Ok, for all of you salsa folk waiting to hear what salsa in Alaska is like...here goes!! The festival certainly wasn't as hardcore as what we're used to in the uk, lessons on the friday and sunday started at 4 in the afternoon and it was only saturday that had a full day of workshops. Probably a good thing for us really as we were still quite tired from travelling! We were so lucky to be staying with Sheli who dropped us off when we needed and then picked us up ...

Hiking in Alaska!!Have I mentioned yet how lovely Sheli is?!! Most sunday mornings she meets with a few friends and they go off hiking, this Sunday we were invited along! :)There were 6 of us which was a nice sized group that would make enough noise to keep the bears away...yes there are bears in the woods and they do .... in the woods, we know as we came across several piles of 'scat' on the trail we walked along, it seemed like bear highway!! Anyway, we were dr...

Ok, after spending nearly an hour writing a blog entry only for the site to expire, you're now gonna get the edited version!! After arriving in Alaska, we quickly realised how bloody heavy our bags were when we had to carry them to the taxi...may have to get rid of some stuff!! Spent the 1st night at Jason's Youth Hostel, £15pppn but included free internet and a huge breakfast with as much tea and coffee as u want!! :) Full use was of course made of this facili...