Scenery from Alaska

[thanu31]

Just coming back from a Alaskan Cruise, bored waiting at the airport, so i uploaded some pics.

For anyone thinking of going on a scenic relaxing vacation, this is it, just lacks a young crowd for people my age.

and yes, I really need to buy a SLR camera soon.

But my cousin did get some shots of whales, and dolphins on his D7000:drool, so I will post those when i get them.

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[thanu31]

if anyone has me as a friend there are more pics you can see if you want on FB
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150366559698765.428272.502323764

[FoXy]

Iceborg! Roight ahead! Reminds me of that movie with all the icebergs. I heard these cruises are awesome! nice pics!

[aris]

Nice

[chan7]

Sweet pictures!!! that looks like a very relaxing vacation. Can't wait to go on mine in September :chuckle

[Default User]

AWESOME! Hope you had a blast!

I've been thinkning about an Alsakan cruise also - especially during all these damn heat wave summer days

[Rob23]

wow, thats gorgeous. must have been a good time.

[The Wolf]

Iceborg! Roight ahead! Reminds me of that movie with all the icebergs.

LOL too funny

[thanu31]

yes the scenery is breath taking at times, and its not cold as you may think it is. more like a spring weather there.

eric, which cruise are you going on

[Default User]

Iceborg! Roight ahead! Reminds me of that movie with all the icebergs. I heard these cruises are awesome! nice pics!


LOL too funny

What's funny is that she's pretending she doesn't know the title of that movie. We all know she has the VHS, DVD, blue ray, an it's on the PVR. LoL

Just kidding, FoXy.
The wife makes me watch it everytime it's on TV.

Damn you Peachtree/TBS!!!! damn you and your stupid "Back-to-Back marathons" all to high hell!!!!!!!!

[Default User]

yes the scenery is breath taking at times, and its not cold as you may think it is. more like a spring weather there.

eric, which cruise are you going on

Whichever one I can afford! LOL
actually just started thinking about cruises. I'm not feeling the Caribbean in August. It's hot enough here.

[gabbygenier]

nice pics.

were you able to go walk on some of the icebergs?

[FoXy]

What's funny is that she's pretending she doesn't know the title of that movie. We all know she has the VHS, DVD, blue ray, an it's on the PVR. LoL

Just kidding, FoXy.
The wife makes me watch it everytime it's on TV.

Damn you Peachtree/TBS!!!! damn you and your stupid "Back-to-Back marathons" all to high hell!!!!!!!!

lmao, didnt wanna say the name... seemed like a bad idea... but yes, i watched it also the last time it was on tv... they need to stop playing it... it's brutal.

[rachelle]

All I can say is "Oh my god, those pictures are beautiful" I might have to go on an Alaskan Cruise now!!!

[thanu31]

nice pics.

were you able to go walk on some of the icebergs?

you need to take a helicopter to get on the glaciers, the helicopter rides cost about $250-300 a person :rolleyes

The thing about this trip is, it can get very expensive as there are a lot of costs that can easily get added on, of course i didnt go on the heli ride, but we did go on tours like whale watching, which was $75 a person, and next day, just a bus tour up the mountains, which was really reasonable and imo the best tour we did($30 a person).

[thanu31]

All I can say is "Oh my god, those pictures are beautiful" I might have to go on an Alaskan Cruise now!!!

a lot of people i know want to go now, lol

[Kevin@nextmod]

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for your trip? I always want to go but its so expensive.

[thanu31]

well the cruise ticket was about $800, which starts at Seattle, but the flight tickets costed about $800 for a roundtrip.

then there are costs to look at for the activities/tours at each stop,
drinks are not included :S ($55 for 7 days of unlimited non-alcholic drinks and i think $120 for alcohol)
$12 a day on tips that are automatically charged
they have photographers on the cruise, and if you want to buy your photos, they charge about $20-25 a pic...stupid prices

It all adds up, look to spend around $2k

oh and your cruise card is connected to your credit card, so raking up your bill isnt too hard on the cruise lol

[gabbygenier]

you need to take a helicopter to get on the glaciers, the helicopter rides cost about $250-300 a person :rolleyes

The thing about this trip is, it can get very expensive as there are a lot of costs that can easily get added on, of course i didnt go on the heli ride, but we did go on tours like whale watching, which was $75 a person, and next day, just a bus tour up the mountains, which was really reasonable and imo the best tour we did($30 a person).

OUCH on the price. i guess its not cheap to run a helicopter.

depending what glacier you go on, the view is amazing (been on one with a heli before but not by choice. we were forced there. engine died :( ). i was gonna suggest going if ever you go again but for that price.