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Trip: Alaska to Ushuaia

There are [46] stories from my trip: Alaska to Ushuaia


Day 85 - 90, 4-9 Oct 2008: CacheCreek-Vancouver: tunnels, rain, big cities: canyon - urban jungle

CANADA | Friday, 10 Oct 2008 | Views [483]

October 10, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , North America , Trip reports « Previous post «   » Next post » It was time to finish our journey through Canada and get back ... Read more >

Tags: annoyances, british columbia, canada, cariboo highway, fraser river, sasquatch, sealevel, wind


Day 75-84: 24 Sep-3 Oct 2008: Pain in Prince George, reflections, and rain in the desert.

CANADA | Saturday, 4 Oct 2008 | Views [364]

October 4, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , North America , Trip reports « Previous post «   » Next post » “emmm, I have a problem” “Que paso?” “My back hurts so ... Read more >

Tags: annoyances, british columbia, canada, cariboo highway, harry, pain, travellers


Day 66-73, 15- 22 Sept 08: the Cassiar and Yellowhead Highway. Contained bears, no more wildlife?

CANADA | Tuesday, 23 Sep 2008 | Views [422]

September 23, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , North America , Trip reports « Previous post «   » Next post » 15th September 2008: Stewart to Bonus Lake, 81km ... Read more >

Tags: bear, bears, canada, cassiar highway, couchsurfing, first nation, yellowhead highway


Day 63-65: 12-14 Sep 08. Glaciers & bears in Stewart, BC & Hyder, Alaska

CANADA | Wednesday, 17 Sep 2008 | Views [350]

September 15, 2008 by Harry Filed under Alaska , Canada , North America , Trip reports « Previous post «   » Next post » After I had asked the noisy neighbour to ... Read more >

Tags: alaska, animals, canada, glacier, hyder, kowalski, stewart


Day 53-62: 2-11 Sep 2008: The Cassiar Highway: a wonderful wilderness with hills, jade, wildlife…

CANADA | Friday, 12 Sep 2008 | Views [501]

September 12, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , Friendly people , North America , Trip reports « Previous post «   » Next post » Of course we took the road less ... Read more >

Tags: angels, annoyances, biketravellers, british columbia, canada, cassiar highway, first nation, fox, green, indians


Day 47- 52: Aug 27 - Sep 1: Anarchy, Argentineans & gasguzzlers in Nugget City

CANADA | Tuesday, 2 Sep 2008 | Views [447]

September 2, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , Go green , North America , Trip reports « Previous post «   » Next post » It was hard to leave Tracy & Sylvester as ... Read more >

Tags: alaska highway, argentineans, bear, blue skies, canada, gasguzzlers, greenhouse, kowalski, rv, wind


Day 44- 47: 24-27 August, a warm shower in WhiteHorse

CANADA | Thursday, 28 Aug 2008 | Views [240]

Day 44- 47: 24-27 August, a warm shower in WhiteHorse August 28, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , North America , Trip reports « Previous post «   » Next post » ... Read more >

Tags: angels, biketravellers, canada, gear, warmshowers, whitehorse


Day 43: 23 August: Whitemen & Indians: frying fish at the illegal potlatch

CANADA | Saturday, 23 Aug 2008 | Views [514]

August 24, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , Trip reports « Previous post «   » Next post » Hi all, apologies for not posting before, we were too busy cycling, getting fed by friendly ... Read more >

Tags: canada, champagne, goodies, indians, inspirational, native, politics, potlatch, religion, wolf


Day 39 - 42: August 19-22, Beaver Creek to Champagne: wildlife & fall colours and modern totems..

CANADA | Friday, 22 Aug 2008 | Views [499]

by Harry   Filed under Canada , North America , Trip reports 2 Comments We were in the Yukon now. Most people we had met on the way told us that if we had not seen any ... Read more >

Tags: 1000 americans, alaska highway, bearspray, canada, kluane, mountains, wind, wolf


Day 35-38, 15-18 August 2008: To Canada

CANADA | Tuesday, 19 Aug 2008 | Views [356]

by Harry   Filed under Alaska , Canada , North America , Trip reports It was time to leave our friend named Alaska and meet another partner for the next few months, named Canada . We had so many good times and many bad times. It ... Read more >

Tags: alaska, alaska highway, angels, annoyances, borders, canada, kowalski


Day 32-34: August 12-14 2008: Tok Cutoff to Tok: About sun, mountains, lost pants, life in a bus..

USA | Friday, 15 Aug 2008 | Views [351]

by Harry   Filed under Alaska , Friendly people , Go green , North America , Trip reports 6 Comments after we woke up in our church, we noticed that it was actually dry! Not only that, but the weather improved during the ... Read more >

Tags: alaska, angels, bus, inspirational, into the wild, ivana, kowalski, mountains, santos, solar power


Day 27-30, 7-10 Aug 2008: The Denali Highway! About rough roads, cold and more..

USA | Monday, 11 Aug 2008 | Views [533]

by Harry   Filed under Alaska , Friendly people , North America , Trip reports Leave a Comment We both had a very strong love-hate relationship with the Denali Highway ... Read more >

Tags: 1000 americans, alaska, angels, denali highway, inspirational, kowalski, pablito, pedrito, santos, steripen


Day 22-25: August 2-5: Huskies, bears, moose & beer: Denali park!

USA | Wednesday, 6 Aug 2008 | Views [892]

by Harry   Filed under 1000 Americans , Alaska , North America , Trip reports Leave a Comment August 2: Resting, Denali info & Huskies We woke up late, still exhausted from the previous 2 days. It was nice to relax again, ... Read more >

Tags: alaska, angels, bear, couchsurfing, denali, denali park, eugene, husky, wolf


Day 14- 21: July 24 to August 1: Fairbanks to Denali park via North Pole!

USA | Saturday, 2 Aug 2008 | Views [441]

by Harry   Filed under Alaska , North America , Trip reports 1 Comment July 24 - July 29: resting & recovering in Fairbanks We spent almost a week in Fairbanks, relaxing and catching up on resting, washing, shopping &... Read more >

Tags: alaska, bear, ericka, fairbanks, ivana, kowalski, nenana, north pole, ortlieb, party


Day 10 -13: Days of hell on the Dalton; from B-day to back to Fairbanks!

USA | Thursday, 24 Jul 2008 | Views [1021]

August 15, 2008 by Harry   Filed under Alaska , Kowalski , North America , Trip reports Leave a Comment 21st July, a long ... Read more >

Tags: alaska, b-day, dalton highway, deadhorse, ericka, fairbanks, harry, ivana, joe carlson, ortlieb


Day 8-9, 19/20th July 2008: Wiseman - Arctic Circle. Thoughts about food, Alaska & angels..

USA | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [381]

  Filed under 1000 Americans , Alaska , Friendly people , North America , Trip reports Leave a Comment It was time to say goodbye to Wiseman and 8-Ball, even though we could have stayed much longer. He asked us not to tell everybody ... Read more >

Tags: 1000 americans, 8-ball, alaska, angels, dalton highway, harry, inspirational, ivana, religion, water


16/17/18 July: Day 4-6: Galbraith lake - Wiseman

USA | Friday, 18 Jul 2008 | Views [556]

Filed under Alaska , Friendly people , North America , Trip reports 2 Comments As the other cyclists were sound asleep and they would be faster, Ivana & I ... Read more >

Tags: 8-ball, alaska, arctic, argentina, dalton highway, kowalski, lenny, vertical, wind, wiseman


Day 3 & 4: Mile 333 - 301 - Galbraith lake

USA | Tuesday, 15 Jul 2008 | Views [416]

14th July Happy B-day Shaunie Shiny Shoes and PJW! The first hour was flat but muddy, which made it hard going and slow. At least, there were not too many mosquitos while cycling, so we could leave the headnets off. Suddenly ... Read more >

Tags: alaska, annoyances, dalton highway, dangers, gear, lenny, mozzies, santos, water


Day 2: Dalton Highway, mile 387 - 333, 13th July 2008

USA | Sunday, 13 Jul 2008 | Views [325]

Leave a Comment People who know me, know that I am generally quite laid back. I hate a few things though: intolerance, dishonesty, general stupidity. And mosquitos. Especially ... Read more >

Tags: alaska, annoyances, dalton highway, dangers, gear, lenny, mozzies, santos, water


Day 1: Prudhoe Bay to Mile 383

USA | Saturday, 12 Jul 2008 | Views [241]

You lose all sense of time when it doesn’t get darker at night. The sun doesn’t set at 70 degrees North, but just circles around you like a vulture above a fresh kill. As we do not have watches, only our cycle computers and Lenny could tell ... Read more >

Tags: alaska, arctic, dalton highway, dangers, deadhorse, green, ivana, kowalski, ortlieb, prudhoe bay


Getting our act together

NETHERLANDS | Thursday, 17 Apr 2008 | Views [396]

Amsterdam/Drenthe We have rented out our house for the next few years and are effectively homeless. A great feeling :) Now we are talking with our gear sponsors to see what they can arrange. It is great to see the faith they have in us and our trip ... Read more >

Tags: istanbul, kowalski, netherlands, preparations, santos, sponsors


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