User:Cluth

Note: this page is sorely out of date. Most of the information below is incorrect.

Also, you may wish to see my other identity (cluth) on That Other Travel Guide Wiki That Must Apparently Remain Nameless.

In an attempt to reduce duplication, please see [1] for now. I'll create a Wikitravel-specific page here when I get a chance.

I work in the travel industry in Anchorage, Alaska. I love showing off our state. If you have any questions about traveling to or in Alaska, don't hesitate to ask me. If I don't know the answer, I'll research it as best I can. To contact me, you can leave a note on my talk page, but I tend to be inconsistent about visiting sites, so I may go a few weeks without checking up on WikiTravel. If you have a more urgent query, please send me an email at [2].

I look forward to working on expanding WikiTravel's coverage!

Cluth 04:12, 29 Apr 2005 (EDT)

Contributions

• Alaska - Getting in and getting around

• Anchorage - Getting in and getting around; Hostelling International

• Telephone service for travel - Miscellaneous fact-checks and general usage of cell phones in the US (my first edit was done as an unregistered user--I was IP address 69.178.40.95)

Real-time list of contributions

To Do

Current projects

• Alaska

• Refine driving in Alaska (more info on roads, etc.; note that distances are large and facilities are very sparse)
• Refine other transportation options (more info on specific routes and destinations)--make it less of an overview
• Add info to other categories as time allows

• Anchorage

• Add info to other categories as time allows
• Link to PeopleMover home page and route map page
• Links to car rental companies

Ideas for future coverage

• Alaska Railroad route guide
• Exotic Alaskan highway route guides (wait, isn't every Alaskan highway exotic?), such as the Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay or the Chitina-McCarthy washboard, shock-absorber-slaying Highway

Links

• University of Alaska Anchorage

• University of Alaska Anchorage
• UAA's journalism program
• The Northern Light - UAA's student newspaper — I plan to start freelancing for it this semester
• KRUA - UAA's student radio station — you can hear occasional newscasts featuring my contributions
• UAA's aviation program

• Alaska links

• State of Alaska
• State of Alaska Facts and Visitor Information
• Alaska Travel Industry Association - sponsored by the State of Alaska
• SLED (Statewide Library Electronic Doorway)

• SLED's tourist info site (has similar links to what's on this page)

• Alaska.com
• Alaska Airlines
• Alaska Channel - available in hotel rooms; site offers good, solid travel tips from locals and they produce a great free guidebook. I use its restaurant reviews and I live here.
• Alaska Railroad
• Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Anchorage Daily News
• Municipality of Anchorage
• The Milepost - the best book for traveling by road in Alaska (hint: it's half as expensive if you buy it at one of the Anchorage Costcos)
• National Weather Service Anchorage Forecast Office (It's not as cold in Anchorage as people think!)
• University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute's Aurora Forecast

• Other travel links

• Let's Go - travel guides for travelers on the cheap (that is, poor college students like me)
• Lonely Planet - travel guides for adventurous, budget-oriented travelers
• Rick Steves - travel guides for budget-oriented travelers who want one step above a youth hostel

• Other links

• Costco, the best store in the world
• My Web site. More links there (eventually).