Experiencing wondrous Alaska- 23hr Daylight!

Month visited- July 2016.


One of the places in my Bucket list was #Alaska. Now it has been an year and a half to be precise, but Alaska's sheer  awe-inspiring landscape, beauty in her extreme wilderness and pristine water bodies will keep amazing us and giving joy to our hearts forever!

We will also remember the countless 'Mosquitoes' that were quite distracting at times. We did however, carry a couple of different kinds of mosquito repellents, hence were fine at most ocassions.  The story today isn't about the mosquitoes though, because I am ready to be bitten by mosquitoes, if that means I get to stay in Alaska!

The time we visited, Alaska had a 23 hr Daylight! That phenomena and the experience associated with it was absolutely thrilling! The first experience of that was, as we flew  closer to Alaska. It was 12.00 am Alaska Time then. The next was when we landed at Fairbanks (Alaska) was around 2.00 am. We stood there outside the airport to feel the beautiful and crimson sky, like the sun was starting to set but it was 2.00 am! Finally, after a good 20-25 mins, we called for a taxi. (No Uber , no Lyft) just private cabbies, for a ride to our hotel.

As our flight kept nearing the Alaska borders, we could see the sun on the horizon. It was 1.00 am.


As we headed towards the hotel, at 2.30am.


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