On a slow boat to China – Sept. 28, 2013
We left Whittier, Alaska on Saturday, September 21, on a voyage that will ultimately take the Diamond Princess to Tianjin, China – the port of call for Beijing. Not counting […]
We left Whittier, Alaska on Saturday, September 21, on a voyage that will ultimately take the Diamond Princess to Tianjin, China – the port of call for Beijing. Not counting […]
On Thursday morning, September, 19 the Diamond Princess steamed into Glacier Bay to begin two days of “scenic cruising”. Glacier Bay is directly west of Skagway, I’d estimate about 50 […]
Enroute to College Fjord. After exiting Glacier Bay, the ship set a westerly course though the North Inian Passage towards Cape Spencer. After rounding Cape Spencer thie ship had left […]
Skagway, Alaska is a very small town at the end of the Taiya Inlet, the northern most point of Southeast Alaska’s inside passage. The town was founded by gold seekers […]
Guest Blog written by Holly Melton. Juneau, the state capital of Alaska is a small city with a walkable downtown. We enjoyed visiting the Juneau City Museum and lunch at […]
On Saturday, September 16th we boarded the Princess Cruise’s Diamond Princess at Canada Place in Vancouver. This is our first time on a cruise and this ship will be our […]
Our train, The Canadian, arrived in Vancouver on Wednesday, September 11 about 8:30, about an hour and a half ahead of schedule. We were up early and fully packed before […]
Early on day 3 of our trip on VIA’s The Canadian from Toronto to Vancouver began with an early morning arrival at Edmonton, Alberta we then traveled from the plains […]
Here are more photos taken from VIA’s the Canadian as we traveled from Toronto to Vancouver. These pictures are from Day 2 of the trip and are taken in Manitoba […]
This posting is just some of the pictures I took from the VIA’s Canadian of the Canadian countryside. The train heading west in Ontario in the afternoon. A lake in […]