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Alaska part 2 + Canada 26 June - 17 July 2010

Posted by Marie-Jose | 8th August 2010

20100714_1795.jpgAlaska has impressed my quite a bit for several reasons:

  • Alaska still belongs to nature and hardly to people. A nice saying is: more glaciers than buildings, more wildlife than people, more mountains than stoplights. And it is true. the vastness of the landscape is impressive and I have been in the most populated area...
  • There are in total 600 000 people in an area which is larger than half of the lower 48 US states. 300 000 are in Anchorage, 30 000 are in the state capital ' Juneau' and Juneau can only be reached by boat or plane. There is no road leading to the state capital and that makes it the only one of the States.
  • There are hardly roads and most roads stop after 50-100 km and basically lead to nothing... (if you consider nature nothing). So you have to fly in or take a boat to most destinations. This also makes public transport basically absent and makes going around rather expensive. You need either a big bag with lots of dollars or you need to have friends who are transporting you around.
  • People help each other. Since there are rather small communities and people live out in the wild they are used to help each other. The more basic life becomes, the warmer the people seem to become. It is a pleasure to talk to each other because it could be a while before you meet the next person...

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