a hui hou kakou

Alaska was my home for about two years all together. I first moved to Fairbanks in Sept. 2000 to do an university exchange. It ended up being the first of many. I stayed in Alaska until Dec. 2001 then returned after a year abroad in Jan. 2003. In May of 2003 I got my B.A. in political science from U.A.F. Ok, and below was a journal I started but that never went anywhere. The life of a troll 2003.02.09 Perhaps I will first describe to you, my friends and family of my lovely abode. The room in which I sleep is long and narrow. So there is if one looks at it in terms of square metres a decent amount of space. It is on consideration of the vertical that my flat runs into problems. It is the attic of a cabin, a peaked roof cabin. Unfortunately the pinnacle of the ceiling is only about 150 cm from the floor. This means that with my height of 193 cm there is no standing up. I think that I sometimes am a bit quick in choosing my room. While its not the worst place I've lived it is not one I will overly miss, so that my friends is what makes me feel a bit like a troll under a bridge. Thankfully the bathroom downstairs is of normal height. Since I don't have access to the primary kitchen of the cabin I must wash my dishes in the tub. As you react with distaste, I should say I am careful to be hygienic as I can under the circumstances. All cooking is done in a microwave that my old friend Willa was kind enough to give me. There are nice things about the ogre's den I inhabit. There is electricity, water, and heat, and the rent is low by local standards. My contact info until the middle of May is: ----Address deleted, because I´m no longer there.----

Map of Alaska

Arms of Alaska Camping at the end of the road past Homer, there was a strange Russian Orthodox cult here. They were nice, but weird. May 2003. I liked the sign at this health food store. May 2003. Me when I shaved my head. Jan. 2003. Me by the ocean in January near Anchorage. Jan. 2003. The ocean near Anchorage in January 2003. Along the Parks Highway to Fairbanks. Jan. 2003. Along the Parks Highway to Fairbanks in January 2003. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Jan. 2003. I lived in the attic here in spring 2003. Jan. 2003. The road to university. Jan. 2003. My home in spring 2003. Jan. 2003. My friend Diane. Jan. 2003. The road to university. Jan. 2003. The Gruning Building where I had most of my classes. Jan. 2003. How I dress to bike in the cold. Jan. 2003. A sign that I broke open to sleep in when I went hitchiking in March 2001. It was very cold. March 2001. The snow outside my window. Feb. 2003. A giant mosquito stuck between the glass. Looked to be a mummy. Feb. 2003. My friend Igor. April 2003. D'mer. April 2003. Ben at the grave of his grandmother. May 2003. My friend William. April 2003. My friend Ka'ai. We were at UAF for years before meeting. But we knew each other growing up in Hawai'i. April 2003. A strange scupture. April 2003. Me and my wonderful bike, it was so lite, so nice, so cheap. April 2003. Spring. May 2003. Interesting truck. May 2003. Dr. Rosenberg. May 2003. Leif and Ben. May 2003. How I cooked absolutely everything! May 2003. Road north. May 2003. Black spruce north of Fairbanks. May 2003. Some old tool from the pipeline. May 2003. A nice tree. May 2003. The Alaska pipeline. May 2003. Some pretty mountains. May 2003. A nice river. May 2003. A glacier. May 2003. Some trees with snow. May 2003. A moose. May 2003. The ocean. May 2003. Some pretty little flowers. May 2003. A lake. May 2003. Beach. May 2003. A nice path in the woods. May 2003. Me and my friend Darin. May 2003. I really liked this tribute to people lost at sea in Homer. May 2003. A bald eagle. May 2003. Porcupine. May 2003. Some nice trees. May 2003. Beaver construction. May 2003. Mountains. Sept. 2001. Driving to Canada in Dec. 2001. It was icy. Anchorage in November 2000. The bus I took on first arrival to Alaska. Fall 2000. The wonderful cabin I lived in for summer 2001. It was a library. It had no running water so I carried water and food from town and trash down to town. The band Cracker in Aug. 2001. Some of the people I fought fires with in summer 2001. I lived on Dead End Alley for the fall of 2001. Some of the folks I fought fires with in summer 2001. View of the fire. Summer 2001. My graduation in Alaska in May 2003. A water drop while firefighting. Summer 2001. Some lakes I saw while hitchiking. Summer 2001. My flatmate Linyun. Spring 2001. Me at Watson Lake Yukon Territory. March 2001. With some friends at a bonfire. Summer 2001. How I look with a moustache. This was just after shaving to see what it looked like. As you can see it doesn't look good! Summer 2001. When I was hitchiking in March 2001. A raven on the road. Aug. 2001. My flat in SAC 409. May 2001. Tiffany and Bekah. Fall 2000. Some trees in Fairbanks. Fall 2000. The view from the helicopter while firefighting. July 2001. Me and my flatmates on Halloween 2001. Zack, a flatmate from SAC 409. Fall 2000. This was me firefighting in July 2001. I do know how to use a chainsaw but I never used one firefighting. The guys just said to hold it. I just used a pulaski the whole time. |back to travels |