Sunday, August 5, 2007

Muk Tuk Anyone?

My last day at work and got to experience something very few people ever have a chance too. I ATE A WHALE!! Well , A very small piece of one. There was a priest at the hospital and he had just been at the local native hospital. While there an Intuit family had given him some Muk Tuk. This is raw whale. he had both Beluga and Bow head. He told me the Bow head had been caught near Barrow earlier this spring. Of course I took the whale from Barrow. That means I probably ate Balee. I would have also taken some of the Beluga, but this stuff is really disgusting. Imagine grisly beef fat that tastes fishy. I almost got sick, but I`m still glad I got to do it. only native Alaskans are allowed to hunt whales, and then they are only allowed to take one or two per year. this was a really rare experience.
Well , I`m sitting in the Anchorage airport and my plane is delayed two hours, so I think I going to have a few drinks to make sure I sleep I the plane. I leave Anchorage at 10 PM and arrive in atlanta at 9 AM. I hope everone enjoyed the blog. We certainly enjoyed the trip. Nettie and I have not decieded if we are going to continue blogging, but I bet if we do it will not be as exciting. At least not untill next summer!
See you latter.




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