134.06286658°2’35” N 134°3’46” W
Jour 5
Day 2 Cruising
8 septembre 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
I feel like I’ve been onboard forever. I am so at home here! What a fun sea day. Up to see the sun rise over the inside passage, breakfast in our room, arts cafe for coffee, looked at the shops, observation deck for viewing, line dancing and it’s only 12pm. Lunch at La Crappza as Royce calls it, was magnificent. Seafood, sushi delicious wines, the food quality is wonderful. Hot tub time at the back of the ship watching orcas spouting in the distance. Royce to the black Jack tournament and I fall asleep in a deck chair prepared by the pool attendant. The fabulous thing about small ship cruising with silversea is there are no crowds, no fighting for a space to sit or to get a waiters attention. The service is amazing. There are 420 passengers and 411 crew so it’s a 1-1 ratio of guest to crew. We drag Mike and Kay chee to trivia and we come 3rd and Mike and Kay Chee find a perfect Pisco Sour - a drink they discovered on their Antarctica cruise. We meet the captain at a reception and head to the grill for hot rocks dinner. Salmon and prawns and it’s another wonderful meal followed by piano man in the Dolce Vita and I fulfill a lifelong dream of being an entertainer on a cruise ship when I am asked to play the tambourine to dancing queen. Cruise dreams do come true.
We come back to our beautifully made room to find Silversea backpacks prepared by the butler for our excursion tomorrow- good lord!En savoir plus
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Voyageur Silver Muse
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- 10 sept. 2023, 10:10
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- États Unis Alaska Juneau City and Borough Tsantikihin (historical)Juneau Downtown Historic District 58.296799, -134.40100158°17’48” N 134°24’4” W
Jour 7
Sunshine and whales
10 septembre 2023, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Another glorious day in Juneau. Can’t believe the weather. Sparkly sunshiny Alaska. Breakfast at La Terrazza watching the Norwegian Sun already docked and the Celebrity Millennium follow us in to dock. Our excursion is one of the best we’ve ever done. A photographer is in charge and she is amazing. First stop whales via a workshop on how to use a smartphone. It’s a special photography vessel and there are only 10 of us.
It’s calm and blue sky and sparkly with a thin cloud of mist at sea level. We see so many whales and we see the rare bubble feeding, hear trumpeting and whale tails. It’s a magical experience and st one stage when I spot a whale near the mist that glints silver in the sun I cry. It’s so beautiful.
We head to the Tongras National park for a hike to Mendenhall glacier. We learn more about photo tricks along the way and look at composition and lots of fungi. It’s spectacular. I’m starting to run out of superlatives.
To the ship for pizza and rose wine, caviar and champagne in the room and get ready for more food. Dinner at Indochine is amazing - seafood Tom yum and lobster tail and snow crab! Mike is feeling a bit under the weather but we all enjoyed the dinner and the atmosphere- it’s a beautiful restaurant. We decide to have an early night with hot chocolate and Kahlua for a night cap. A great day!En savoir plus
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Alles klar ALASKA
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- 21 sept. 2023, 22:10
- 🌧 9 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- États Unis Alaska Juneau City and Borough Tsantikihin (historical)Juneau Downtown Historic District 58.300381, -134.4059458°18’1” N 134°24’21” W
Jour 27
Auf nach Juneau
21 septembre 2023, États Unis ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Umgeben von felsigen Bergen im Osten und dem Pazifischen Ozean im Westen, ist die im äußersten Süden von Alaska gelegene Stadt Juneau nicht mit dem Auto, sondern ausschließlich mit der Fähre oder dem Flugzeug erreichbar. Von Skagway sind wir mit der Fähre die berühmte Inside-Passage gefahren.
Als eine der ältesten Städte des Bundesstaates, wurde Juneau nach dem Fund der ersten Goldnuggets durch Joe Juneau und Richard Harris im Jahr 1898 gegründet. Im Jahr 1900 zur territorialen Hauptstadt ernannt, wurden alle Regierungsfunktionen im Jahr 1906 nach Juneau verlegt. Bis heute ist Juneau mit 32.000 Einwohnern die Hauptstadt Alaskas.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Sue & Mark - Canada 2023
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- 21 sept. 2023, 11:57
- 🌧 10 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- États Unis Alaska Juneau City and Borough Tsantikihin (historical)Juneau Downtown Historic District 58.298178, -134.40438158°17’53” N 134°24’16” W
Jour 6
Day 6 - Juneau
21 septembre 2023, États Unis ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Whale watching boat trip in Juneau today 🐳. Lovely rainy day so we bundled up in waterproof jackets with our thermals underneath and headed off the ship. Entertaining bus driver to take us to the boat - a middle aged lady from California who said she comes to Alaska every season to do this job and has done for 19 years. Doesn't see her husband from May to October each year, maybe that's the secret to a happy marriage 🤔🤣.
We did see about 3 humpback whales and a colony of sea lions but got very wet trying to take pics of whales who appear on the surface for about 2 seconds.
The onboard naturalist was informative and we learned a lot about whales, which was interesting. Each whale has unique markings on its tail (or fluke) a bit like our fingerprints, so they can all be identified. They eat all summer in places like Alaska to build up blubber and then migrate to warmer places like Hawaii for the winter when they don't eat at all for a few months. Apparently most whales don't have teeth, but they have baleen plates which filter out the small fish (eg crill) as their throats are only the size of a grapefruit and they can't swallow large things. Fact of the day: if you end up in the mouth of one of these whales, don't worry, you'd be spat out again because you're too big to go down the throat ☺️.
We were back on the ship about 4.30 so had a much needed drink to warm up and had a chat to a couple next to us about the Rockies. Mark went off for his acupuncture which he thinks helped ease his back a bit. May need more sessions once we're home....not at cruise prices hopefully!!
Lovely dinner. The food onboard is very good and all the staff are so friendly and can't do enough for you. Can't fault the service at all.En savoir plus
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Voyageur CANADA - ALASKA
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- 13 sept. 2023, 13:00
- 🌧 8 °C
- Altitude: 875 m
- États Unis Alaska Juneau City and Borough Blackerby Ridge 58.361328, -134.41670258°21’41” N 134°25’0” W
Jour 7
Juneau
13 septembre 2023, États Unis ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Juneau, capitale dell’Alaska. Peggy, la nostra guida, ci ha raccontato che Juneau è stata scelta e mantenuta come capitale perché proprio qui nel 1880 hanno trovato la prima pepita d’oro. Probabilmente è proprio per questo che l’intera Franklin St. è piena zeppa di negozi di gioielli, tanto luccicanti da “cavarte i oci”, come dice Santo. La nostra prima fermata è stata a circa 30 minuti dalla Down Town al Visitor Centre del Mendenhall Glacier. Con una breve passeggiata di qualche minuto siamo arrivati ad un ottimo point view. Poco lontano abbiamo preso il Nugget falls creek, un breve sentiero di 0,5 miglia che conduceva ad una fantastica cascata vista ghiacciaio. Poco distante c’era anche il Salmon Creek che noi abbiamo percorso per qualche metro giusto per vedere dei grossi salmoni nel fiume. Numerosi erano i cartelli che indicavano la presenza di orsi neri. In questa zona possiamo trovare due tipologie di alberi: sicksprouse e hamlock. Seconda tappa del nostro tour è la cena al “Salmon Bake”, un posticino carino nascosto in mezzo al bosco di conifere, a sinistra della statale. Qui ci attendeva un ricco buffet con zuppa di pesce, salmone alla piastra condito con dell’ottima musica country che ci ha allietato fino all’assaggio di una morbida quanto speciale blueberry cake.
Uno shuttle ci ha portati alla Down Town dove abbiamo passeggiato per la via centrale sotto ad una piacevole pioggia. La nostra visita si è snodata tra i piccoli negozi della via centrale e un flight of four all’Alaska Brewing and Co.En savoir plus
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