For sure, Alaska is one of the most beautiful places on our Earth. If you decide to make it your next travel destination, consider starting it from Anchorage and then get around by car. Certainly, you can choose railroad, but it’s rather costly and you cannot make a stop whenever you like and enjoy stunning nature. The only thing is that roads are quite rare in some places, so if you keep particular place in your mind ask first, can you get there by car or train as in some cases light planes are the only mode of transport. Also you can choose one of popular cruises and watch spectacular fjords, forests and mountains.

Alaska is the largest USA state and the only place where you can find unspoiled wilderness. Even though Alaska has attracted thousands of people searching for fur, gold or fishing, this place is still rather not populated.

Wilderness is everywhere in Alaska. Arrive to airport of Anchorage and you can easily see moose or grizzly crossing the road or wolves near the cafe. It’s rather scary in the very beginning, but soon you understand only in Alaska animals and people live together in tight connection. Anchorage is the biggest city in Alaska which population is a quarter of million of people and almost a half of the state population. (more…)

What associations come first as you hear the word California? I’m sure you’ll start telling of beaches with golden sand, wonderful ocean, surfers, pretty tanned girls, palm trees and sunshine during whole year. Certainly, these images are correct, but the truth is the Golden State has everything to please ski and snowboard lovers as well. More than that, Cali is known for its fantastic top quality resorts. There are several main ski destinations in northern, central and southern California where you can not only find awesome slopes, but also get some extra fun as many hotels offer a series of entertaining activities.

South Lake Tahoe is situated in northern California and is simply the best place for anyone who claims best skiing. Lake Tahoe resorts can satisfy traveler with every budget as you can find there either posh hotels or small nice resorts with reasonable prices. If you plan visiting Lake Tahoe, consider paying attention to these resorts.  (more…)

Here is the list of the most weird and bizarre travel gadgets ever created.

1. Solar Powered Cooling Helmet

This safari-grade helmet provides you with higher than average cooling abilities. It’s not just a hat, but a complicated device that turns sun rays to power to supply air conditioning system. In this hat you will feel comfortable anywhere – at the beach, in garden or picnic, at any sport event and actually in any other outdoor activity. In case of sunny weather your hat works using energy extracted from solar panels. If it’s already evening or cloudy, you can switch your power source to 2 AA batteries. Choosing power source is easy as you need just to flip a switch. Silent motor on the top of the hat provides good conditioning. This helmet costs $49.95 and as it’s widely featured in many blogs, right now this item is sold out. (more…)

Three unlucky Chinese tourists chose wrong “souvenir” and imported over 200 kg of radioactive waste on their way back home.

Tourists say they have found this strange stone weighting as much as 274 kg in Kirgizia where they spent their vacation in August 2006. “Shining miracle”, an unofficial name of the stone, costed tourists $2000. They imported it in the country where planned to make a good deal reselling this miracle.

However, another miracle happened. Prior to selling the stone, tourists chopped a small piece off and sent it to geologists from Tsinghua University in Beijing, which specialists quickly determined stone’s real nature. Analysis showed “Shining miracle” was nothing else but a huge piece of depleted uranium.

Police quickly confiscated the “souvenir”, but travelers managed to escape prison as it was clear they didn’t know what they were importing. (more…)

For sure you have seen such sunglasses in sci-fi or spy movies, when someone puts on incredibly cool sunglasses and watches video. It looks simply fantastic and actually everyone might start thinking of having a pair of such sunglasses as soon as they become a reality. If you are eager to get this device, your lucky time has come as now anyone can easily get it for quite a reasonable price. Let me introduce a range of video sunglasses from Myvu Company.
Currently Myvu offers 3 types of video sunglasses. Myvu Crystal is the latest one featuring the most innovative design and highest quality available. In true, these glasses look like they have come from future. Futuristic design is aimed to show that you are actually looking at an innovative device. However, if you are more into classic, take a look at other glasses available in Myvu website http://www.myvu.com/index.html

What makes Myvu video sunglasses so attractive to travelers? Despite cool design (certainly, everyone will pay attention to a person in such glasses), video sunglasses allow watching a movie like on a large screen 6 ft away! Stop watching videos on a small iPod screen. (more…)