1000 Americans: Santa Claus, North Pole, Alaska
August 17, 2008 by Harry
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Claus, Santa Claus. You can write him by sending a letter to:
Santa Claus, North Pole Alaska. Though invented by Coca Cola, this Santa has turned commerce around and now lives his dream, in Nrth Pole, surrounded by toys and happy children..
Day 14- 21: July 24-Aug 1 2008: Fairbanks to Denali park via North Pole!
August 2, 2008 by Harry
Filed under Alaska, North America, Trip reports
July 24 – July 29: resting & recovering in Fairbanks
We spent almost a week in Fairbanks, relaxing and catching up on resting, washing, shopping & working. Besides the overwhelming abundance of We were pleasantly surprised food-wise on two occasions. First the day after we arrived at Ericka’s place, they celebrated Miles’ b-day and we were invited to share the pizza, coke and pie and meet some of their family.
The next day we went out to see a bit more of Fairbanks and we cycled around the town visiting some places along the way like the lovely Farmer’s market, selling extremely expensive but . There were no video camera batteries for my camcorder anywhere in the city, so not sure if and what I can film before the next big city, which is Vancouver, 4000km away…
At the end of the day we visited the Pioneer Park, a place for tourists and locals to hang out. It is a bit corny, but they preserved and moved some of the oldest houses of Fairbanks here. We noticed a lot of people eating and unconsciously followed them to the source. We ended up at a set of tables, covered with fresh fruit, salad, chocolate cake, chips and meat. Besides it were a few large containers filled with cans of soft drinks, it was biketravellers’ heaven.
