21 July – Cruise from
Vancouver to Whittier in Alaska
Very exciting to board the
Norwegian Sun for our first cruise. My
brother had booked our cabins for us and he asked if Ian and I minded getting
the cabin for persons with a disability.
Well, we are always going to have a disability in future – good large
cabin. More space than anyone! J
Was very lovely to just relax and
let all the crew do the work for us.
Wonderful meals – we mostly ate at the restaurants rather than the
buffet. The three course meals were just
lovely and smaller. Picking from a
buffet tends to overload your plate and person.
We stopped off at Ketchikan,
Juneau and Skagway – wonderful Alaskan towns with great character. Our friends were really disappointed as they
had booked a train ride – there had been a landslide the day previous and some
of the passengers had been thrown off the train into a lake! Pretty cold.
At Juneau, Ian and I hopped on the Mt Roberts Tramway which is a cable
car up the mountain, great views, walks, coffee and documentaries on the area.
We were just viewing the amazing
Glacier Bay from the ship when the Captain announced that we had to turn around
as someone had a heart attack and we had to get them to a point where a small
boat could pick them up and take them to the helicopter. Judging by the amount some people ate, it’s a
wonder that we didn’t have more heart attacks!!
Lovely freestyle cruise, and seven days is just perfect. Of course when you have seven other fun people to play with it makes all the difference.
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| Amazing vistas from the Cruise boat - great views to do your daily walks to. |
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| Norwegian Sun certainly dwarfs the town |
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| Skagway Wooden Architecture |
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| Norwegen Sun from Skagway |
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| Look how close the Cruise ship is to the town |
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| Monster Rhubarb |
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| Phew | | | |
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| Nearly to Anchorage - we brought the great Aussie weather with us all the way |
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