Diary 5

May 18, 2014, 1.23pm Alaskan time

We were just observing some whales. It was not the first time we saw them. First time we made a whale watching tour in Hawai. It was very impressive for us, none of us have done this before. Second time we went to see them in Monterei together with my husband's visit in April 2014. And this time we are not even doing a whale-watching tour, whales are just in the same waters where we are:) That is the charm of the ferry trip - you are using the public transportation and at the same time having a wonderful opportunity to see the most beautiful places from the best observation point. Parents have left their binoculares to us and it is was an amazing idea. We spend many time standing on the deck and watching the area we are passing by in the binoculares. We were hoping to see some wildlife at the land, bears and so on, but failed so far. Hope to see them later. 

Also I wanted to tell more about our ship. We have pretty a choice of places to spend time here. There is an observation deck, that looks like a movie theater located at the front part of the vessel, so you can sit there and look straight forward as the ship goes. There is also a lounge with chairs and some tables for those who, like us don't have a cabin, but unlike us don't want to sleep outside. We even have a real movie theater, a small one, maybe for 20 places, where they demonstrate something from time to time. Mostly some educating movies about Alaska.

As for the facilities, there are public showers and quite in a good condition. I was surprised, but even though there are only 3 of them (for women and the same number for men) they are never occupied fully, so there is never a line. They are not luxury, but nice and clean.