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Last day

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Today is our last day of our wonderful holiday. We have an early evening flight so we didn’t have to rush up. We went to have breakfast and whilst there a community police officer turned up on his bike we got talking then joined two of his colleagues. I thought that was quite infinitive, policemen patrolling on bikes interacting with the public and giving reassurance. It’ll never catch on in Britain. We got the final packing done and joined the other Newmarket Travel punters and waited for the coach. We were taken to the airport for the usual drawn out wait. We took off on time and had an uneventful flight home arriving at Heathrow half an hour early. Then our problems started. There was no dock for the plane so we had to wait half an hour before we could disembark then we discovered there’d been an incident in the tunnel consequently we couldn’t get our bus from the bus station stop so along with hundreds of other impatient people we had to go to terminal 5. It was utter chaos. We eve...
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Vancouver

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While we were asleep the ship docked in the Port of Vancouver. We awoke and went for breakfast then returned to our cabin collected our luggage and disembarked. We cleared customs and immigration without a hitch and regrouped with our fellow Newmarket Travellers but we had to wait a little while before our rep appeared. She showed us to our coach and we were transferred to our hotel. Unfortunately we could they access to our room until 16:00 some six hours away. I contacted my cousin Trent O’Donnell told him where we    were and he drove down to see us. We had lunch and he told us all about himself and where he fits in family tree. After he left we took a walk through the city and found the RCMP shop where I was able to gets some bits. We walked back to the hotel and gained access to our room and our luggage arrived soon after. We unpacked the stuff needed for the remainder of our stay and then went down for a drink and were joined by another couple from our group. It was a lo...
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Some cruise photos that missed the cut

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The cruise continues then concludes

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We had a very enjoyable morning in Skagway, where incidentally we found a Pandora outlet (guess what??) we then rejoined the ship in time for lunch. After we’d eaten we sat and relaxed on the lido deck. We had dinner, watched the entertainment then turned in. Whilst we were doing this the ship had left dock and was headed for Glacier Bay National Park. Glacier Bay National Park is located in southwest Alaska west of Juneau, its a marine park with inlets, coves and hide away harbours. It’s also a land park with snow peaked mountains, spectacular glaciers and emerald green forests. Wednesday 21st We awoke to discover park rangers had joined the ship and were giving a commentary on the ships PA system as we sailed up Glacier Bay. We sailed right up the bay to the John Hopkins inlet where we saw the John Hopkins Glacier. The views were just breathtaking and never before have we witnessed all the ice floating by. The ship did a slow but sure 360 degree turn facilitating some fantastic phot...
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The cruise part one.

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We arrived at the port and went through all the security and passport control. Then we boarded the Holland America Line’s ship the “Koningsdam”. It was magnificent as these cruise ships are. We went through all the obligatory safety checks and found our muster station. We then just wandered around trying to get the feel of the place, later returning to the cabin to unpack. We needed to get some dhobing done so Val sorted out the clothes ready to give to the dhobi whallers in the morning. We then went to the restaurant for our meal. This is the first cruise where you have a choice of restaurant. On our previous cruises the main meal venue and time have been allocated. Aboard this ship there not, nevertheless we found a lovely restaurant, we were joined by another couple from our group and had a superb meal. After we’d eaten we had every intention of wandering around but we were both so tired we retired to our cabin and turned in. We realised just far west we were travelling for we enter...
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Days three and four

Friday 16th Sept. We boarded our couch and left Jasper. It wasn’t the most brilliant of weather, it was drizzle and low cloud, yet somehow synonymous with where we were so it didn’t matter it added to the ambiance. It was Perhaps not so low as we were high in the mountains. It didn’t spoil our journey and the views were still spectacular. We crossed the border from Alberta into British Columbia and lost another hour in the bargain. This was basically a day in transit but beautiful nonetheless. The weather brightened up a little. We arrived at Sun Peaks and checked in the Lodge. We took a walk around then resort. We returned to our room and had an early night. Saturday 17th we were up early and set off at 07:00. It was much brighter so we’re able to see what would be the ski runs in the winter. It was a great time of the day looking at the clouds halfway up the hills. We took a short break at Kamloops. We then drove onto aHope for Lunch, a place that exhibits wooden statues carved with ...
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Photos

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I managed to overcome the hitch and here are the photos to go with the last blog.
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