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The Road to Wrangell St Elias National Park 4 Aug 2013 | 10:02 am
With time to spare in our rental car, we decided, why not head all the way over to Valdez? According to the map we picked up from the local visitor center the road between Anchorage and Glennallen (ca...
Top 5 ‘Short Hop’ From England Destinations 30 Apr 2013 | 05:00 pm
I’ve decided to create a list of my top five European destinations which are only a ‘short hop’ away from England. Why? So that you know where to visit! But also because I’m from New Zealand (A Kiwi),...
Burning Basket In Homer 14 Apr 2013 | 08:52 am
When we were in Homer we did two memorable things. The first was stay with a lovely family who took us into their home, made us feel super welcome and fed us king salmon and halibut for dinner – wow! ...
Egypt’s 5 Best Undiscovered Holiday Destinations 12 Feb 2013 | 04:00 am
Egypt is a tourist hot spot. But attractions like the Pyramids, and the resorts around Sharm El Sheikh, keep most visitors very much on the beaten path. Much of Egypt remains largely undiscovered by W...
Whittier 26 Glacier Cruise with Phillips Cruises 20 Jan 2013 | 11:12 am
So it’s been ages since I last posted. I’m sorry. This is a start to getting back on track. Renee and I both love being out on the water looking for marine mammals, so here is my experience on the Klo...
Don’t Get Eaten! Bear Safety Tips 2 Dec 2012 | 06:11 am
I’ve seen black, brown and grizzly bears in the wild numerous times now, I’ve never had a bad encounter with one so what follows is a summary of all the information I’ve gained from a variety of sourc...
Thoughts on Choosing Your Travel Accommodation 27 Nov 2012 | 07:48 am
I want to talk today about travel and how our choice of accommodation impacts our experience in and impression of a new destination. I’ve been to some pretty mundane places and had fantastic experienc...
Glacier and Wildlife Spotting with Kenai Fjords Tours 17 Nov 2012 | 05:25 am
By this time we’d been in Alaska over a month and we’d only briefly been on the water during our float plane flight to Brooks Camp. We’d seen a number of bears and other land wildlife, all awesome of ...
Girdwood and Mountain Biking Photography 9 Nov 2012 | 09:47 am
After an amazing time in Katmai National Park where we saw more bears and had more opportunities to photograph bears than ever before [combined] we were back in Anchorage – but we only stayed one nigh...
Camping with Brown Bears in Katmai National Park 29 Oct 2012 | 05:10 am
Bears are all over Alaska; facts vary but it is generally thought that over 30,000 grizzly/brown bears roam Alaska compared to just over 1,000 in the entire lower 48 states. Then of course there are b...
