Month: July 2012

Off on tour – next stop Dawson City

I’m off on tour in a couple of hours – we’ll be in Seward, Alaska 11 days from now and then after my group boards the Celebrity Millennium for a cruise to Vancouver it will take me a couple of days to get back to Whitehorse. I’m guiding this...
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I use any excuse to drive to Skagway

Next Tuesday I’m picking up a group from New Zealand to start a 12-day tour from Whitehorse to Seward, and I’m a bit manic right now. I use any excuse to get out of the office if the weather is even half decent, and both Thursday and Friday I...
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Take online reviews with a block of salt, not a grain

Yet another article about questionable reviews at TripAdvisor, combined with some nonsense I saw posted at CruiseCritic last night, has prompted this post. The article, in Thursday’s Seattle Times, focuses on “…a string of flattering write-ups about the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel” but talks as well about TripAdvisor’s...
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Exploring the Aishihik Road and Otter Falls, Yukon

The gravel/dirt Aishihik Road runs north from Historic Mile 995 on the Alaska Highway. It takes adventurers to Otter Falls, most famous for being featured on the 1954 series of Canada’s $5 banknote, on to Aishihik Lake and ends after about 120 km at Aishihik village, a seasonal Native...
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