Tuesday, 15 September 2009

From a real Gold Rush Town to sleepy Faro

A wild night was had by all in the real life gold rush town of Dawson City - the 2nd largest city in Yukon (population 2000), the streets are all dirt streets, the buildings (seemingly) havent been touched since the 1920's, and the gold is still coming out of the hills (10 gold millionaires in the last 6 years)
The night started off in the salubrious Westminster Hotel;
and ended in Diamond Tooth Gerties gambling hall, where the gold prospectors were playing in a big poker tournament, the dancing girls were dancing, and the brits were loosing at black jack and dirnking beer;

A slowish start the following morning and a misty ride over the hills out of Dawson City, then more gravel graded roads twisting through the Yukon hills - trees, trees, trees, lake, lake, trees - lovely.



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