You will find the natural gore-tex, gut parka, in Alaska 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 so little about the […]
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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
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“The happiest civilization which I have knowledge.” -Robert Marshall There is a town called Wiseman by the Koyukuk River in Brooks Range. It was once the northern most gold mining camp in North America. The town boomed from 1911 to 1915, after large quantities of gold were discovered in the creek in 1907. Now, there’s
Food, whisky, and landscape… Scotland is full of surprises. First Impressions of Scotland Scotland, a small country that is part of the United Kingdom, was the first travel destination of the New Year. I visited Scotland during the Hogmanay Festival and traveled to Edinburgh, Inverness, and a few other places in the Highlands. IT
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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
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Why I Went Snowboarding in Cairngorm Mountain When the Wind was Blowing 45mph So here’s the story. Invershnecky was dreich. It was blowing a gale but the mountain was surely bonnie. Because of the weather it wasn’t awfully hoachin. We put on a pair of red salopettes. I had to nip to the loo in
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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I’m going to Scotland! This New Year’s Eve, I’ll be welcoming 2014 in a country I’ve never been: Scotland. The biggest midnight moment on the planet, as they say, will be happening at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay with 80,000 people and fireworks. In fact, it was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records in 1996 at the
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The All New Sand Activity I have built sand castles, been sand boarding (both sitting down and standing up), rolled down sand dunes, and even ridden an ATV across sand dunes. On my recent trip to Namibia, our tour organizers suggested an idea utterly out of the box; cross-country skiing. The first three days in
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I Love Winter Again Winter was my favorite seasons while growing up. (Korea has four equally divided seasons.) I remember one winter we got so much snow, I felt like swimming. We went ice skating, snow and ice sledding, and made lots and lots of snowmen each year. There’s a great photo of my mom
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