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June 15th 2007
Published: August 6th 2007
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June 10th: Boarded the "American Eagle" flight to Los Angeles. Nothing to mention except that we had no complaints. That was the first time I saw LAX & immediately understood that it is as fast paced as the city itself. After a 3 hr walking in the airport, we boarded DL 816 to Anchorage. LA was blanketed in fog. Once the airplane took off, we came out of the fog & there was this Sun as if it was t... Read Full Entry



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some kind of a shrimpsome kind of a shrimp
some kind of a shrimp

Alaska Sealife Center, Seward
staring at mestaring at me
staring at me

Alaska Sealife Center, Seward
sea urchinsea urchin
sea urchin

Alaska Sealife Center, Seward
sea urchin- another onesea urchin- another one
sea urchin- another one

Alaska Sealife Center, Seward
puffy puffinspuffy puffins
puffy puffins

Alaska Sealife Center, Seward
common murre'scommon murre's
common murre's

Alaska Sealife Center, Seward
shaky puffinshaky puffin
shaky puffin

Alaska Sealife Center, Seward
another stareanother stare
another stare

Alaska Sealife Center, Seward
another urchinanother urchin
another urchin

Alaska Sealife Center, Seward
Alaskan king crabAlaskan king crab
Alaskan king crab

I'd seen them only on Discovery earlier! Huge!!! Alaska Sealife Center, Seward
made him stand there :)made him stand there :)
made him stand there :)

Exit Glacier, Seward
Ice crystal from Exit glacierIce crystal from Exit glacier
Ice crystal from Exit glacier

Someone "crossed" the boundary & brought back some ice from the glacier. Trust me, it did not melt for 5 minutes or so
Chum salmonsChum salmons
Chum salmons

waiting for the wall to open, Bear creek salmon hatchery
a lake at Moose Passa lake at Moose Pass
a lake at Moose Pass

Seward highway
the clear Kenai riverthe clear Kenai river
the clear Kenai river

Sterling highway
skilake loop roadskilake loop road
skilake loop road

17 miles gravel road off Sterling highway
Anchor point campgroundAnchor point campground
Anchor point campground

a young bald eagle
Anchor point beachAnchor point beach
Anchor point beach

Around 7pm & nowhere near sunset



28th June 2007

Sooooper! Cool pix. No interesting bear encounter? ;-)
28th June 2007

pics. are wonderful.
28th June 2007

Nice pics and post
Pictures were nice:-)Glad that you enjoyed the trip. But somehow you sound tired in this post:-)
28th June 2007

Interesting
Hi!! This trip you must have enjoyed great natural scenery.... :) Pics are really grt :)
28th June 2007

Amazing pictures. Some of the photos are really mind blowing. The camera and the photographers are too good. Keep up the good work!!!
3rd July 2007

Im just envying u guys !!!!
3rd July 2007

Wonderful Pictures
Dear Ganesh and Meera, That place looks awesome. Puffins and Ocra in the same place - would be a dream come true for me. Any pictures of the birds and the whales .
3rd July 2007

Superb pictures
Pictures are wonderful. Hope you must have enjoyed a lot. Keep going....
10th July 2007

Great pictures and camera work!!
Amazig views and pictures. Hope you had a great trip.
7th October 2008

Excellent description, very useful!
The title says it all, just wanted to point out a minor thing. The 500mm lens is not a macro. Its plain Telephoto lens. The longest macro designed till date is the 180mm one. Also how can we book the hostels? do we go there and book a room, or do you book from here prior to planning a trip?
16th September 2009

why did you choose to not take the cruise?

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