Travel Daily TipMar
26
2012
we stayed at Valdez for 2 nights and somehow we managed to eat at this place 2 times. This is not a fancy place and that’s what great about it, its really big and there is a good selection of dishes, food is simple but good and dish size is huge – so you will eat a lot. staff is really friendly (although i can guess staff changes every summer since none of them was local)
The place is Located right at the small boat harbor (on the waterfront street)
201 north harbor drive, Valdez
Mar
1
2012
While in Alaska you will probably see some bears (in Denali NP, or wherever) but they will be a bit far from you, if you want to try a closer encounter you should try one of the bear viewing tours available, these tours usually include a flight (helicopter , small plane or water plane) to a remote location and some hours hiking there.
This activity is not cheap (450-700usd PP) but it is a unique experience – one thing i would recommend is having this trip at the end of the trip as possible, since you may see enough bears even from close and then you can really save the money (we saw some bears walking on the road a week later in Yukon)
Aug
28
2011
During our trip to Alaska we stayed mainly at B&B’s and we enjoyed it very much – most of them were really good (much better than your average hotel room) and meeting the people was great.
One bed & breakfast which we really enjoyed was the one in Homer (Homer itself is a great city as well with great views and tons of activities – so make sure you stay there for a few days) – we stayed 3 nights at a cabin at Maria’s Majestic view B&B.
The view was amazing (see below – taken at 1AM) , Maria was super nice, the cabin was great and breakfast was excellent (especially on the day Maria cooked and we had some really cool stuff like the Alaskan pancake (see below).
Mar
15
2011
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.
Sep
9
2010
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.
