Solo travel to Alaska

hello from Alaska

THE COMPLETE STORY OF SOLO TRAVEL.

. Welcome to Alaska I am so excited to be here because Alaska has been a bucket-list destination for me for a long time and I'm going to be cruising up the coast of Alaska for 11 days with Seaborn who are very kindly hosting me on this trip I'm so excited yesterday was our first port day and we were in Ketchikan it's just this cute little coastal town with colorful buildings and I got to go out on a wilderness excursion today I learned how to fish we went out fishing for a few hours and now we are at a wilderness camp and we have a bonfire going I think I'm wearing four layers of clothing getting the real Alaskan experience and then I went to sleep and today I woke up and I looked out my window and this is what I saw we are in Rudyard Bay where the Misty Fjords National Monument is and this is what John Muir called the Yosemite of Alaska.

so this is my first time ever on a cruise ship and I had no idea how grand this ship was going to be when I got on board I was like oh my gosh they have elevators, of course, they have elevators there's like eight floors or nine floors or ten floors or something here so as you can imagine everything else has just been like mind-blowing for me the whole ship is so beautiful but my favorite part is up here on this deck where they have a pool and two hot tubs surrounded by all of this scenery these mountains in this fog it's just incredible this morning we are somewhere that I have wanted to visit for years we are in Sitka Alaska it looks absolutely gorgeous so I'm really excited to walk around explore or take some photos take some video and then also in Sitka they have the Alaska Raptor Center which is a place where they rehabilitate injured birds from the wild and they release I believe up to 200 Birds a year that they have helped heal. 

MORING TIME

today in Alaska we are cruising up the Endicott's arm I woke up this morning to see chunks of ice floating past my balcony and their seals on these chunks of ice this afternoon I'll be getting on one of the zodiac boats with the ventures team getting a closer look at the ice and hopefully in closer look at some seals as well. we're back from the Zodiac boat ride and it was amazing there were seal pups there was a rainbow the glacier was having like it was so so so cool and the pictures it was photography Christmas it was the best thing ever also today I felt like I got to step into one of my fantasy selves if you've seen my video on that where we all have fantasy selves like alternate realities and alternate versions of ourselves one of my fantasy selves has always been being like a National Geographic photographer and so being out on like the rugged boat and shooting the seals and like all of that it just it felt like I got to step into one of my fantasy cells for a day it was really cool.

PLACE TO VISIT-

  today we're in Haines Alaska and this morning I am out at the Crosse Center for orphaned animals it has been amazing they all have a story like there's this little baby two weeks old moose Laura and her mom was killed by a grizzly bear and Fish and Game called this place to bring her here it makes it very awkward imagine in a couple months when she's up to here oh my gosh this is Aquila this morning I went out on the Zodiac boat again in the Indian islands which are a hot spot for a wildlife and we saw otters puffins seals sea lions and we witnessed one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in nature so we were out on the boats we were looking at the sea lions on the rocks and then all of a sudden a giant sea lion popped up right next to her boat and tossed up a fish and before we knew it they were everywhere we were surrounded by them all out catching fish and then we looked up and there were bald eagles circling and they started diving to try and catch the scraps of the fish for the sea lions and it was incredible they were right over our heads and it was like something out of a nature program. 

today is a si day so we're not stopping at any ports and I'm very relaxed this afternoon I'm sitting in my room so because it's a si day I get to spend more time on the ship there's a lot on here there's a beautiful spa and fitness center there are four restaurants ranging from very elegant luxury dining to more casual poolside bites I've gotten a lot of comments and messages from you guys on Instagram during this trip asking what it's like to be on a cruise solo it's actually been a surprisingly great I really wasn't sure what to expect every single night that I've been here I've had an invitation to a dinner with a whole bunch of different guests and I've gotten to meet a lot of people and this is the last full day of sailing it's blowing my mind all of the things that I have done on this cruise like even just one of those things would have been a highlight of my year. well, guys, it's my last night in Alaska.

 I'm an anchorage I came up here after the cruise ended in Seward and decided to spend a couple days up here and I'm currently out at Beluga point enjoying a sunset because these beautiful mountains and view of the water it's also nearly 10 p.m. right now and it is still so bright outside its crazy sunset here isn't until I think it's 11:40 tonight so it's very very light very late I've had the most amazing time here in Alaska I had high expectations for Alaska and they were blown away I had no idea how incredible this state was I need to come back and do the interior like Denali and Fairbanks and everything north of here I hope you guys enjoyed coming along with me for this trip thank you so much, Seaborn, for hosting me on this cruise I had literally the experience of a lifetime it was amazing. I'll see you guys in the next one bye You.