Mendelhall glacier - Juneau

29/06/2008
El meu primer blog, soc el Cristian. Avui a tocat dia de caminar. Hem anat al Mendelhall Glacier, a tocar el gel. El que tenia que ser una passejada de 4 hores, s'ha convertit en un trekking extrem de mes de 6 hores al intentar tornar del glaciar per un cami que ens em inventat. Cortesia de Canton Tours.
Una dutxa que ha estat gloria i cap a sopar salmo.

By Cristian Canton

Hi, this is Cristian writing ... my first post. Today has been a long day walking. We hiked to Mendenhall Glaciar, all the way to the ice (we even went under it, as you can see in the picture). What usually is a 4 hour walk, has become a rather extreme trekking of more than 6 hours thanks to trying to go back through an unmarked way, courtesy of Canton Tours :) Recommendation: don't do that, it's dangerous!
A shower at the Alaskan Hotel and salmon for dinner ... a great day!

Alaska!

28/06/2008
Divendres a les 12 de la nit vam arribar a Anchorage, semblava quasi de dia!
Ja dissabte, dia de museus (Anchorage Museum i el Native Heritage Center) sobre alaska, la seva historia i la seva gent nativa (indis, esquimals, inuit, ... ). Visita imprescindible!
PS - hi ha anat el Cesc solet ... El Cristian pobret s'ha passat el dia en un soterrani a la conferencia ...

I res, que escric aquest missatge altre cop a dins un avio ... anem a Juneau, capital d'Alaska, per cert, innaccessible per carretera! Curios, eh? Aqui estarem 3 dies, de visita a glaciars sobretot. Ja us explicare :)

Cesc

Yesterday, friday, we arrived in Anchorage at 12 at night ... it was almost like day! Already on saturday, it was a "museum day" (Anchorage Museum and the Native Heritage Center): Alaska's history and its people (native, inuit, skimo, ...). You can NOT miss it. Oh ... Cesc went to the museums ... alone ... Cristian has spent the day in a basement at the conference center :)
And I am writing again from a plane ... this time going to Juneau, Alaska's capital, which is by the way not accessible by road ... funny, huh?! We'll be here 3 days, hiking to glaciars and in the nature. Sounds great!

Alcatraz, The Rock

27/06/2008 23:59

Ultim dia a SanFran. D'hora al demati hem anat a visitar Alcatraz, la famosa preso immortalitzada a les pelicules, a 2km de la costa. Sabieu que va comensar com a forti de defensa de la bahia I que ara es parc natural?
Despres hem fet la turistada del 'cable car', el tramvia que va pels carrers tant empinats. Molt diver.

I be, escric el miss desde l'avio cap a Alaska. We are going "Into the wild" ... Pero amb maleta de rodes I d'hotel :)

PS - aterrant a Anchorage sobrevoles uns massissos nevats / glaciars .... k maku! fotos en proxims misstgs.

This is our last day in Frisco. Early in the morning we have booked a visit to Alcatraz, the famous out-of-service prision, popular in the movies, about 2Km far from the coast.Did you know it started as a Fort, to defend the Frisco Bay and that now is a natural reserve and that it may become a hotel?

We've then made the "for tourists" Cable Car ride, going up and down the hilly streets on a real old tram. Real fun!

I am writing already on the plane to Anchorage, Alaska. We are going "Into the Wild" ... but with a suitcase with wheels :) By the way, flying over Anchorage you get beautiful views of snowy mountain ranges and glaciars. Lovely! Pics on the next post.

Golden Gate by bike

26/06/2008 23:30

De compres a un outlet per provisionar-nos per les caminades i la fresca d'Alaska, i despres, bici I a fer el golden gate bridge ... Precios. I x acabar, tornada amb ferry desde Sausalito ... Poble pijet a l'altre canto del pont.

We went shopping at a sports outlet near the beggining of the Golden Gate (we need some gear for the hikes and the fresh weather of Alaska). We then take a bike and spend the whole day crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, going up to Vista Point and to Sausalito (a posh and touristic and nice and quiet town on the other side of the bridge). The way back is on the ferry, from Sausalito, passing by the Alcatraz Island.

[View from San Francisco side]

[in the middle of the bridge]

[From Marin County, Vista Point]

San Francisco Tram & Napa Valley

25/06/2008 23:30

Comencem el dia veient els trams, a Fisherman's Wharf (foto Cesc I Cristian). Despres, amb cotxe, anem cap al centre (passant primer pel mitic carrer Lombard Street ... impressionant la pendent) visitar chinatown (estan a tot arreu!) ...

The day starts with a view of the typical San Franciscan Cable Cars, at Fisherman's Wharf (Cesc & Cristian in the picture). We then drive to Chinatown (of course experiencing the mythical Lombard Street ... that is downhill!) and have a bite to eat there.

... hem agafat el cotxe i cap a Napa Valley (nord de san fran), a fer uns tastets de vi de california! (foto amb Cesc, Cristian, Masha i Stuart).

Afterwards we decide to make use of the car and head off for Napa Valley (north of San Fran), for some wine tasting at Stag's Leap Winery and Robert Mondavi. On the picture, Masha, Stuart, Cristian and Cesc).

California Map

Hei,

Not to forget, California is also on the schedule. To visit:
I que no se m'oblidi, California tambe es part del viatje. A visitar:

San Francisco, Yosemite, Sequoia, Los Angeles

Cesc

Alaska Map

Ep!
Un mapa d'Alaska ... just abans de marxar cap alla. A visitar:
A map of Alaska ... just before I leave. To visit:

Anchorage, Denali National Park, Fairbanks and Juneau (Glacier Park)

Cesc