Anchorage AnchorageContrary to popular belief, Anchorage is NOT the capital of Alaska, but it is the main city, with half of state population (300,000 people) living there. A typical American town (ugly buildings, strip malls and fast food joints), most of it is simply not interesting to photograph. But it does have something totaly unique: | ||
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| The world's busiest floatplane base - Lake Hood | landing | taking off |
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| we just couldn't get enough... | ||
Another interesting site is Ship Creek, where in the middle of the day we sighted at least 30 men trying to fish | ||
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| Ship Creek. Oh, yeh, - you can also see some salmon over there. | ||
The Alaska Native Heritage Center includes exhibits, movies and live shows on traditional culture and way of living of Native Alaskans. | ||
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| Whale bones mark the location of the village in the icy wilderness | some skins | gut rain-coat |
Flattop Mountain is the most popular hike around Anchorage, so naturaly we had to go too. | ||
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| We kid you not. Anchorage is THE place to see Moose. | Flattop trail | |
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| Eskimo kiss | Male Moose | |
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| Female Moose | ||
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| Sunset near Anchorage | ||
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