Pit Stop to Wonderland

I'm Kinda Into Photography #7 - The Butchart Garden (Victoria, Vancouver)

I found a Panamanian flag!

I'm Kinda Into Photography #6 - Seattle: The Rainy City

I didn't do much in Seattle, I basically just went to the Public Market, the Space Needle and its surroundings and stayed at a hotel downtown. I'll let the shots speak by themselves.

This is the FIRST STARBUCKS CREATED IN THE WHOLE WORLD. I'm not really a fan of Starbucks, but I sure love their mugs and souvenirs hehe. This Starbucks is in Pike Street and was packed, thank God when I was about to buy the line to the cashier disappeared.

Here is the bag that stores the mug I'm using right now to hydrate me.

This musician was playing outside of Starbucks and was really really good! I even recorded him. I admire so much those musicians that spend their lives playing on streets and making a living, while living their dreams. Have I ever told you that if career and money didn't matter I would definitely be playing my saxophone on the subway or streets of NYC?

I'm not a fan of seafood, but these crabs looked so good.

Here are some lobster tails. You may not notice but these tails were huge as well as the scallops behind them.

I have no idea what kind of fish is a monk fish, but this was surely hilarious.

Here is the famous throwing of the fish at the Public Market.

The must have picture of the Public Market sign from the left.

And the must have picture of the Public Market sign from the right.

There was a homeless guy with his dog being recorded by some random guy. I'm curious about the type of video he's making and I really kind of want to see it.

Here is the view of the Space Needle from the monorail on a really sunny day. My days in Seattle were not at all rainy.

Another view of the Space Needle from the entrance.

My mom pointing to the Space Needle. I don't really see the point of it.. you go up and see what you see when you are down. Okay.. I understand is a view from a high level, but it'snot really that high.

This museum was full of glass sculpture, and it was really beautiful. This place is just beside the Space Needle.

Zoom in of the previous picture.

We also went to the EMP Museum near the Space Needle, which shows science fiction, rock and pop culture related stuff. There was not really any pop culture exhibit, but the rock exhibit was really awesome if you are into rock or are an instrument player.

This is the original suit from Superman.

An instruments sculpture at the entrace of the rock exhibit. You might just see guitars but there are drums and keyboards somewhere in there.

Week #6 - My Alaskan Adventure (05/26/2013 - 06/02/2013)

The first day on the ship began with me and my cousins exploring its features; however, we ended up playing board games at the library because the ship was.. let's say made for old people and had no great entertainment. Our first stop was at Ketchikan, Alaska. Me and my two younger cousins went zip line in Bear Creek, while the rest of the family went on a crab-all-you-can-eat adventure.

The second stop was on Juneau, Alaska; and we went to see the Mendelhall Glacier, to watch whales and eat Alaskan salmon. The glacier was really astonishing, at first I though a glacier was just a big piece of ice on a body of water, but it turns out is something a little more complicated and beautiful. Pitifully we were not able to see that much of whales, we only got to see a tail and a couple of backs. And at the end we went to a restaurant on an island and ate Silver Salmon, which was really yummy.

Out third stop was on Skagway, Alaska; and this was a very fun experience. We went to a dog sled camp (not on the snow because those were around $500 per person). We rode a sled pulled by blends of Huskies, we played with the puppies and the older dogs, we got a speech about how it's like out there in the dog sled races and went home with a cup of hot chocolate in hands.

Look at this dog's eyes! You may think they are blue, but I
zoomed in a little and they are really a light blue
kind of white!

This puppy I'm holding is only 8 days old. The camp
let the puppies meet new people so that it is
easier for them to deal with vets and staff in
the real races.

And on the last stop we went to Victoria, Canada. Victoria is inside the island of Vancouver and is really really beautiful! The buildings, and parks are a perfect blend of modern and antique. That evening we went to The Butchart Garden. And is was really beautiful, I'll do another post specially for photos from this place.

Alaska was a really fun place to travel, I never thought bears could walk so easily from there to here or that their towns were small and had an old friendly vibe. The craziest thing I learned was at the most one Wal-Mart per island!

I would definitely go again, specially with my family.

Flog (Food + Blog.. awkward)

These are some of the dishes I got to taste on the cruise to Alaska and Seattle. I went on a Princess Cruise, I give the food a 3 out of five. The service was great, but the food was not really that astonishing.