On 29 June 2017, we set off on our first big road trip across North America. Two weeks in Hawaii, three months driving through 13 US states and 3 Canadian provinces — from San Francisco all the way to Alaska and back.

We'd been talking about visiting Alaska since we started dating. Getting to Alaska from Europe isn't easy — flights alone cost a fortune, and Alaska is one of the most expensive parts of the USA. Here's what we discovered and the 10 best places to see.

There's a difference between a holiday and real travel. There's a difference between a two-week trip and moving into a car for three months. We felt it every single day of our Western America road trip — searching for places to sleep, cook, and wash.

Western Canada is a treasure of North America. Pastel turquoise lakes surrounded by the towering peaks of the Canadian Rocky Mountains – there's nowhere else like it. Here are the 15 most beautiful places you can visit in this breathtaking landscape.

Postcard-perfect mountains, turquoise lakes, and bluish glaciers opened up before us as we arrived on the Kenai Peninsula — the part of Alaska we all know from those famous, almost kitsch photographs. Before officially entering the peninsula, we stopped at the quirky port town of Whittier on Prince William Sound.

"You know we just smuggled across the border everything we confirmed we didn't have? A weapon (bear spray is considered a weapon), alcohol, fruit, and commercial products." Crossing from Canada's Yukon into Alaska turned out to be surprisingly smooth — and that was just the beginning of our wild Alaskan road trip.