- Hello from Alaska. (oriental music) Welcome to Alaska. I'm so excited to be here because Alaska has been
a bucket list destination for me for a long time. And I'm going to be cruising
up the coast of Alaska for 11 days with Seabourn, who are very kindly
hosting me on this trip. And I'm so excited. Yesterday was our first port
day, and we were in Ketchikan. It's just this cute little coastal town with colorful buildings. And I got to go out on
a wilderness excursion. Today I learned how to fish. We went out fishing for a few hours, and now we are at a wilderness camp and we have a bonfire going. I think I'm wearing
four layers of clothing, getting the real Alaskan experience. And then I went to sleep,
and today I woke up and I looked out my window
and this is what I saw. We are in Rudyerd Bay, where the Misty Fjords
National Monument is. And this is what John Muir
called the Yosemite of Alaska. (oriental music) So this is my first time
ever on a cruise ship. And I had no idea how grand
this ship was going to be. When I got on board, I was like, oh my gosh, they have elevators. Of course they have elevators,
there's like eight floors, or nine floors, or 10
floors, or something here. So as you can imagine, everything else has just been
like mind blowing for me. The whole ship is so beautiful, but my favorite part
is up here on this deck where they have a pool and two hot tubs, surrounded by all of this scenery, these mountains in this
fog, it's just incredible. (slow tempo music) This morning, we are somewhere that I have wanted to visit for years. We are in Sitka, Alaska. It looks absolutely gorgeous, so I'm really excited to walk around, explore, take some
photos, take some video. And then also in Sitka, they
have the Alaska Raptor Center, which is a place where they
rehabilitate injured birds from the wild and they release, I believe, up to 200 birds a year
that they have helped heal. (slow tempo music) Today in Alaska, we are
cruising up the Endicott Arm. I woke up this morning
to see chunks of ice floating past my balcony,
and there are seals on these chunks of ice. This afternoon, I'll be getting
on one of the Zodiac boats with the Ventures team, getting
a closer look at the ice, and hopefully a closer
look at some seals as well. (slow tempo music) ♪ Caught a vision in the stillness ♪ ♪ Still see it, can't
get it out of my mind ♪ ♪ Started counting up the losses ♪ ♪ Weight sank in ♪ ♪ Water began to rise ♪ - We're back from the Zodiac
boat ride, and it was amazing. There were seal pups. There was a rainbow. The glacier was having,
like it was so, so, so cool. And the pictures, it was
photography Christmas. It was the best thing ever. Also today, I felt like I got to step into one of my fantasy selves. If you've seen my video on that, where we all have fantasy
selves, like alternate realities, and alternate versions of ourselves. One of my fantasy selves has always been, being like a National
Geographic photographer. And so being out on like the rugged boat and shooting the seals
and like all of that, it just, it felt like I got to step into one of my fantasy selves for a day. It was really cool. ♪ I been holding in everything ♪ ♪ I just wanna say the words out loud ♪ ♪ I won't let it get the best of me ♪ - Today we're in Haines,
Alaska, and this morning, I am out at the Kroschel
Center for Orphaned Animals. It has been amazing. They all have a story, like there's this little baby,
two week old moose, Laura, and her mom was killed by a grizzly bear and Fish and Game called
this place to bring her here. - I'm not the size of a mama move. It makes it very awkward
for bottle feeding. Imagine in a couple of
months when she's up to here. Oh my gosh. (upbeat music) - This is Aquilla. Isn't she precious? (upbeat music) This morning, I went out
on the Zodiac boat again in the Indian Islands which
are a hotspot for wildlife. And we saw otters,
puffins, seals, sea lions, and we witnessed one of
the most amazing things I've ever seen in nature. So we were out on the boats, we were looking at the
sea lions on the rocks, and then all of a sudden, a giant sea lion popped
up right next to our boat and tossed up a fish. And before we knew it,
they were everywhere. We were surrounded by them,
all out catching fish. And then we looked up and
there were Bald Eagles circling and they started diving to try and catch the scraps of the fish from the sea lions, and it was incredible. They were right over our heads and it was like something
out of a nature program. (upbeat music) Today is a sea day, so we're
not stopping at any ports, and I am very relaxed this afternoon, I'm sitting in my room. So because it's a sea day, I get to spend more time on the ship. There's a lot on here. There's a beautiful
spa and fitness center, there are four restaurants, ranging from very elegant luxury dining, to more casual poolside bites. I've gotten a lot of comments and messages from you guys on Instagram
during this trip, asking what it's like
to be on a cruise solo. It's actually been surprisingly great. I really wasn't sure what to expect. Every single night that I've been here, I've had an invitation to a dinner with a whole bunch of different guests, and I've gotten to meet a lot of people. And this is the last full day of sailing. It's blowing my mind all of the things that I
have done on this cruise, like even just one of those things would have been a highlight of my year. (slow tempo music) Well guys, it's my last night in Alaska. I'm in Anchorage. I came up here after the
cruise ended in Seward, and decided to spend a
couple of days up here, and I'm currently out at
Beluga Point enjoying a sunset. There's these beautiful
mountains and view of the water. It's also nearly 10:00 p.m. right now and it is still so bright
outside, it's crazy. Sunset here isn't until, I
think it's 11:40 tonight. So it's very, very light, very late. I've had the most amazing
time here in Alaska. I had high expectations for
Alaska and they were blown away. I had no idea how
incredible this state was. I need to come back and do the interior, like Denali, and Fairbanks,
and everything north of here. I hope you guys enjoyed coming
along with me for this trip. Thank you so much Seabourn
for hosting me on this cruise. I had literally the
experience of a lifetime, it was amazing. I'll also have a blog post for this trip, as well as tons of photos
and stories on my Instagram, which I will link down below as well, and I'll see you guys in the next one. Bye. (slow tempo music)
