Alaska: Anchorage

(sara & chrisch) After our arrival in Anchorage Airport, we went to the Alamo counter to pick up our economy car. Wow, our Toyota Yaris was not much bigger than a shoe box and we were unsure whether we can fit our entire luggage into this little thing. Christoph had assumed that we’ll get again an upgrade – but got severely disappointed. However in the end it worked out. The trunk was filled with food for about a week, what we bought at Wal-Mart, the backpacks were lying on the back seats.

We spent one night in a hostel in Anchorage  and the next morning we took off towards Kenny Lake. On our way, we visited the Alaskan Native Heritage Center. The exhibitions were really good and we learned a lot about the native Alaska culture.  For example our assumption about Igloos, that they are always built with snow was proven wrong We learned that these snow constructions are only temporary shelters during hunting and that their permanent Igloos are built with wood and covered with mud and grass for insulation.