My Travels to Alaska

Plane in Juneau, Alaska

I recently went aboard a cruise that takes you to three cities in Alaska and Victoria, B.C. in Canada. The cruise, I'll admit, was a bit boring, as a teenager wouldn't find any time passing activities to do besides watch free on-demand movies, eat, read in the small, but beautiful library, and attend magic and juggler shows. But, from an adult's perspective, the cruise is heaven. There are endless activities for grown ups. I hope you find this post helpful and engaging and that you admire the pictures that were taken on this trip.

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Day 1

An elegant sunset I happened to encounter on my first evening on the cruise.

So, I guess it was pretty rainy and windy on the second day.
Allow me to add cold, as well.

The first day was pretty uneventful. The cruise port was in Seattle, a wonderful city, I might add. The first Starbucks store is located there, along with a wonderful downtown library, many shopping stores, and of course, the space needle. Unfortunately, I only stayed there for about 12 hours, so obviously I did not get to tour as much. The check-in process is just horrible. It takes a couple of hours, but once I got on the ship, I felt a sudden wave of relief. The hard part was over. The room that i had was pretty small, compared to a normal hotel room, but the view from the balcony was grand. The ship also provided free on-demand movies for both children and adults. We were still at sea during the second day.

Day 3

We finally reached Ketchikan, Alaska, a gorgeous city. Getting off the ship isn't too time consuming, nor is getting aboard. We first walked around the city, shopping here and there. Later, we got aboard another small boat, where the marine biology tour was. (I might do another post on that...) If you're a foreigner and cannot speak English, I do not recommend this tour. The tour guides speak English, and many foreigners found this tour boring. But I enjoyed this tour. We saw and touched starfish, crab, and saw the magnificent bald eagles fly past and catch their prey. The eagle watching was probably my favorite part of the tour. 

Welcome to Ketchikan!

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Here's an octopus I saw during our marine biology tour in Ketchikan. 

Day 4

Well, on the first day in Alaska, I filled up a 16 GB card...obviously something I've never done before. :) On the morning of the fourth day, we were still at sea, but we went through a "scenic route", where the water was bright as the sky and the mountains were super tall and the sight, altogether, was just to die for.

Day 5

On the fifth day, we arrived in Juneau, Alaska. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't so nice that day. It was foggy, misty, and very rainy that day. Because of this, I couldn't get the pictures I were hoping for. We shopped for a while, then we went on a tour bus that took us to see a big glacier. 

Juneau, Alaska.

Day 6

On the sixth day, we docked in Skagway, Alaska, one of my favorite destinations. This day, I believe, was a fairly successful photography shoot, as the weather was just pleasant and the train tour I went on was splendid. Here are some pictures I took.

Skagway, Alaska

Below are pictures taken from our train tour.

Cloud puff, anyone?

Ah, our beautiful ship.

This was later that evening, from my room.

Day 7

On the seventh day, we reached Victoria, Canada, our final destination. We only had about 6 hours there, so we visited the famous garden and roamed in downtown. I highly recommend the garden, it was huge and the flowers were dazzling and exquisite.