The Real Alaska

Hello all, just a quick note while I organise my thoughts.

We have safely arrived in Anchorage, Alaska - after 7 days on the cruise to the most touristy places I can imagine - diamond shops at every stop (even though there are not diamond mines here!)

Otherwise it was very nice having dinner served and rooms made up 3 times a day! We were the youngest not accompanied by parents and the average age on board was 70!!

So we are in the real Alaska now, trying to check into the hostel but there is no one about.

Its warm enough and the mosquitoes are about - there are over 3 dozen different types, its commonly referred to as the state bird! Can't wait to see the 3 dozen different bite types!

Everything is big here. The mountains, the trees, the insects, the trucks, the burgers...

We make our way up to Fairbanks on Wednesday to start building the log cabins, so 3 days here in Anchorage. Hopefully there will be enough to keep us occupied - would love to see some wild life, so far we have seen a squirrel, a blue bird and various black or white specks in the distance (from the 12th deck of the ship!)

We have taken a lot of photos and videos but are yet to get any onto the internet or settle down enough to write some propper blog entries. We have been recording our journey with a GPS device so should also hopefully be able to get some photos up on a map!

Anyway I'm just rambling.