Pictures of Emerald Lake Canada

Dear all,

I like to show you some of the pictures that I took for my recent trip in September 2014.

Canadian Rockies is well known for its many beautiful shimmering lakes, and the snow-capped mountains. In this particular instance, I like to show you some of the pictures that I took at Emerald Lake.months, the lake is a popular cross country skiing destination.

Emerald Lake is located in Yoho National Park, in British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest of the 61 lakes and ponds in the Yoho National Park. For those who are more active, they can choose to go on the hike around the lake, which is 5.2 km long. During the summer months, visitors can also rent canoes to go canoeing in the lake. During the winter months, this lake is a popular cross country skiing destination.

Due the high altitude, this lake is frozen from November until June.

Take a self drive holiday to the Canadian Rockies. Fly into Calgary or Edmunton, and start your drive to Emerald Lake. You can have lunch at the Lake Louis Village before continuing here.

Here are the pictures -

There are more pictures of the other lakes in Canada. Keep a look out for my next post to see the beautiful lakes.

Pictures of Juneau

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I went on a Alaska Cruise on Golden Princess Cruise Ship. And please find the pictures that I took while we went ashore at Juneau.

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Day 1 Seattle - Embarkation
Day 2 Out at Sea
Day 3 Juneau
Day 4 Skagway
Day 5 Glacier Bay National Park
Day 6 Ketchikan
Day 7 Victoria
Day 8 Seattle - Disembarkation.

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Disembarking at Juneau port.

              People enjoying under the sun, while we walk along the boardwalk to the town. The                                      downtown area is only about 5 minutes walk away from the pier.

Lovely views and it was a beautiful day.

Enjoyed the views while we take our city tour.

                      A little stream while we take the 45 minute round trip walk to the view point of                                                           Mendenhall Glacier as well as the Nugget Falls.

                                                   At the view point of the Nugget Falls.

A photo for one of our tour group member.

Love the reflection of the waterfall.

Took the tramway up to Mt Roberts and enjoy the sunset up there.

At the end of the day, we reboard the cruise .

Golden Princess organises a number of the shore excursions, which you could book directly with them even before your departure. Juneau, is very easy to move around, and you could easily book for excursions after you disembark. Otherwise, you can walk around the town easily. The Tramway up to Mt Roberts was closeby, and you could see the trams while you disembark from the ship. If you love nature, you could choose to do the hiking up the mountain, and there are trails up there to enjoy the beautiful view of the mountain.

Remember to come back for my next post on the Alaska Cruise.

Explore Amsterdam

What to do in Amsterdam?

Go for a canal cruise (Lovers Cruise)
Visit a Diamond Factory (GASSAN)
Shop around Dam Square
Visit Mdm Taussauds Wax Museum
Enjoy Argentinian Steak nearby Dam Square
Go to Zaanse Schans Village
Go to Keukenhof Spring Gardens (late March - early May)

There are many things for you to do in Amsterdam.

Eating in Amsterdam
- Hannibal Lunch Room
- Argentinian Restaurant
- Rokin (pubs)

Day trips out of Amsterdam
1. Keukenhof Gardens
2. Zaanse Schans
3. Volendam

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Here is some of the pictures that I took while I was in Amsterdam.

At Hannibal Lunch Room, near the Heineken Musuem.

Typical local Dutch food - meat ball.

Mixed with some onions and it was tasty, so I love it.

Nice croquette - bite-sized patty on a bun.

                                           Outside the Heineken Museum -
              Try to go for the Heineken Experience, which is conducted by the Heineken Museum.

At Zaanse Schans village.

                                              Had a demonstration of cheese making process.

                                                                Beautiful clogs for sale

Clog making machine.

Small piggy banks as souvenirs.

You will find many Argentinian resturants that serve steak nearby the National Monument.

The direction is to walk past the monument to the NH Hotel direction, but just keep to the right of the monument, and you will find all the restaurants  - Chinese, Mexican, etc there. Many choices for you.

 When you face the NH Hotel, and the National Monument (white pillar), just keep to the right side, and walk along the road, and you will see ASIA (Chinese) Restaurant signage. And you just keep walking towards there, you will find food easily.

There is a carnival going on while I was in Amsterdam (18Oct). I heard that there will be 4 such carnivals in a year, and each time, it will last for a week.

                           It was getting more crowded as we approach the evening on a Saturday.

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Pictures of Skagway

Dear all,

thanks for coming back. And in this post, I like to share with with you my wonderful experience of taking the helicopter ride up to the glacier, with a guided walking session up there!

Amazing, and it is not cheap to pay for the price. But every cent is worth it. It costs me USD319 for this wonderful experience. So, if you travel to Skagway, Alaska, on board a cruise ship, you can book for this shore excursion from Princess directly. However, if you are traveling to Alaska on your own, be it self drive or overland, you can still book the excursions directly from one of the operators there.

Skagway is only a small town, and it became famous due to the gold rush Klondike. Thousands of people went in search of their fortune and they all thought there they could become rich by gonig to the Alaska gold fields, but in actual fact, these gold fields were in Yukon, Canada.

This Gold Rush was to spawn a narrow-gauge railroad that would pay an important part in the development of Alaska and Northern Canada. But before the railroad was even a thought in anyone's mind, thousands of stampeders had headed for the gold fields. The Klondike was 650 miles north of the head of navigation at Skagway and Dyea, Alaska. In the summer and fall of 1897 stampeders by the thousands converged on these points.

The gold actually had been found in Auguest 1896, by three prospectors on Indian Creek (now Bonanza Creek), a tributary of the Klondike River, but because of the remoteness of the area, word of the great find did not reach the outside world until a year later. When it did, it started one of the greatest mass exoduses in North America history, with perhaps 100,000 people heading
 for the gold fields and up to 50,000 actually made it there.

Back in 1897, before the railroad was built, the only way to get to the gold fields was to hike through treacherous land and sometimes under extremely harsh conditions over the Chilkoot Trail or the White Pass.

Today, visitors can take the railway to the White Pass, and travel into Yukon, Canada and enjoy the beautiful scenery around.

As for me, I am sharing the photographs that I took while on my helicopter ride up to the glacier, and my glacier walking experience up there. Enjoy.

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Glacier Bay National Park

Glacier Bay National Park

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"So many of us come to Glacier Bay to be overwhelmed by mountains, to be dazzled by glaciers, to be thrilled by animals. We want wilderness with a capital W. Instead of sitting quietly and looking carefully, we tend to tally everything we see. What is yo be gained in tracking the number of tidewater glaciers admired, the count of eagles sighted, the sum of bears photographed? To mistake enumeration for enlightenment is to have seen nothing at all. In a place calibrated by epic measurements of time- in ice ages, glacial retreats, forest growth- we sometimes ignore the quiet moments unfolding around us. There is grandeur here, but there is also simple grace in the way an oystercatcher turns a crimson-eyed gaze our way. There are natural melodramas throughout the bay, but what could be more astounding than knowing that the feathery bloom of dryas plants on bare ground is really a prophecy of forests to come? And where is the power of crashing ice falls without the vibrating silence afterward?"
- Sherry Simpson

I enjoyed the scenic cruising of the Glacier Bay National Park by Golden Princess. At about 6 am in that morning, our Ship picked up the Park Ranger from the Visitor's Centre, and later in the morning, we had the opportunity to listen to the live commentaries as we approached Margerie Glacier as well as the Lamplugh Glacier.

The Cruise ship crossed the Icy Strait before it entered this wild and pristine national park area. This is the last wilderness area within Alaska. There had been some explorations by John Muir by kayak into this part of the remote world. A lot of passengers had gathered on the Observation Deck on Deck 14. It was icy cold, as I felt the chilly winds sweeping across my face. There were some others who chose to see next to the windows in the Horizon Court dining area, while they enjoyed their buffet breakfast. Lots of greens in the salad, with tasty muffins, different kinds of freshly baked bread, smoked salmon, tender chicken meat, soup and etc.

As the ship slowly approached the Margerie Glacier, many of us could see the huge chunk of ice, like the massive tongue , stretching out into the water! The eternal ice reflected the light shining on it. The commentary continued, as there were names being mentioned of the Johns Hopkins Inlet , as well as Muir Inlet which we had sailed past. We were all wrapped in our windbreaker, and shawl, as we admired the grandeur sight right in front of us, marveling at the wonders crafted by the Mother Nature.

For those adventurous, they have to take the floatplanes to be unloaded at the Muir Inlet before they could embark on their solitude journey, within this wilderness area. When you get a chance to disembark at Skagway, there are local companies which organize flights over this magnificent Glacier Bay, and then you can take in the sheer beauty of this immense space of ice, glacier, mountains, and the thick forests beyond. It must be an awe-inspiring aerial view from above! Yes, pay some money and go for this unforgettable experience in the air ! For me, I had chosen to go on a helicopter ride up to the glaciers, and I had the opportunity to walk on the Icefield from Skagway. So, you will soon realize a short trip by cruise to the Alaska area is not good enough, as there are so many activities that you could go for, and time always Never seem to be enough.

Slowly, the Cruise ship started to make their turn , so that those who remained in their stateroom with balcony, could admire at the beauty of these giant glaciers.

In another hour's time, we slowly sailed towards the Lamplugh Glacier. And we saw many little sheets of ice floating on the water.. More ice, sheer white massive spaces...