To the Arctic Desert Our Arctic expedition didn’t end at the Arctic Circle. I rode the Aurora Winter Train from Anchorage to Fairbanks, and drove to Coldfood Camp, 10 miles north of the Arctic Circle. We visited Jack in Wiseman, a small Arctic village near the Koyukuk River. Now, it was time to drive into the Brooks […]
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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
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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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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
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Scotland’s 50 Shades of Green As I’ve always imagined, Scotland is covered in green. It didn’t disappoint me. Different from Bhutan’s fresh and sunny green, Scotland’s was more complex and wet. Scotland has officially registered 977 kinds of mosses and liverworts that have been living there since before the dinosaurs. Because of the land’s diverse
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My Scottish Highlands Experience What do you imagine when you think of the Scottish Highlands? Hurry coo (hairy cow)? Green landscape? Yes, and yes. Visiting the Scottish Highlands has been on my list for a while now, and it finally happened this year. I don’t exactly know why all I know was that it’s extremely
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Illuminating Edinburgh for the New Year Happy New Year! What did you do for New Year’s Eve? Hope you had a fun time welcoming the new year! As you know, I spent my last day of 2013 at Scotland’s Hogmanay as a part of #blogmanay team. Not only Edinburgh, but also Stirling, Inverness, Stonehaven, and
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The 2013 annual review continues! 2013 was the year of portraits and deserts. India, Namibia, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka; some of my favorite photos were taken in these countries. They had some stories to tell. I shared the 21 destinations of the year 2013 last week, and now, here are the 21 best photos of this
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There are so many reasons why I loved my time at the Namib Desert. Because of my special affection for deserts, it fulfilled my dream to be at one of the oldest places on earth. Also, the scenery was phenomenal. I would’ve been happy no matter what, but what emphasize the joy of the trip
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