Decent check in at Gatwick and then a 3 hour wait for the flight. Tony Blair will make some sort of announcement while I'm airborne.....really don't care. 8 hours in the air watching Pixar movies then land at Minneapolis and clear immigration and customs with no problem. Index fingers of both hands are printed, photo taken and I'm in. Kick around the airport and have a beer until the flight for Anchorage. Flight in a rickety old 757- crowded, crap seats, no entertainment and no sleep. It's 5am body time when I land. The stuffed bear in arrivals that I had so much hope for is a bit of a let down.......Oh it's big enough but not the enormous specimen I'd been led to expect by the urban legend email that did the rounds a few months ago.
Was met by Murray, standing with a piece of paper saying 'Simon'. Had a much needed coffee, and then drive to the Spenard Hostel. The city is sprawling, low level and generally not very pretty. The roads are busy with large 4x4's, and a range of snowcapped mountains are constantly popping into view between gaps in the buildings.
Check in at the hostel ($21 a night) and then off to a bar called 'Humpies' (after the humpback salmon). Drank far to much beer, ate fabulously fresh halibut and chips, and somehow make it back to the hostel where I crash out on the sofa.
Was met by Murray, standing with a piece of paper saying 'Simon'. Had a much needed coffee, and then drive to the Spenard Hostel. The city is sprawling, low level and generally not very pretty. The roads are busy with large 4x4's, and a range of snowcapped mountains are constantly popping into view between gaps in the buildings.
Check in at the hostel ($21 a night) and then off to a bar called 'Humpies' (after the humpback salmon). Drank far to much beer, ate fabulously fresh halibut and chips, and somehow make it back to the hostel where I crash out on the sofa.
Spenard Hostel
Bear at Airport
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