In August 2009, we had been booked on an Alaskan cruise, which of course was cancelled! Maybe the thought of losing someone very dear to you makes you act a bit rashly at times, but I decided at the last minute to persuade the family to go this August. Because I left all the arrangements so late, there was no time to check around for cheap flights and good deals on hotels. So I just let the cruise company plan the lot (and charge their prices) but every penny spent was worth it. Getting to the hotel in Seattle was a nightmare....never try to get through immigration in Chicago with less than a day to do it.....and don't plan to use a car that's seen better days to take you to Heathrow at 4am.....but once we actually arrived and started the holiday it was brilliant. We only saw a small fraction of Alaska, but what we saw was fantastic. I'll never forget looking in amazement as Josh, our hiking guide, assured me that I would climb over that huge mound of rocks on my way to some glacier....and I did it and it was worth it!
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