Travel Daily Tip

Mendenhall glacier, Alaska – Travel Tip #107

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:14:05 +0000

Most people arrive by a cruise ship to Juneau as the city is pretty far and out of reach from the main part of the road trip in Alaska. While on the cruise you can join a tour to Mendenhall glacier, but those are a bit overpriced.

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Instead you can get of the ship and right away you will see many booths and companies offer a bus ride to the glacier for $8 or so (june 2012) – this makes the trip so much cheaper and while there you get to see this glacier and the waterfalls.

The Wave hike, Utah – Travel Tip #106

admin — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:24:33 +0000

This is truly one of the most beautiful places in the world, this is a remote area and permit require to hike there (to obtain a permit please read this)
only 20 people allowed per day.

The hike itself is not an easy one but defiantly not hard and anyone in reasonable shape can do it, its a 6 miles hike roundtrip but it is hiking in the desert so you must carry a lot of water, wear light clothes and a hat and a lot of sun block.

It is an unmarked hike but you will get a photo guide once you win a permit from the visitor center (@Kanab, UT), we used a gps app on our iphone which tracked our way in and we hiked back out the same way.

the place is amazing and really worth all the efforts of trying to get a permit and hiking in the sun.

Mount Dalsnibba, Geiranger, Norway – Travel Tip #105

admin — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:11:04 +0000

When visiting Geirangerfjord make sure to drive up to the viewpoint at Mount Dalsnibba (if the day is clear enough to view the fjord). after a short drive up you will get to see the fjord and all the surroundings from high above – really nice view.

Corona Arch, Utah – Travel Tip #104

admin — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:01:46 +0000

While visiting Moab, UT you ill mainly visit Arches national park and Canyonlands NP but there is other places to visit out of the national parks as well, one of these places is Corona arch.

The hike to Corona arch is pretty short (about 3 miles round trip) and its easy so anyone can do it (there is some uneven parts and a ladder to climb (short one) but most of the trail is flat)

when arriving to Corona arch be sure to also take a look at the Bowtie arch right before arriving to Corona. there is an option to get up the arch and jump off it (companies in Moab offer this), or, like us, you can just look at other people who do it.

getting to the trailhead: drive on 191 south and turn right onto 279, drive few miles till you see the trailhead parking.

Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick – Travel Tip #103

admin — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:00:41 +0000

Hopewell rocks is a really amazing place where the highest tides in the world can be spotted. its located at Fundy bay at New Brunswick, and its best to spend at least an overnight stay there so you will be able to see the rocks both during high and low tide in which you can just walk between the rocks.

Desert Hills B&B – Travel Tip #102

admin — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:57:19 +0000

During our trip in Utah we stayed at the Desert hills B&B for 3 nights and it was just great. Anna and Vic are great hosts and we felt at home right away, room was big enough and breakfasts were amazing. The hot tub outside was the right place to spend some evening time after long hikes.
You have everything you need there, other than the hot tub you have internet and tv room, kitchen access, with snacks, cookies and sodas, phone if you need it and the backyard to sit or have something to eat.

Highly recommended.

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Galata Tower, Istanbul- Travel Tip #101

admin — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:53:18 +0000

If you wish to have a look over the city of Istanbul and the Bosphorus river, its worth to visit the Galata tower, a medieval stone tower, located at the Galata district of Istanbul. you can ride one of the elevators to the top and have a panoramic overlook from the top of the almost 70 meters tall tower.

Goblin Valley, Utah – Travel tip #100

admin — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:52:45 +0000

While visiting Utah, there are a lot of great national and state parks to visit. One of the smaller state parks is Goblin valley – its a small park which has some great sandstone formations and its a great place to wonder around – kids will love it as well.

The park is located Near the town of Hanksville, approximately 216 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.

Mike’s Palace restaurant at Valdez, Alaska – Travel Tip #99

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:55:20 +0000

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

Bear viewing in Alaska – Travel Tip #98

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:47:31 +0000

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)