Skagway - Alaska

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Days on the Road: 28
Travelled Km: 8031
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Well this is how life goes. Yesterday I arrived in Whitehorse.
While I was Coffee/Bar hopping suddenly that German couple was sitting right next to me.
I actually was looking for ferry just minutes before. So after a short time, they told me that Ferries take of from Skagway down the coast and that this trip will be enormous beautiful.
So that sounded some how nice and i made my mind up to go there. I finally had a host as well right around the corner, where I fell in to a deep and thankful sleep.

So this morning I got up and figured how to get out of the city. Even a small town like Whitehorse had a Bus system. In the Bus I met Luis who was the prototype of an Canadian.
He lived in his Cabin somewhere out in the Woods and if he needed to get in Town (60 Km) hes just hitchhiked ;)
So we talked all the way and got of together because he had to hitchhike in the same direction.
He offered me his perfect spot, since he had all day to go a short distance.
After 5 min. I got a ride with a young man who just yesterday got his tonsils (mandeln) removed and could hardly speak any word. He only could take me for 10 min. but to clear the area and help Lui I got on.
So I got off at my new location and was standing there maybe 3 min, when a Car stops with another German couple who where very friendly. But on the Backseat there was Lui ;P
I was very happy for him since they would take him all the way.
After 30 min. of waiting at my new location I got picked up by a very old retired man.
He was very nice as well. He dropped me off at Carcross (former Caribou Crossing).
I was waiting about 40 min. and I was playing my Guitalele when Tomas from the USA was passing by. It took him about 10 min to repack his Car in order to get me in, and I really appreciated his efforts. The Ride between Carcross and Skagway is almost, if not even more beautifull then the Rocky Mountains. The border Patrol was a bit picky, took about 20 min. to convince them that i DO NOT want to work and i DO NOT want to live in the USA.
They did not want me to pay the entry fee of 6$ in cash in order to get my Credit card details.
So they also scanned all my fingerprints and taking some nice pictures.
Once all my details where fed to their "System" I was nicely invited to join ;)

Finally in Skagway, the Sunny day turned into a Cloudy windy weather.
I invited Tomas for a Sandwich and we ended up talking for maybe 3 hrs.
He was a really nice guy and we share a lot of thougths.

I then met up with my Couchsurfhost who live in a very comfy place.
We went with there 4 little dogs down to the Ocean/Fjord and i finally could smell Seawater...



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