all well that ends well. but if it doesn't end well?
well hi again!
where was i? oh, right, in anchorage. well, i was trying to find partners for hiking, but than...
i forgot my camera. well, i discovered it a minute after i dropped off the ride i had from the head of Denali Hwy to anchorage.
with 411 photos on it.
now what do i know about the driver and his friend?
the driver's name is Sam (Samuel).
the car is a KIA, with a red right-side mirror.
the other one is a very big guy and has a daughter and a mother in a little far away village called marshal and located some 220 miles from one of the ends of the Yukon river.
they are both from Fairbanks (~500 miles north of anchorage), sam just drove his friend to meet the mentioned mom and daughter (they came to anchorage for the weekend).
Sam has a daughter that works in some shop. her name is something like janita.
and there was another hitchhiker in the car - mark - and i have his mobile phone number.
but i couldn't get him.
well, having nothing much to do, and wanting that camera really badly, i spent the next afternoon running all over downtown anchorage (~3.5 hours) searching for a somewhat brownish KIA car with a red right-side mirror. but of course i couldn't find any.
well, in the evening i managed to get mark, and he said he couldn't help me, but when i asked him a little more he remembered the name of the shop where this daughter works. "magic carpet" just outside of Denali park.
i tried to find the shop's phone number on the net but couldn't, but Paul (the guy working in the salmon bake, just outside the Denali park, and took me to prudhoe bay and back) came to my rescue, and gave me the number.
so i called the store and was told she's out of town for the whole weekend (it was Saturday).
so i spent Sunday hanging around in the hostel.
On Monday i called the shop again, and was told she ain't working that day either, so i went with my roommate on a short hike just outside anchorage - "flattop mt.". we were gone for ~7 hours though the trail itself took about 1.5 hours round trip - it took us hours just to get to the trail head and back from there, though there are houses less than a 100m from it (very bad public transportation system). well, at least the hike was nice, the weather was good (it started raining heavily only when we were on the bus, going back to the hostel) and Jeremy, my Australian roommate was very nice too.
Tuesday morning, when i called, i was told she won't come to work until after 14:00. So i couldn't take it anymore, and i hit the road. i got there at around 17, and went to see her.she called her parents, but there was no answer. She said they won't get home before 18, so i waited and when i came back she said she got hold on them, and they still have it... so the next day i went to fairbanks... got a ride with a nice carpenter person from denali to a gas station next to healli (a town a little north to the Denali park) and from there i had a ride with the most nice couple from alabama, that took me with their RV (first ride in an RV!) to Fairbanks, and dropped me off at sandy's work (Sam's wife). But than i discovered that for some reason Sam didn't leave the camera there, as i've asked him to do, but rather he took it with him! well, i waited for some more hours, and when he finally arrived, i took my camera, and i now i only put it down when i'm in the shower... anyway, it's not the end of the story yet... he took me to a ride, saying something about replacing some of the money i had their with a check, and cashing it in the bank. so i thought that this is where we going, but he just drove around, telling me all kinds of facts about Fairbanks ("here used to be the main st.", "that was once the court house", "that the school my wife attended", etc.). after a while, i tried to ask him, but it was very hard for me to understand him (it turned out he's a portorican that grew in Brooklyn, plus he spoke as if i know what's going on).
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On Monday i called the shop again, and was told she ain't working that day either, so i went with my roommate on a short hike just outside anchorage - "flattop mt.". we were gone for ~7 hours though the trail itself took 1.5 hours round trip - it took us hours just to get to the trail head and back from there, though there are houses less than a 100m from it (very bad public transportation system).
well, at least the hike was nice, the weather was good (it started raining heavily only when we were on the bus, going back to the hostel) and Jeremy, my Australian roommate was very nice too.
Tuesday morning, when i called, i was told she won't come to work until after 14:00.
So i couldn't take it anymore, and i hit the road. i got there at around 17, and went to see her.
she called her parents, but there was no answer.
She said they won't get home before 18, so i waited and when i came back she said she got hold on them, and they still have it...
so the next day i went to fairbanks... got a ride with a nice carpenter person from denali to a gas station next to hili (a town a little north to the Denali park) and from there i had a ride with the most nice couple from alabama, that took me with their RV (first ride in an RV!) to Fairbanks, and dropped me off at sandy's work (Sam's wife).
But than i discovered that for some reason Sam didn't leave the camera there, as i've asked him to do, but rather he took it with him!
well, i waited for some more hours, and when he finally arrived, i took my camera,
and i now i only put it down when i'm in the shower...
anyway, it's not the end of the story yet... he took me to a ride, saying something about replacing some of the money i had their with a check, and cashing it in the bank.
so i thought that this is where we going, but he just drove around, telling me all kinds of facts about Fairbanks ("here used to be the main st.", "that was once the court house", "that the school my wife attended", etc.). after a while, i tried to ask him, but it was very hard for me to understand him (it turned out he's a portorican that grew in Brooklyn, plus he spoke as if i know what's going on).
\nbeing some sort of a hostage due to the fact he used 70$ of mine, i just came along...\n \nwell, at the end we picked up his wife and drove to his home - it turned out he lives in sulcha, which is ~50 miles east of Fairbanks. \nand than we had dinner, i saw "Greek wedding", and spent the night there.\n \nnext day we drove back to Fairbanks, his wife gave me the money back, and he took me a little south of Fairbanks to continue my trip - with my camera!\nby the way, for some reason he thought i\'ll stay 2-3 days at his place. \n \nwell, after that i had a few more adventures (that ended at 17/8/06), but i got to go now, so i hope i\'ll update again soon enough...\n \na few lessons i\'m taking with me\n\n- all well that ends well\n- when you take a ride, it\'s a good thing to talk with the driver. not only it\'s very interesting and lots of fun (usually), but also if you forget something behind...\n- even an RV vehicle can give you a ride\n- there are nice people all over the states. well, in fact, all over the world...\n- I should download my pictures more often.\n \n\n",0]
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being some sort of a hostage due to the fact he used 70$ of mine, i just came along...
well, at the end we picked up his wife and drove to his home - it turned out he lives in sulcha, which is ~50 miles east of Fairbanks.
and than we had dinner, i saw "Greek wedding", and spent the night there.
next day we drove back to Fairbanks, his wife gave me the money back, and he took me a little south of Fairbanks to continue my trip - with my camera!
by the way, for some reason he thought i'll stay 2-3 days at his place.
well, after that i had a few more adventures (that ended at 17/8/06), but i got to go now, so i hope i'll update again soon enough...
a few lessons i'm taking with me
- all well that ends well
- when you take a ride, it's a good thing to talk with the driver. not only it's very interesting and lots of fun (usually), but also if you forget something behind...
- even an RV vehicle can give you a ride
- there are nice people all over the states. well, in fact, all over the world...
- I should download my pictures more often.
where was i? oh, right, in anchorage. well, i was trying to find partners for hiking, but than...
i forgot my camera. well, i discovered it a minute after i dropped off the ride i had from the head of Denali Hwy to anchorage.
with 411 photos on it.
now what do i know about the driver and his friend?
the driver's name is Sam (Samuel).
the car is a KIA, with a red right-side mirror.
the other one is a very big guy and has a daughter and a mother in a little far away village called marshal and located some 220 miles from one of the ends of the Yukon river.
they are both from Fairbanks (~500 miles north of anchorage), sam just drove his friend to meet the mentioned mom and daughter (they came to anchorage for the weekend).
Sam has a daughter that works in some shop. her name is something like janita.
and there was another hitchhiker in the car - mark - and i have his mobile phone number.
but i couldn't get him.
well, having nothing much to do, and wanting that camera really badly, i spent the next afternoon running all over downtown anchorage (~3.5 hours) searching for a somewhat brownish KIA car with a red right-side mirror. but of course i couldn't find any.
well, in the evening i managed to get mark, and he said he couldn't help me, but when i asked him a little more he remembered the name of the shop where this daughter works. "magic carpet" just outside of Denali park.
i tried to find the shop's phone number on the net but couldn't, but Paul (the guy working in the salmon bake, just outside the Denali park, and took me to prudhoe bay and back) came to my rescue, and gave me the number.
so i called the store and was told she's out of town for the whole weekend (it was Saturday).
so i spent Sunday hanging around in the hostel.
On Monday i called the shop again, and was told she ain't working that day either, so i went with my roommate on a short hike just outside anchorage - "flattop mt.". we were gone for ~7 hours though the trail itself took about 1.5 hours round trip - it took us hours just to get to the trail head and back from there, though there are houses less than a 100m from it (very bad public transportation system). well, at least the hike was nice, the weather was good (it started raining heavily only when we were on the bus, going back to the hostel) and Jeremy, my Australian roommate was very nice too.
Tuesday morning, when i called, i was told she won't come to work until after 14:00. So i couldn't take it anymore, and i hit the road. i got there at around 17, and went to see her.she called her parents, but there was no answer. She said they won't get home before 18, so i waited and when i came back she said she got hold on them, and they still have it... so the next day i went to fairbanks... got a ride with a nice carpenter person from denali to a gas station next to healli (a town a little north to the Denali park) and from there i had a ride with the most nice couple from alabama, that took me with their RV (first ride in an RV!) to Fairbanks, and dropped me off at sandy's work (Sam's wife). But than i discovered that for some reason Sam didn't leave the camera there, as i've asked him to do, but rather he took it with him! well, i waited for some more hours, and when he finally arrived, i took my camera, and i now i only put it down when i'm in the shower... anyway, it's not the end of the story yet... he took me to a ride, saying something about replacing some of the money i had their with a check, and cashing it in the bank. so i thought that this is where we going, but he just drove around, telling me all kinds of facts about Fairbanks ("here used to be the main st.", "that was once the court house", "that the school my wife attended", etc.). after a while, i tried to ask him, but it was very hard for me to understand him (it turned out he's a portorican that grew in Brooklyn, plus he spoke as if i know what's going on).
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On Monday i called the shop again, and was told she ain't working that day either, so i went with my roommate on a short hike just outside anchorage - "flattop mt.". we were gone for ~7 hours though the trail itself took 1.5 hours round trip - it took us hours just to get to the trail head and back from there, though there are houses less than a 100m from it (very bad public transportation system).
well, at least the hike was nice, the weather was good (it started raining heavily only when we were on the bus, going back to the hostel) and Jeremy, my Australian roommate was very nice too.
Tuesday morning, when i called, i was told she won't come to work until after 14:00.
So i couldn't take it anymore, and i hit the road. i got there at around 17, and went to see her.
she called her parents, but there was no answer.
She said they won't get home before 18, so i waited and when i came back she said she got hold on them, and they still have it...
so the next day i went to fairbanks... got a ride with a nice carpenter person from denali to a gas station next to hili (a town a little north to the Denali park) and from there i had a ride with the most nice couple from alabama, that took me with their RV (first ride in an RV!) to Fairbanks, and dropped me off at sandy's work (Sam's wife).
But than i discovered that for some reason Sam didn't leave the camera there, as i've asked him to do, but rather he took it with him!
well, i waited for some more hours, and when he finally arrived, i took my camera,
and i now i only put it down when i'm in the shower...
anyway, it's not the end of the story yet... he took me to a ride, saying something about replacing some of the money i had their with a check, and cashing it in the bank.
so i thought that this is where we going, but he just drove around, telling me all kinds of facts about Fairbanks ("here used to be the main st.", "that was once the court house", "that the school my wife attended", etc.). after a while, i tried to ask him, but it was very hard for me to understand him (it turned out he's a portorican that grew in Brooklyn, plus he spoke as if i know what's going on).
\nbeing some sort of a hostage due to the fact he used 70$ of mine, i just came along...\n \nwell, at the end we picked up his wife and drove to his home - it turned out he lives in sulcha, which is ~50 miles east of Fairbanks. \nand than we had dinner, i saw "Greek wedding", and spent the night there.\n \nnext day we drove back to Fairbanks, his wife gave me the money back, and he took me a little south of Fairbanks to continue my trip - with my camera!\nby the way, for some reason he thought i\'ll stay 2-3 days at his place. \n \nwell, after that i had a few more adventures (that ended at 17/8/06), but i got to go now, so i hope i\'ll update again soon enough...\n \na few lessons i\'m taking with me\n\n- all well that ends well\n- when you take a ride, it\'s a good thing to talk with the driver. not only it\'s very interesting and lots of fun (usually), but also if you forget something behind...\n- even an RV vehicle can give you a ride\n- there are nice people all over the states. well, in fact, all over the world...\n- I should download my pictures more often.\n \n\n",0]
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D(["ce"]);
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being some sort of a hostage due to the fact he used 70$ of mine, i just came along...
well, at the end we picked up his wife and drove to his home - it turned out he lives in sulcha, which is ~50 miles east of Fairbanks.
and than we had dinner, i saw "Greek wedding", and spent the night there.
next day we drove back to Fairbanks, his wife gave me the money back, and he took me a little south of Fairbanks to continue my trip - with my camera!
by the way, for some reason he thought i'll stay 2-3 days at his place.
well, after that i had a few more adventures (that ended at 17/8/06), but i got to go now, so i hope i'll update again soon enough...
a few lessons i'm taking with me
- all well that ends well
- when you take a ride, it's a good thing to talk with the driver. not only it's very interesting and lots of fun (usually), but also if you forget something behind...
- even an RV vehicle can give you a ride
- there are nice people all over the states. well, in fact, all over the world...
- I should download my pictures more often.
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