bye bye Alaska, viva la Mexico!

well, that's it.
end of part I of my trip.

I'm really sad to leave Alaska, and really thrilled about meeting my brother (and going to Mexico).

well, time for temporary summing...

on the whole i feel like i did quite good. I had superb time, and that's what important.

but, still, i feel like counting the "did" and "didn't"...

let's start with the did (the order really doesn't matter)

• been to Skagway, so i managed to venture a little bit to the S.E. part of Alaska.
  had a very unique experience (at least for me) meeting Bill and Curtis - the Tahltan people - and going with them to the telegraph creek.
• managed to go through a nice selection of hiking (in the Denali national park, Resurrection trail, williwaw lakes area, primrose - lost lake, Harding ice field, lazy mountain, chilcoot pass trail, dewey lakes, flattop mountain, saddle, Jumbo mine).
• went on a cruise
• had a sight seeing flight. twice. (and for free!)
• met incredible people - Heather, Susanna and Antara, Bill and Curtis, Elizabeth Gregory and Colbi, Caroline, Dimpna, Paul, a lot of guys who gave me rides all around Alaska (and Canada), and above all - the Holmberg's (Kim, Paul, Lisa, Lara, Kristy and of course Merlon, James).
• I saw the northern lights!
• i saw bears (both black and brown), moose, whales and even goats, sheep, eagles, hawks, beaver etc.
• hitchhiked through the Stewart Cassaray Hwy
• made it to Prudhoe bay and swam at the arctic ocean
• saw quite a few glaciers (both above the land and just out of the sea)

and now the didn't...

• do a lot more hiking (especially coal creek in Denali state park, the crow's pass from Girdwood and a lot of hiking around Juneau)
  saw Mt Denali itself
• explored parts of Alaska you can't get to by roads - most of the S.E., the main part of Alaska ("the bush"), all the islnads etc.
• seen a really colorful and impressive northern lights\nexperience Alaska in the winter
• met the many other nice people leaving here...
• see a really big whale (those i saw where 7m top)

well, i guess there's enough for another trip...

in fact, there's more than enough for a whole life time, but I'll settle for just a trip... or maybe trips...

just to rest your minds (due to a few replies i got) - i´m not complaining, i´m not whining and i´m not sorry about things i missed. i had the greatest time. i had so much fun, saw so much amazing things and met so many fabulous people!!!

and a few general remarks:

• there are truly a lot of amazingly nice people in Alaska. and there is surprisingly large group of devoted Israeli supporters around here.
• Mt. Denali in Alaska is like the Hermon in Israel. almost about every tall peak in the state it is said that "from this place, on a clear enough day, you can even see Mt. Denali!". well, like with Israel and the Hermon, for most of this places - there's never a clear enough day...
• in my eyes, the very existence of mosquitoes is a proof that one of the following must be true:

1. God didn't really think it over thoroughly
2. God isn't that merciful
3. God doesn't exist