Further Alaska speculations
Apr. 4th, 2003 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynIn case of SARS, I've been digging up further information on Alaska travel and pricing. Mostly on travel to the interior, rather than taking a cruise. Orbitz says that I can get plane fare up there and back for $509 if I fly into Fairbanks on 2 September and home from Anchorage on 15 September. I've located hostels in Fairbanks and Anchorage, plus one thirteen miles outside of Denali. The most expensive hostel is $23/night as long as I stay more than two nights, and the bed tax is around 8% in Denali. Dunno about Fairbanks. The hostel in Anchorage currently is exempt from the bed tax. Train fare from Fairbanks to Denali is $40, and from Anchorage to Denali is $100 - the Alaska Railroad web site doesn't say 'Denali to Anchorage' for some reason. I doubt they don't run the train south, but just in case, there is a bus from the park to the city for around the same price.
Most of the hostels offer things like camping gear or bicycle rental, which I think would be a good thing. I believe it's possible to get a trail ride with rangers at the Park, so that's something else to do. Food, well, I'd probably want to take much of my food up from the lower 48; I understand it's expensive up there. I plan on eating the local food, to be sure, but two weeks is a long time and you can't have salmon dinner every night. I'll probably want to get a backpack rather than my big wheelybag, but you never know. Definitely going to want to check out some information on hiking safety tactics, and to invest in a LOT of mosquito repellent. Alaska's the only state in the Union whose skeeters scare me worse than NJ's, and September is still pretty close to summer even if the temperature does average 45 degrees.
It's no China, but it's still pretty cool.
Most of the hostels offer things like camping gear or bicycle rental, which I think would be a good thing. I believe it's possible to get a trail ride with rangers at the Park, so that's something else to do. Food, well, I'd probably want to take much of my food up from the lower 48; I understand it's expensive up there. I plan on eating the local food, to be sure, but two weeks is a long time and you can't have salmon dinner every night. I'll probably want to get a backpack rather than my big wheelybag, but you never know. Definitely going to want to check out some information on hiking safety tactics, and to invest in a LOT of mosquito repellent. Alaska's the only state in the Union whose skeeters scare me worse than NJ's, and September is still pretty close to summer even if the temperature does average 45 degrees.
It's no China, but it's still pretty cool.
