The History of The Jago's

Jago River

90 miles (145 km) long, the Jago gets its name from a Lt. Jago who sailed on the ship HMS Enterprise captained by Richard Collinson of the Royal Navy. Collinson's voyage between 1850 and 1855 was one of the last to be made in search of the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin, who set out in the vessels Erebus and Terror looking for the Northwest Passage in 1845 and was never again heard from.

Jago River: Mountains to the Sea

Location: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Brooks Range, Alaska

The 90-mile Jago River runs through the heart of the northern half of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This glacial river is fed by McCall Glacier on Mt. Isto. The Jago is flanked by the Romanzof Mountains; here lie some of the highest peaks in the Brooks Range. These snowcapped peaks are the source of the Jago's turbid whitewater.

During the first week of this expedition, we backpack about 30 miles down the Jago, among fields of wildflowers. The river is swift and rocky, filled with scoured granite boulders. The valley shelters the complete spectrum of arctic wildlife, including wolves, caribou, muskoxen, foxes, moose, and grizzly bears. Raptors such as rough-legged hawks and peregrine falcons frequently next on cliffs in the river corridor. Where the foothills roll gently down to the arctic coastal plain, we hike through an area of preferred calving for the 129,000-member Porcupine caribou herd. We will likely find plentiful evidence of their presence here. Female caribou drop their antlers around the time they give birth, and the tundra is littered with lovely antlers of all shapes and sizes.

During our second week of travel, we pick up canoes and paddle the braided river, now somewhat tamed by a loss in gradient, to the sea. We've timed the trip to see lots of caribou. With luck, we will intercept the Porcupine caribou herd during their post-calving aggregation, a time when tens of thousands of caribou gather en masse, moving to the coast where the wind keeps the insects down.

At the mouth of the Jago, we explore sand dunes, and then paddle across the Jago Lagoon, a body of water protected from the open ocean, to Barter Island. With the Brooks Range at our back, and the Arctic Ocean icepack along the horizon, we are truly at the top of the continent. We paddle along the barrier islands to Barter Island, and pull our boats out at the Native village of Kaktovik. Here, we pack up our boats and gear, and fly back to Fairbanks via a commercial flight.

The Jago River foothills and coastal plain are in an area targeted by the oil industry for development, should Congress ever vote to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. This area is also a preferred area for the caribou. Obviously, this area needs to be off-limits.

Kaito school put on a fathers day party, I left work early to see Kai`s first dance and kind of play,

The party began with the kids singing a song, They also introduced us to a few games the teachers had tought the kids.

Kai was trying to sing it was very cute he also made a special paper shirt for his daddy it had superdad on it it was funny and a tie and he and the class had songs to sing and games to play.

in one of the games the kids had to shavingfoam and hair gel on all the dads it was funny and used a lollypop stick to shave us, They also did some dancing. 

We have just come back from a beautiful place call Kota Kinablu spend two weeks in total off with 7 days in Malaysia.

We all stayed at the Nexus Resort it was really nice we spent most of our time by the pool and the beach

KOTA KINABALU City was one of the most fantastic cities I have ever been too.  everyone was warm and friendly and the hospitality that you would hardly find anywhere else in the world. our hotel had its own beachs the pool suites where we stayed we kind of had the pool to ourselves and the beach too. The main hotel was more lively the beaches where long and sandy

Kota Kinabalu is situated on the tropical island of Borneo, and is the state capital of the Malaysian state Sabah, which is one of the two states of East Malaysia.

We could do as much or as little as we wanted which was very nice, there is a mountain i think next time we go i will defiantly try to climb there are also rain forests the most famous animal is an orangutan

They are very nice to see

The town was small and also very nice and modern alot of nice shopping malls

I found this video of the resort where we stayed the main hotel was really nice.

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A few pics of the family holiday Kai and Ted both loved the pool and had so much fun on the beach too.

I would recommend going here and I know I will go back again soon

We all took a trip back to England to see the folks, Our home has now moved from London to a small place called Polegate its just outside of Eastborne, My Mum and Dad have never met Ted my younger son so it was time to go back.

Ted and Kai in the train station in Polegate Kai and Ted both love the trains thats all they said when they were on it.

We stayed at my brothers house his wife and son below

They just bought a new house, they have one son Kai and Ted liked to play.

My Mum and Dad wanted to take Kai and Ted to London.

We took them to Buckenham Palace and to Fleet Street and all over the strand and had a nice meal.

 We took them to Brighton where they played on the tea cups and had fish and chips on the beach with Ken.

Kai and Me above in the tea cup, Kai likes this ride we went on it in Disney in Hong Kong too.

Discovery Bay to Mui Wo

This walk is about 2 hours long

If lyour ever in Hong Kong and would like to do this walk. Take Discovery Bay ferry from Pier 3 (next to Star Ferry on HK Island).

You will need to get off at DB ferry Terminal and Walk up the hill past the bus station. Turn left and go right where the road branches and the path is on the right along the coast.

Discovery Bay

Golf course

We walked to Mui Wo this is a little town on South Lantau Island in Hong Kong Today.

Firstly we walkedT from our apartment which is opposit the Plaza and the Tennis Court, we walked down the hill and then up over the hill and past the firestation. This road takes you to a  small ferry terminal where the inter-island frries come in. If you dont want to walk you can get a ferry from here to Mui Wo or Peng Chau. There is a trail there that leads up to the Tappistere  Monastery. Years ago the Trappist Monks had a dairy there and you can still find bottles of Trappist Monastery Milk, although the cows are long gone now, probably off living in a much more hospitable place. When I think of a dairy and milk cows I think of beautiful lush green pastures like my home land of the UK and where my Mum and Dad live , not steep semi-tropical islands.

View of coastal area along the trail

It was a gradual climb with beautiful beach views around every turn in the trail. The monastery is reached by a steep road, you will see a very old land rover that may have been used to take the milk down to the local towns.

We walked on past the monastery and continued up hill. At one point we had a view looking down on the Discovery Bay Golf course, what a great place to play it is. Then all of a sudden you leave the trees and begin a serious climb to the top of a VERY steep hill.

After a short rest we started down the other side to Mui Wo. This side is much steeper and we were certainly glad that we were going down, not coming up (love those walking sticks). Stairs, stairs, and more stairs. The trail drops down to the beach on the opposite side from the Mui Wo Ferry terminal, the beach is very big and nice.

We had dinner at a very Chinese resturant very cheap and near the ferry terminal, there was a pub called the me China Bear where we got some well deserved beers.

Then we got the ferry back to DB where we had a well deserved rest on the beach before heading home for a good sleep.

Mui Wo