We haven’t been traveling for a year. Why not traveling around the world where you are now? Alaska is a diverse place. The most diverse neighborhood in the United States is in Anchorage. I know, I was surprised to learn that fact too. From Alaska Native people to Samoans, Ethiopians to Koreans, there’re lots of […]
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At the end of 2020 we said, “What a year!”. And January 2021 came. It’s almost February, and I want to say, “What a month!”. January 2021 truly felt like a whole year. So many things have happened (or are happening), including all the events around the world (America has a new President!), ever-raging pandemic,
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American friends, or friends who are living in America, how was your Thanksgiving? Did you have a safe and healthy holiday? Celebrating such a family-oriented holiday during the pandemic was tricky. Traveling to meet the family is one thing but what if I get them sick? I was lucky that I had Stephen here to
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To be home, or not to be home. I left Korea after the famous Bucket Living transition, and that’s already almost ten years ago. At that time, all I wanted was to live in foreign countries, experience something different, just be out in the world. So I left. Living and working on the road led
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COVID 19 and Quarantine certainly changed things a bit. How did it change you? The longest March ever has passed. April and May weren’t great either. And now we’ve just passed the longest day of the year (Summer Solstice). It’s already the end of June. The first half of 2020 seemed like the shortest
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Beginning Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 12:01am travelers arriving into Alaska from another state or country must follow new protocols. Please check COVID-19 related updates on the website from the State of Alaska. Hope. What a great name for a place, right? It is the perfect place to go for a forest bathing during this
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What Does the Thirty Meter Telescope Mean to the People of Hawaii? Visiting Mauna Kea and the W. M. Keck Telescopes has been on my list for a very long time. Mauna Kea in Hawai’i is known as one of the best places on Earth for large telescopes because viewing conditions are excellent due to
The Best One-Day Trip To Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Hawaii Volcanos National Park in Hawai’i is one of the most stunning places in the world and belongs at the top of your travel bucket list. While you could spend many days exploring Hawaii Volcanoes NP, you probably don’t have that kind of time. Follow our
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This is such a strange world to be living in, isn’t it? There has never been a better time than the present to check in with each other. How are you doing? Me? Honestly, I am not doing ok. So much has happened in the last few months, I don’t even know where to
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Some experiences are so powerful that they take a long time to process. Witnessing whaling in Utqiagvik was like that for me. I traveled to Utqiagvik, Alaska (formerly known as Barrow), the northernmost town in the United States, in October. I am very much interested in visiting the Inupiat people’s homelands. My arrival coincided with
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