So much happened during these few days in the land of snow! Far up north with extreme temperatures with alluring sceneries and great winter activities, this has by far been the most exotic travelling experience for me!
I had my first ever train ride experience from Anchorage to Fairbanks. Initially there was an intention to sleep. But there’s so many interesting people to talk to! So much to see, so much to learn, so much to enjoy.
We didn’t catch the northern lights during our 3 nights at Fairbanks though. Pretty upset about it. I did so much research on photography of the aurora.. Sigh.. Tough luck.
But the lodge we stayed in was pretty awesome. Met some really cool Japanese who shared the same hope of coming over here to view the Northern lights. The Japanese uncle we met over yesterday’s dinner gave us a really insightful summary of his travel journey and I think his retirement plans were just awesome! He’s a pro photographer too! Taught me some tricks which I thought I could put into good use. Tonight is our last chance. I’m not hoping much.
Northern Sky Lodge. Really nice place we stayed in, which I’ll blog in details when I get back to Atlanta.
Some snow fun after dog mushing!
We left Fairbanks early this morning to catch the smallest plane I’ve ever flown in. It’s really cool and retro looking, ha. Today’s itinerary was skiing and I’m down with a slight fever and quite a bad headache. Sigh, nonetheless, since I wouldn’t wanna forgo my first skiing experience in this authentic land of snow, kinda persevere through! =) A pity I didn’t go up to the level 3 slope; the headache was getting too intense towards the end of the skiing session.. haha.
Heading Seaward tomorrow. Hopefully the great scenery (overdosed, seriously) can compensate the loss of a chance to view the almighty and ever mysterious Northern Lights!
Really enjoyed meeting a lot of people across the globe, all here in this lonely state immersed with so much natural beauty. Talking to them made this entire trip even more fruitful.
And it’s Seattle next! My battery is running low, till the next time I blog! To the rest of the Georgia Tech friends, enjoy your Spring break!
