"They didn't do their duty to inform, do you want to sue them?" Erin looked back and forth on the map and itinerary several times, and then took out the contract and insurance documents signed by Hong Tao, studied them page by page for a while, revealing the true face of the lawyer, opening and closing her mouth is the work of the court.

"Don't sue me, it's also my fault, I didn't ask it clearly, but I still want to see the aurora, and I finally came to see it, but the most important thing is that I didn't see it, it's a pity, you go and ask the people from their steamship company, can you change to a cruise ship that can go to real Alaska, even if you add some money." After all, Hong Tao grew up in China, he was awkward when he heard that he went to court, according to his mode of thinking, if the other party can give a compensation method, it will be OK, and if you spend a few more money, you will admit it, who let us not be careful and ask clearly.

"Okay, you wait for me, I'll go negotiate with them." Erin is capable of doing this, and she doesn't mean to be stunned at all, on the contrary, she is quite happy, and she takes a lot of maps and documents and leaves, probably to find someone from the steamship company.

Was Hong Tao really deceived by the steamship company? In fact, it can't be said that if it is placed in China, the other party is not at fault, it is completely in accordance with the route on the itinerary, and what should be played should be anchored in that port is not bad at all. But looking at Erin's meaning, I'm afraid that this steamship company is still a little at fault, otherwise she wouldn't have so much confidence to go to court and fight a lawsuit directly, these lawyers all belong to the unforgiving masters, they must be reasonable, and there will be this reaction, but where is this reason, Hong Tao doesn't understand.

To put it simply, that's what it means. For example, Hong Tao signed a travel contract in Shanghai, and the other party promised to take him to Beijing for a 7-day trip. As a result, the travel agency took Hong Tao to wander around outside the 3rd Ring Road in Beijing, and he didn't even enter the 3rd Ring Road, even if he told Hong Tao that the trip to Beijing was over!

This is also the case with this cruise in Alaska. The cities and ports indicated on the cruise ship's itinerary are indeed in Alaska, but this Alaska is not all in northern Canada as Hong Tao remembers. It has a small slender tail that runs along the west coast of Canada to Prince Rupert, almost half of Canada, and is only 6 or 700 kilometers away from Seattle.

The northernmost port of this little tail, and the northernmost port of the trip, is Skagey, which is only slightly higher than the Black River, and is still close to the Arctic Circle. Why did you come to Alaska in the winter? One is to see the special way of life of the local Inuit people in the harsh cold zone, and the other is to see the special landforms and landscapes here. Among them, the aurora is one of the most important tourism projects in Alaska, and there are special Alaska aurora tour groups.

But if you want to say that people didn't bring you to Alaska, it's not right, it's true that you went to Alaska, and you can see glaciers, icebergs, whales and other scenery, but if you don't look at the aurora Hongtao, you feel that you haven't been here.

Not to mention that there is a specialization in the art industry, Hong Tao is still wondering whether the steamship company will reject Erin's proposal, and there is already a knock on the door outside. Hong Tao opened the door and saw that it was a staff member on a cruise ship. He had come to invite Hong Tao to dine at the western restaurant at the bow of the ship, where Erin and a man who was said to be a representative of the steamship company were waiting for him.

As soon as Hong Tao heard this, he understood that Erin must have succeeded, and this meal was 100% a treat from the other party. So what are you waiting for, Mali opened the way, and I didn't eat the dinner I called anyway.

Sure enough, when Hong Tao followed the staff member to the restaurant. Erin was chatting with a lean woman in her 40s in front of the large window of the boat's restaurant. From a distance, the two women don't want to be a conflicting consumer and service provider at all, but more like friends or relatives who hang out together. The conversation was so hot that his face was full of smiles.

"My dear, this is Ms. Kerford, the representative of the steamship company, who has helped us solve a big problem, and we owe a lot of thanks to Ms. Kerford." When Hong Tao walked to the table, Erin introduced Hong Tao to the woman's origin and surname.

"Mr. Hong, on behalf of the Norwegian cruise line, I would like to apologize to you and your wife, our company may have overlooked some specific problems in the sales of winter routes, especially for foreign tourists, which may cause some trouble. I have just made an agreement with Ms. Erin that our company will deduct your tickets and then help you connect with a small passenger plane in Skagüey to get you to Anchorage. From there you can head north to Fairbanks, where you should be able to easily see the Northern Lights during this season, do you feel satisfied with the trip? ”

The Lady Kerford didn't say anything polite, she came up and apologized, and then proposed corresponding compensation measures, and while speaking, she took out a map of Alaska, pointing to the place names on it for Hong Tao to look carefully.

"Oh, by the way, the plane and the rest of the cost will need to be paid separately by the two of you." Seeing that Hong Tao was still pondering, she immediately added.

"So how do we get back to Seattle?" Hong Tao knew that he had asked clearly this time, so as not to have any misunderstandings.

"There are direct flights to Seattle in Anchorage, twice a week, and if you think you can, we'll use the cost of your tickets to book two tickets from there to Seattle, and the exact flight will be determined when you get to the airport."

"Oh think so, what do you think?" Hong Tao pondered for a while, this result should be considered good, the most important thing is that people's attitude is sincere enough, and they admit their mistakes first, which makes people feel very comfortable.

"I listen to you!" Erin was pretending to be a little woman at this time, and I guess she certainly didn't talk to the Lady Kelford with this attitude at that time.

This meal was indeed settled by the steamship company as Hong Tao expected, and it was also a kind of compensation for Hong Tao and his wife, although the money was not much, but it was still a problem, attitude, as long as the attitude was correct, it could make many seemingly troublesome problems simple.

In the early hours of the next morning, the cruise ship arrived in the port of Skagui. The port of Skagui, like Juno, was born out of the Gold Rush, and like Juneau, it all fell as the Gold Rush subsided. Yesterday, Hong Tao was still thinking that Juno City was too small and too few people, but now that he is in Skagüey, he knows what it means to be small and what it means to be small.

The permanent population here is only a few hundred people, not as many passengers as Hong Tao and their cruise ship, and the city is also pitifully small, the tallest building is actually three large white oil tanks, other than that, you will never see a building higher than three floors. There is only one connection to the town, which is the street connecting the dock and the railway station, which is not even a kilometer long, but there are many shops on both sides of the street. None of these shops have a clear opening hours, and when they open and close depends on the docking and departure of cruise ships. When the cruise ship comes, they open the door, and when the cruise ship leaves, they close the door and rest, which is 100% a tourist store.

In addition to the shopping street, the most striking thing here is two things, the train station and the helicopter. The train station is at the end of the street, while the helipad for helicopters is right next to the pier. Both of these modes of transport are important tourist activities in Skagüey, and Hong Tao and Erin include one of them in their tickets, so they can choose one of them for free.

Since you want to choose one of the two, Hong Tao still has to understand the details of these two tourism projects before choosing, this is not difficult, there are detailed instructions on the dock, and you can see it clearly in the past.

Let's talk about this helicopter first, in fact, this helicopter is not the whole of the tourism project, it is just used as a means of transportation to transport tourists to the snow-capped mountains behind, and the ultimate purpose is to let tourists take dog sleds. And the small train is a real tourist tool, its history is quite long, look at the introduction was built 100 years ago, but it was not completed until the end of World War II, with a total length of more than 170 kilometers.

The railway line is narrow-gauge and starts at Port Skagway and ends at the famous Great Gold Mine, the Yukon Territory in northern Canada. Gold prospectors from all over the world had to arrive in Skagway by ship from the continental United States, then change railroads into the Yukon. However, most of the gold diggers did not enjoy this treatment, because the gold rush was at the peak of the construction of the railway, and by the time the railway was completed and opened to traffic, the gold mines would have been exhausted.

At that time, most of the gold prospectors used boats to bring enough food for themselves to eat for a year, and then hired mules and horses to cross the mountains and mountains into the depths of the mountains, and a third of them never saw the next spring, and most of the rest were also busy in vain, and only a few people could really get rich.

Hong Tao thinks that the dog sled can be seated without being busy, because there will definitely be a chance to try it when you get to Anchorage or Fairbanks, and this small train is a good choice, you can more comfortably re-walk the old road of the gold diggers in the past, and also feel their hardships.

Parking in the station was a steam locomotive, which was the same as the usual steam locomotive, except that there was a turbine with the same diameter as the locomotive in front of the locomotive. Hong Tao leaned over and looked at the introduction, it turned out that this is a big fan, driven by steam, when the train runs, it can blow away all the snow on the roadbed, and it can be regarded as a snow plow.

It's a pity that the train they really want to take is not pulled by this old-fashioned locomotive, but replaced by a diesel locomotive. Because it is a narrow-gauge railway, the carriage is naturally narrow, but the decoration is antique, even the heating in the car is produced in 1924, burning kerosene, the smell is very big, but it has the feeling of the year. (To be continued......)