Ship creek, Anchorage
ANCHORAGE. In Alaska I had positive and negative experiences. Since the beginning of my journey, I was looking forward to see Alaska, my last stop. When I arrived in Anchorage, I was a bit disappointed.
I did not like the downtown area. So I shared a tandem with a friend and cycled along the water side. There we saw some beautiful areas, e.g. Ship creek. A lot of people - inhabitants and tourists - go fishing for Salmon there every day.
Another day I took a train to Seward, a little town south of Anchorage. As soon as I'd been 30 min out of Anchorage, there was untouched nature everywhere. For the rest of the train ride (4 hours) there was no sign of humankind out there. It was wonderful.
Trees died because of salty sea water which came with rising sea level
Seward, AK
Still existing glacier
Most of the places are just reachable by plane. That's why a few people here in Alaska legally own little aircrafts in their backyards. In Alaska, there are more registered aircrafts than automobiles! Another highlight here are the short nights in the summer. 22 hours daylight. I had to think of the white nights that I saw in St. Petersburg, Russia, once. As I am night blind, it was literally heaven for me!