Mediterranean Route Map

Awoke this morning to heavy rain as forecast, so did not go out early. Eventually braved the weather and headed out around 10:30am for a shopping expedition to Ginza. A short walk took us to Iidabashi station where we caught our metro train on the Tozai line. 4 stops later we got off at Nihombashi…

A beautiful, mostly sunny day with temperature around 12C saw us arriving in Yakutat Bay around 1:00pm. This is about 302 miles from Whittier and 226 miles from Juneau. After picking up the Alaska pilot proceeded in towards Hubbard Glacier. This is located about 30 miles north off the coast of Yakutat. Hubbard Glacier straddles…

A fine, sunny morning in Tokyo although windy with temperatures reaching about 27c this afternoon.  9:30am checked out of the Metropolitan Edmont hotel after our 3 day stay. Walked the 10 minutes to the Suidobashi overground station near the Dome, towing all of our luggage. Bought our tickets (620 yen each) for the trip to…

Arrived at Ward Cove just on the outskirts of Ketchikan at 08:00am on a rainy morning with temperature of 9C. Ketchikan, Alaska is the state’s southeasternmost major settlement. With a population at the 2020 census of 8,192  it is the sixth-most populous city in the state. Ward Cove pulp mill closed in 1997 and reopened…