During Summer, the waters around Greenland are a playground for a large number of whales. Disko Bay, in particular, offers some incredible whale watching experiences, including from the rarely visited town of Aasiaat.
Read more about whale watching with the Aasiaat Seamen’s Home at my Whale Safari in Aasiaat blog post at Guide to Greenland.
For more information about Aasiaat – check out the Ultimate Travel Guide to Aasiaat that I wrote for Guide to Greenland.
The other quick stop we did in Azerbaijan was to the mud volcanoes (otherwise known as sedimentary volcanoes). These weren’t too far from the Gobustan Petroglyphs in fact, and were definitely worth the quick side-trip to see. It’s an amazing, moon-like landscape, with the Caspian Sea in the background with both fresh and baked mud…
Turkmenistan is, in a similar fashion to North Korea, a very closed country, which can make it quite difficult to visit. We needed Letters of Invitation (one of our group was refused this because in his photo he wasn’t clean-shaven and yet didn’t have a full beard … just a 5-day growth) and Visas, both…
One of the things Caite and I did at La Esquina del Lago Jungle River Lodge was the Caiman (reptile similar to an alligator) night tour. We headed out in a boat with no running lights (nobody has running lights down here yet they all move around at night) with Jackson on the front with the…
One of the things I wanted to do this time around on Easter Island was head out to Tongariki for the sunrise. There are excursions offering this for US$60 per person for a 3 hour trip (ouch!), so I decided to rent a scooter instead (even cheaper) to ensure I got out there to see…
Cierva Cove Super-early wake-up call today for an early-morning zodiac around Cierva Cove. This Cove houses a colony of Chinstrap Penguins, which, to date, we’d only seen swimming in the Drake passage. These penguins are named (obviously) for their white chinstrap, and for me at least, are the most attractive of the penguins we’ve seen…
After an 11 year hiatus, the Nuuk Snow Festival was back in 2019. I was lucky enough to be in town to enjoy this snow sculpting showcase by both local and international teams. It was -25 degrees Celsius with the wind chill. Perfect conditions for polar bears and to prevent snow from melting, but positively…