Travel Daily Tip

When on a cruise ship from Alaska to Vancouver/ Seattle (or the other way, you will stop at Skagway – there are a lot of tours you can take any place you stop while cruising but at that place one of the main attractions is taking the train to whitepass at Yukon territory – its costs about 150usd or so. we decided to do this trip on our own and it was amazing – we rented a car at the local Avis (90usd a day) and drove 70 miles to Emerald lake (right next to the railroad anyway) – on the way we saw many bears just walking on the road, we stopped at many   view points which were unreal – just rugged as it can be, we had a stop also at carcross desert which is the smallest desert in the world, at Yukon suspension bridge and at emerald lake we turn back and drove the 70 miles back – it was a great 6 hours trip.

Tags: Canada, Emerald Lake, Yukon territory
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On our way to Geirangerfjord (before starting to drive on trollstigen),  we made a small detour to Eikesdalen valley and we drove there, once you get to the waterfalls you can turn around and drive back all the way  or you can drive on a dirt road for 3 or so hours – views are amazing.

Tags: Eikesdalen valley, Norway
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Cedar Breaks is a really small park not too far away from Zion Np and Bryce canton, which make it easy to also visit this place when you are already visiting the other 2.

I was there for only a few hours, it kinda reminded me of Bryce canyon (which i love) but you can just make a small detour and get there, stop at the 3 view points (there are also 3 hiking trails so you can hike if you have some more time)  which are  just amazing and drive back to where you came from – worth the extra drive.

Tags: Cedar Breaks, Utah
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While in Norway, you have to try out one of the glacier hiking tours, it is a great experience and it is not as easy as it seems. I was visiting the  Jostedalen national park in the center of the Sognefjord region and joined a short hike at Nigardsbreen. you walk with a small group, and with a guide, where everyone are tied to each other, you will arrive to the glacier and get the glacier hiking gear and a few pointers on how to walk on the glacier.

The walk (shortest one) is 2 hours and it is amazing, you will go inside caves, and on top f the glacier – look behind you every once in a while, there is an amazing view there as well.

Tags: Glacier Hiking, Nigardsbreen, Norway
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In general im not a big fan of the grand canyon, i don’t know why but maybe i heard so much about it that by the time i got there it wasn’t that amazing in my eyes. The one thing i do advise you should do as long as you are there is get up real early and go to watch the sunrise – it is really beautiful, make sure to be there like 20-30 minutes before, by the time you will get there you will already see tons of Japanese  tourists with their bombastic cameras, so make sure to be there early enough to find a spot.

Tags: Arizona, grand canyon, sunrise, USA
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