Travel tips part 1: Yukon Territories
November 4th, 2005 by rsm
In the spirit of exploration, a few travel tips from my personal experience, which means it could be completely wrong:
1. Bush pilots who have been working for fewer than five years are crazy. Five or more are incredibly competent.
2. Be VERY careful when walking around campgrounds at night. Many Japanese believe it is lucky to conceive a child under the Northern Lights. That means out in the open. They often don’t make much noise.
3. It’s a harsh climate full of warm, but harsh people. Fights break out regularly, rarely with any serious injuries. I even saw a bar fight spill out into the street until one person lay on the ground and couldn’t get up. Then his opponent helped him up and they got in the same truck and drove away.
4. The few towns there suddenly stop in an abruptness that can be unsettling. Where-the-sidewalk-ends can lead to many miles of vast, open country, and the big animals that go with it.
5. For the women: when out drinking and dancing and whooping it up… if the song suddenly changes to a slow one and a beast of a lumberjack-type grabs you, a firm “no” and he will leave you alone. Without the “no” you might be married soon.
For the men in the same situation: let him lead and don’t look him in the eye.
In the spirit of exploration, a few travel tips from my personal experience, which means it could be completely wrong:
Bush pilots who have been working for fewer than five years are crazy. Five or more are incredibly competent.
Be VERY careful when walking around campgrounds at night. Many Japanese believe it is lucky to conceive a child under the Northern Lights. That means out in the open. They often don’t make much noise.
It’s a harsh climate full of warm, but harsh people. Fights break out regularly, rarely with any serious injuries. I even saw a bar fight spill out into the street until one person lay on the ground and couldn’t get up. Then his opponent helped him up and they got in the same truck and drove away.
The few towns there suddenly stop in an abruptness that can be unsettling. Where-the-sidewalk-ends can lead to many miles of vast, open country, and the big animals that go with it.
For the women: when out drinking and dancing and whooping it up… if the song suddenly changes to a slow one and a beast of a lumberjack-type grabs you, a firm “no” and he will leave you alone. Without the “no” you might be married soon.
For the men in the same situation: let him lead and don’t look him in the eye.