13 Intriguing Facts about Alaska

13 Intriguing Facts about Alaska Early March, 2024 finds me about halfway through my nine-week stay in Juneau, Alaska. I’m here in this winter wonderland happily looking after two beautiful cats while exploring the greater Juneau area. While researching and exploring Juneau, I’ve also been learning a lot about the entire state of Alaska. Some …

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All About Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska

All About Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska Beautiful Mendenhall Glacier lies just 12 miles outside downtown Juneau, Alaska. It’s deservedly one of Juneau’s main draws. This glacier boasts many superlatives. It’s the most-easily-accessible glacier in Alaska and the only SE Alaskan glacier accessible by road. That, in turn, has made Mendenhall one of Alaska’s most famous …

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8 Great Benefits of Visiting Juneau, Alaska in Winter

8 Great Benefits of Visiting Juneau, Alaska in Winter As many of you already know, I recently found myself, quite unexpectedly, heading to Juneau, Alaska in late January to spend over two months taking care of two lovely cats. In winter! While visiting Alaska has always been a huge dream of mine, I had always …

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Introduction to Juneau, Alaska

Introduction to Juneau, Alaska I arrived in Juneau less than two weeks ago on a long 20-hour, three-flight trip up from Florida, where it was a balmy and sunny blue-sky day in the 70s F. My visit to Juneau was not a long-planned or anticipated trip, like the majority of my travel destinations are. In …

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LashWorldTour 2024 Travel Plans

LashWorldTour 2024 Travel Plans Greetings from Alaska! This year marks my 27th year of continuous solo world travels. And I fully intend to make it another adventurous year exploring ‘new’ countries, all in my quest to visit every country on the planet. As many of you already know, I kicked off 2024 by heading to …

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How I Ended up Going to Alaska in early 2024

How I Ended up Going to Alaska in early 2024 I had no thoughts whatsoever of going to Alaska this year. Nor anytime concrete. What I was planning to do in early 2024 was practically the polar opposite of visiting Alaska in winter: I was scheduled to travel to the Dominican Republic, a big Caribbean …

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35 Highlights of my South American Journeys

33 Highlights of my South American Journeys In February of 2022 I set out from St Petersburg, Florida to explore South America for the very first time. I planned to take two years to visit all 13 countries, exploring as many of their beautiful outdoor places, historic towns, glamorous cities and other renowned attractions as …

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20 Highlights of my travels in 2023

20 Highlights of my travels in 2023 Last week I published a detailed review of all my travels in 2023. In brief, I spent the year continuing my two-year explorations of South America, visiting seven countries in total. Along the way I also reviewed 162 luxury & boutique hotels. Yep, 2023 was another year of …

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LashWorldTour 2023 Travels in Review

LashWorldTour 2023 Travels in Review 2023 was yet another year of full-time world travels for me. In fact, it was my 26th year of continuous travels! Waaaayyy back in mid 1998, when I kicked off my world travels, it wasn’t long before I thought to myself, “Wow, this is awesome! I’m going to do this …

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15 Interesting Facts about Brazil

15 Interesting Facts about Brazil I arrived in Brazil at the tail end of May, on a short flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Rio de Janeiro. I’ve been in Brazil ever since, a total of seven weeks thus far. My visa is valid for 90 days, so I have another six weeks to explore …

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