The New Year is off to a great start. I’m heading to Alaska! Seeing the Northern Lights has been one of the biggest achievement in my travel history. I’ve been dreaming about the moment since I was little, and it finally happened! I sort of promised myself at that moment, that I should try …
How many times aurora chasing is too many? I had a good feeling about this. There was this tingling feeling in my belly. The nights had been clear for last few days. Here and there I heard other people talking about it. So finally, I went out to chase the northern lights in Anchorage, Alaska. …
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I listed seven of my favorite of the year 2014. While I was flipping through the photos, once again I realized how fortunate I was to visit these wonderful places that some people only dream of visiting someday. Certainly, I am a lucky one. What stunned me most was all the experienced that wowed me …
Top 7 Travel Destinations of 2014 It’s time to say good-bye to the year 2014! Where have you been this year, and where are you planning to go next year? The world is big, and everything seems interesting. I was fortunate to explore many wonderful places and here are my top 7 (plus one extra …
Sarah Palin is the most influential marketing person for Mat-Su? There is a region in Alaska that got its fame during from a vice presidential candidate during the 2008 elections in the United States. Yes, I’m talking about Sarah Palin. Wasilla, a small town in Mat-Su Valley (Matanuska-Sustina Valley) where she served as a mayor, …
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Aurora Winter Train was one of the most intense train rides I’ve ever been. Here is the reason why… A train is one of my favorite ways to travel. There’s just something romantic about it. The Aurora Winter Train runs from Anchorage to Fairbanks on Saturdays, and the other way around on Sundays. The …
Northern Lights in the Alaskan Arctic The luck came to me once, in Iceland. Seeing aurora (aurora borealis, or northern lights) was high on my list of things to do since I was a kid, and it finally happened years later. Ever since I changed my lifestyle from a 70-hour work week at the office …
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You will find the natural gore-tex in the Arctic Studies exhibit at Anchorage Museum Isn’t it amazing to learn how much more our ancestors knew about the world, than what we know now? We think that technology’s evolved, that all the studies and Google helped us understand the world better, but in fact, we know …
Seward Highway: A Destination Itself If your goal is to take the perfect landscape photo on Seward Highway, you may be driving for a while, since this road is overloaded with perfect spots. Seward Highway, connecting Anchorage and Seward, is a destination itself. It passes some of the most scenic places in …
Their State Flag is my favorite, that symbolizes ‘North to the Future’. Alaska, a state of the Last Frontier, is a whole new world. Once I reconciled with winter, I spent a good three weeks in the North Country, Alaska. I wanted to experience a true winter, and also I missed good snow and …
