HOPE, Alaska

Hope, Alaska is an other incredible village / town we have visited during our Alaska trip. It is in the Kenai peninsula and to me it is probably the most memorable of all the villages we have visited. Don't misunderstand me, it is not ah hidden NYC. It is tiny. Incredibly tiny. At first sight it is not a beauty. But it has a lot of character. According to Wikipedia Hope has only 165 inhabitants, but believe me ... they will be difficult to forget, if you will meet any. They are very proud of their small jewel and they will tell you for sure something about Hope, AK or will do something for you. And it will just make it harder to forget this place. This are the the five (that's it, no kidding) buildings in the downtown ...... and these are the outskirts of downtown. I mean you just need to walk 200 yards, and you are out of "downtown". Really an amazing collection of beauties. Difficult to find anywhere else ...This is the drive thru Coffee Shop. Unfortunately it was closed ...... and this is the local cloths shop. Really really interesting ...... and of course we went also for some hiking. We started the hike pretty late. Something like 7PM. Sunset is around 10PM. So we thought enough time. Until we saw the cub of the bear something like 50 meters away. And we did a prompt and straight U turn and we did come back pretty fast ... an interesting experience ...... and surprise surprise ... downtown had a pretty interesting nightlife ... the nite we were there there was a concert in the bar ...