But these are no longer a problem now, because the ship is not full at all. There are only less than 1,500 passengers on board, scattered among various restaurants on the ship, and the chance of being full is slim.
What are you going to do after lunch? You can't take a nap until evening and then have dinner. There is no need to worry about this matter. There are many entertainment facilities on the ship for passengers to spend time. Those who like elegant art can go see and listen to art exhibitions.
For concerts, those who like to relax can go to the movies or surf the Internet, those who like to be in the limelight and have money can go to auctions, children can play various game consoles, women can go to SPA, and men can go to bars.
But Hong Tao doesn't like these people very much, so what should we do? It doesn't matter, the steamship company has fully considered for ordinary people like Hong Tao, and there is another place prepared for people like him, and that is the casino.
Gambling is basically a part of human nature. Whether you have money or no money, status or no status, IQ or no IQ, as long as the conditions are met, everyone is willing to give it a try. Now Hong Tao meets this condition,
Because he had nowhere to go, compared to movie theaters and concert halls, he felt that the casino, which he usually didn't look too cold to, looked particularly cute now.
The casino on the ship is not big, with dozens of slot machines and 4 tables of baccarat. There is a separate small hall next door for playing card games. Hong Tao is not very good at that game, so he did not join in the fun. Slot machines are his favorite.
Yes, back in Toronto, he and Zhou Dajiang made a small fortune doing this, so he took Irene to change $100 in change, and went to the slot machine first.
To make a long story short, until dinner, Hong Tao lost a total of 170 US dollars here. Irene won more than 50 US dollars. After the plus and minus were balanced, the loss was 120 US dollars.
"Just think that I bought two pairs of cold-proof clothes." Regarding his bad luck, Hong Tao is very capable of finding relief pills for himself.
"Okay, I'll treat you to dinner. Who told me to win money today!" Irene and Hong Tao's finances are independent of each other, so she used her own money, and she seemed particularly proud at this time.
"Exactly, it's only 50 US dollars. It's embarrassing to say that when I was in Toronto..." Hong Tao was very disdainful of Irene's performance as a villain, so he mentioned his feats back then for the nth time.
"You have told me countless times. Sam said that when a person often thinks about the past, it means that the person is old. Are you old?" Irene pinched Hong Tao's face impatiently to make sure.
Are you relaxed?
For dinner, the two of them changed to another restaurant. Although this restaurant did not have large glass windows where you could eat while watching the waves, the style was a bit higher. There were real candles on the tables and the lights in the restaurant were very dim. The waiters
As he walked, he was drifting on the carpet like a ghost, making no sound except for the slight clinking of knives and forks, and the tinkling sound coming from the piano at the door of the restaurant.
Irene didn't know whether she really understood or pretended to understand. Anyway, her sitting posture was different after arriving here. Her back was straight and her neck was stiff. When looking at people, she only rolled her eyelids and never raised her head. Hong Tao was affected by the atmosphere here and couldn't raise his head.
Erlang's legs were swaying back and forth, and he could only squat on the chair. He insisted on finishing the dessert, and then escaped to the deck to relax. He would rather blow the cold wind on the deck than go back to continue.
Suffer.
After dinner, the cruise ship officially became lively. Passengers who had been hiding in their cabins during the day came out of every corner. They were all dressed like dogs and began to wander around theaters, bars, and dance halls.
, there were many people standing even on the deck, some were taking pictures, and some were chatting. At this time, all the colored lights outside the cruise ship were lit up. Even the nearby seawater was illuminated. If you look at it from a distance,
If you look at it, it looks like a moving city.
There is an important program on the night of the first day, where the captain will address all the passengers in the largest theater, and then there will be a gala with song and dance performances, acrobatics, talk shows, etc., just like our Spring Festival Gala, which has been
It lasted until 1 o'clock in the morning. Hong Tao and Irene did not join in the fun.
They went to the bar to dance. There were more young people here and the atmosphere was more cheerful. People who didn’t know each other could sit on the bar and chat, and when they saw beautiful ladies, they could dance together and so on. There was no need to worry.
My wife is mad because she or they have already jumped into a relationship with someone they don't know.
Life on a cruise ship is probably just that much. It can best be described as intoxicating and dreamy. There are no positive factors at all. It is hard for Hong Tao to imagine that he had to stay on a transoceanic cruise ship like the Titanic for more than half a month.
, how are you living these days? No wonder that ROSE wants to have an affair. Life is so boring and unbearable.
There was no need for Hong Tao to force an affair, because he would arrive at the first stop of his trip the next morning, an American city called Juneau. It was the first stop of the cruise ship after entering Alaska.
When the sun rose in the early morning, the cruise ship slowed down its full sailing speed a little, and then slowly approached the coast. The entrance to a large strait appeared among the mountains in the distance. The cruise ship drove in from here and continued towards the coast.
Go north.
The strait here is not as beautiful as the fjords in Norway. The main reason is that the mountains on both sides are not so high or steep, but the form is similar. After continuing to drive for 2 and a half hours, the cruise ship slowed down again, and at the same time, one or two people could be seen on the water from time to time.
There are traces of a small fishing boat or a small yacht, and it is estimated that the city of Juneau is coming soon.
When the cruise ship slowed down for the third time, a relatively flat area finally appeared on the left front coast with a group of buildings. However, Hong Tao glanced through the camera lens and found that there seemed to be only one building with more than 10 floors.
There are no more than 10 buildings with upper floors. This city is so small that it would be closer to reality if it were called Juneau Town.
The buns are meaty but not in the folds! Don’t underestimate the city of Juneau. When Hong Tao got off the boat and came to the pier and saw the introduction of this city, he was immediately shocked by it. This small place is actually the largest in the United States.
city, which is larger than the entire state of Delaware
Big. But if you look further, you will understand that these Americans are really good at organizing things. Juneau is a city and a county at the same time. There is only one Juneau City in Juneau County, so the county and city are merged into one.
, the City of Juneau is Juneau County, and Juneau County is also the City of Juneau.
The total population of this city is only more than 30,000. Except for a few fishermen, all of them rely on tourism. It is really clean here. There is not a single factory. There is the strait in front and the forest-covered mountains behind.
The street in front of the pier is the widest road in Juneau City, with a total length of 17 kilometers. Of course, the most prosperous place in the city is also the pier. However, this pier in Juneau City is really shameful. The waiting hall is like a simple factory.
The cement floor of the pier has not been completely paved. After Hong Tao and the others stepped off the trestle, it was filled with stones and loess.
Although this is a tourist area, I didn’t see any vendors selling things, and there were no shops to buy tourist souvenirs. I couldn’t find fake jewelry, fake calligraphy and paintings. The people here really don’t know how to do business. How could a boatload of people come here?
If you get thousands, you can get a lot with a little effort.
As the passengers on the ship disembarked one after another, the cruise ship staff wearing red vests began to work again. They were the ones who guided the passengers when they boarded the ship. Now they are still disembarking. I guess this is also professional.
Don’t think that Hong Tao and Eileen spent more than 3,000 US dollars on this trip. That’s just the cost of food, drink, accommodation and transportation on the ship. If you want to have a perfect trip to Alaska, you still have to spend money!
What makes it perfect? Now this opportunity has come. There are dozens of tour buses parked on the pier, dozens of small yachts parked below the pier, and there is a cable car station next to the pier. These are the perfect opportunities.
Buses take tourists to see glaciers, yachts take tourists to see whales, and cable cars take tourists up mountains to see the scenery. Not many of these projects require a single cost, and no one can go from tens of dollars to a hundred dollars.
It varies from multiple dollars.
But this is not considered consumer fraud, because people from the ferry company will explain these charging items to passengers before buying tickets. The bartender’s sister also explained it to Hong Tao. These items can be purchased when buying tickets.
You can also decide whether to play or not when you get to the local area.
Hong Tao was the thief, so he didn't pay in advance and planned to go to the place and see it. This is experience. Since there was heavy fog on the sea that day, the activity of going out to sea to watch whales was basically scrapped. I still wanted to go, but I could see it.
The chance of seeing whales is very slim. As for the cable car going up the mountain, Hong Tao also rejected it. In this season, what kind of scenery can you see when going up the mountain? It is purely because of the northwest wind.
The most valuable thing is probably to see the glacier, so Hong Tao and Irene bought tickets and boarded the bus to go to the glacier called Mendenhall. As for those tourists who paid in advance for whale watching and cable car rides, just
I can only knock out my teeth and swallow it in my stomach.
From this point of view, tourists from China generally have rich travel experience. Compared with domestic tourism companies, whether they are European, American or African travel companies, they are weak. The only hope is to catch up with domestic tourism companies.
These travel companies are those from Southeast Asia.
They are a bit coming from behind. This should be a big game played by domestic tourism companies, using cruel methods to fully cultivate the awareness of domestic tourists' worries, so as to avoid being cheated by foreigners when they travel abroad in the future. How can one of his own people cheat his own people?
The meat is probably rotten in the pot, right?
This glacier is very close to downtown Juneau. Just drive along the most NB road here to the end. The most economical road is to build a road under the glacier! Not to mention, this is really a glacier. At the end of the road is a glacier.
There is a lake between two mountains. Opposite the lake is the valley of the two mountains. The valley is covered with snow, which is very thick. It has accumulated to the middle of the mountain.
