Sun Peaks Resort

Sun Peaks Resort ---
a beautiful
skiing destination

Sun peaks Resort is a village town north-east of Kamloops, Bristish Columbia, Canada.

It is a ski resort. Skiing is the main activity in winter and in summer tourist and locals indulge in hiking and biking.

There are hundred over ski runs at the ski summit with 12 lifts for rides up the hill.

It lags behind Whistler in popularity as a winter holiday resort because of the poorer condition of access road to this place and its further distance from big cities.

One of the many hotels in
this small resort town

The town is deserted at
siesta time

Flowers at roadside

Top covered bridge across
a mountain stream

Flower bed at the vicinity of the golf course

Resort lodge for hire

Tourists were scarce in summer time

Recycled innovation

Pomegranate

The Pinnacle lodge office block

Where we stayed --- The Pinnacle Lodge

Restaurant

All shops are closed early
in the evening

' Window ' shopping

Gulliver's travel

Soft stuffed toys

Juneau, Alaska

Serenade of the Seas docked
at the harbour in Juneau

A popular destination for cruise ships

Juneau is the capital city of Alaska.

It is a borough city with a population of around thirty thousand odd.

Its economy is based on government, tourism, mining and fishing.

It is located on the South east of Alaska and it is one of the most beautiful capital city of the country.

Private boats at the harbour

Wet morning at Juneau

One of the street at the shopping area

The wet weather did not dampen
the spirit of shoppers

Mountainous surrounding

Taking a break while the ladies were
busy window shopping

A queue at the small shack at one corner
of the busy street waiting for their orders
of King crabs

This cost 10 dollars

White Pass and Yukon Railroad

Tourists mainly from the cruises
which docked at the nearby harbour
waiting to board the train for the two
and a half hours ride

The White Pass is a mountain pass through ranges of the coast mountains on the border of Alaska and British Columbia of Canada.

The White Pass trail was one of the two main routes to reach the Klondike gold fields. During the nineteen century Klondike gold rush, flocks of outsiders converged to this region in search of the golden dream. However the pass was closely guarded by the native Indians and many gold searchers then did not survive to realize their dreams.

The White Pass railroad was built to facilitate transport of workers to the gold fields and to transport the golds out from the fields. This railroad was a multinational engineering effort. It took thousands of workers and tons of explosives and slightly more than 2 years to complete. Mountains had to be blasted literally and workers fought with the harsh weather conditions to build this 100 odd mile long railroad.

The White Pass railway is now used solely for tourist purpose.

The train will be going through ravines
and climbing up the range of some of these
mountains

Train entering a tunnel

Tail of the train

An old and abandoned bridge