Well I have made it to Alaska, now I have to get to Prudhoe and back to Anchorage. The oil companies are a bit sticky with access to Prudhoe. and it is about 750km of dirt road each way. The days are much warmer now, sitting around 30, and that is nice. Dawson city is a real old mining town, I dont think anything has changed there in the last 100 years, dirt streets, Bombay Peggies an old brothel, now a pub, Diamond Tooth Lil’s the casino with real life can can dancers, an old paddle steamer in the river for cruises. The top of the world high way is a beautiful drive, pity the area has been ravaged by fires, the vegetation takes decades to recover. Stopped in chicken village, they have been digging up mamoth tusks in the area. Alaska is realy pretty, people spend summer here and then head back down south for the winter, others love the winter as there are no mozzies, and you can go any where as it is all snow, all you need is a snow mobile or skies, so I guess it’s what suits you that goes. I will leave for Prudhoe in the next day or so, I am waiting to hear from the crazy germans, to see if they are comming with, some company would be nice as it is a pretty desolate place and realy nothing there. More later.
Hi Bruce. Getting a little slack with your updates, again!! Will miss your ‘daily’ feedback columns but look forward to seeing you back in SA.
Keep it tidy, Ian.