Seaplane Sightseeing in the Misty Fjords

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This post will be picture heavy so I apologise for that. It might make a nice easy Monday morning read though

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Soon enough they all showed up (a lovely family of 4 from Georgia) and off we went. We watched a quick safety briefing in the of the Taquan Air facility, left any bags we didn want in the lockers provided, and headed down to the jetty.

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Then we looked inside. How were all 6 adults going to fit in there!

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And then the seaplane enthusiast from Georgia belched loudly.

The spell broken, I clambered back on board ready to take to the skies again.

We did ask the pilot whether he ever fallen in he said he actually had, once. A passenger hadn realised he was stood on the float and had opened the passenger door vigorously, knocking the poor pilot into bomberg skull bracelet swarovski the water.

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So we flew back to the seaplane base, the pilot continuing to add his own (much more informative) commentary to the taped one we heard over our earphones.

We flew above all 3 cruise boats docked for the day, dwarfing the tiny town of Ketchikan. Our was the Norwegian Jewel, on the far right. Also in port was the Norwegian Star (far left) and a Holland America ship.

It was all fascinating, it was all beautiful, I had the time of my life.

If you considering booking a flight on a seaplane, please do it. You won regret it. Even if you have to live on beans for 6 months afterwards.

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