Road to Anchorage

Managed to get on a rusty, dusty old bus with a cranky driver. We had booked this really quirky hotel called the Qupqugiaq Inn. This was our first mistake as we couldn't pronounce the name and no one had heard of it.

According to the website.....There is no place quite like Qupqugiaq Inn Much more than just an affordable hotel -- our guests enjoy a truly special experience with interiors that boast: Organic, unusual architecture Flowing, assymetric curves Handmade tiles and steamed oak Handcrafted furniture International themes in each room.


When we finally got there it did look interesting............but........we found we had a bunk room with eight beds and shared bathroom. When we explained that we really didn't need that number of beds, we got a room with 1 double and two bunks.... a little more expensive. Finally we got a double room with bathroom, which hadn't been cleaned! NO we couldn't leave the bags there until it was cleaned as the cleaner was VERY particular.

MMM money passed hands and we finally had a clean if expensive room overlooking garbage bins and a car lot........Life is good!!!

Only stayed overnight and then headed off to Homer................managed to take in the Captain Cook monument.......that chappie certainly got about didn't he?

Final shot is of Anchorage's volcano which started steaming, just as we set off to the airport! So they had an earthquake two days before we arrived and volcanic activity as we left ....must mean something!