Category: Travel

The daily blog of a tourist visiting the USA: Day 8 Cruise to Alaska Zoom into the picture and look for seals on the ice Today we were returning to Seattle and our tour of Alaska was complete. However we were going to have one more day of visiting another place before returning to Seattle. […]

The daily blog of a tourist visiting the USA: Day 7 Skagway, Alaska Our final port of call in Alaska was Skagway and today was a long day from 7 to 5. We were driven by our driver to the train station where we were dropped off, train tickets in hand. We took our seats […]

The daily blog of a tourist visiting the USA: Day 6 Today we docked at Juneau, the capital city of Alaska. It was very chilly from the time we arrived and we went directly on the bus. We were going whale watching with a company called Allen Marine. The Allen Marine Company was operated by […]

The daily blog of a tourist visiting the USA: Day 5 Today we docked at Ketchikan, the third largest city in Alaska and the salmon capital of the world. We arrived there by 7 am and we were ready, standing at gangplank just as it was going to touch the ground. We were greeted by […]

The daily blog of a tourist visiting the USA: Day 4 Today we were at sea as we were travelling to Alaska which was far away from Seattle by boat and we pretty much had the day to ourselves. We played lots of BINGO and even went swimming. However the pools were filled with salt […]

The daily blog of a tourist visiting the USA: Day 3 Today we were going on our cruise to Alaska. After a quick breakfast we left for my aunt’s house to drop off some suitcases. We had an hour so we stayed there and spent some time. She showed us this cool robot called Roomba […]

The daily blog of a tourist visiting the USADay 2The next day I woke up refreshed and rejuvenated. I got ready by having a bath and some breakfast. We were going to the Space Needle and were joined by my uncle. The word ‘space’ really psyched me up because I am crazy about space. It […]

 Boeing and the Museum of flight This is a separate blog and an excerpt from my blog: The daily blog of a tourist visiting the USA: Day 2. I have written this separately because I loved the Museum of Flight so much I wanted to write more on it. So if you haven’t read the blog […]

The daily blog of a tourist visiting the USADay 1Was it the day. Oh wait sorry let me start again.Was it the night I was waiting for? Don’t answer that. You wouldn’t know. It was. I could hardly wait. I lay down in bed, desperately trying to sleep. I was so excited filled with the […]

A field trip to the airport Is it the morning? No, like THE MORNING? The morning when I go to Rishikesh? Naw. It was the 12th, but we never made it. Waking up in the morning at 6:00 am on a Saturday? Not a chance. But I have to. I quickly re checked the contents […]