Showing posts with label Yukon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yukon. Show all posts

Monday, 13 July 2015

Welcome (back) to Canada



Voltamos! Hoje (13/07/15), depois de 14 ótimos dias na última fronteira americana, nos despedimos do Alasca e cruzamos a fronteira com o Canadá. Dessa vez seguimos pela Alaska Highway e entramos no Canadá por Beaver Creek no Estado do Yukon e foi super tranquilo (menos de 5 minutos). De lá seguimos pela Alaska Highway que estava parecendo um canteiro de obras (no Canadá só existem duas estações: verão e obras) até um… Ler mais

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Sunday, 28 June 2015

Alaska Highway



Depois de visitarmos Barkerville passamos a noite em Quesnel e no dia seguinte (25/06/15) seguimos até a Cidade de Chetwynd, a cerca de 1 hora de Dawson Creek. Apenas no dia 26/06/15 chegamos na Cidade de Dawson Creek, marco zero da Alaska Highway, que liga Dawson Creek a Fairbanks no Alasca e tem a extensão total de 2.395 quilômetros. Também conhecida como Alcan (Alaska-Canada) Highway, essa rodovia foi construída em 1942 por militares… Ler mais

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Friday, 5 June 2015

Alaska at last



  Our trek through Canada has taken us through Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon, all vast open spaces. Taking the eastern access highway,  2 days riding from Edmonton saw us reach the official start of the Alaska Highway at…

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Sunday, 26 October 2014

Canadian retail hospitality—it reminds us of home



Alaska and the Yukon, the two places are intertwined in history and location. Visit one and you will likely find it hard to resist visiting the other. A shared history of the Klondike gold rush, of wild, adventurous folk pioneering the last frontier of North America, of traditional peoples linked through trade and culture back […]

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Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Good old fashioned fun…and mummified toes



Visiting Dawson City is like travelling back in time to the gold rush era. The dirt streets are lined with wooden boardwalks all leading to buildings that cause you to believe you have accidentally hit 88mph and travelled back to the wild west. Although, the cars parked outside are a bit of a giveaway that no time […]

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