Author: Megan
-
Where I Slept: Muktinath, Nepal
Muktinath, Nepal | 18 November, 2006 | $1.40 (my half of bill, shared with roommate) After a lonely first day of trekking in which I felt responsible for entertaining my porter I made some friends on day two. I always feel apprehensive hiking with others, not wanting to slow them down, but Drew from California…
-
Site Maintenance
I’m fiddling around with the layout and design of Me-go at the moment. Sorry for any inconvenience, carry on!
-
Where I Slept: Kagbeni, Nepal
Kagbeni, Nepal | 17 November, 2006 | $1.39 After a lengthy stay in Kathmandu and six days in Pokhara I finally did the thing that one does in Nepal—hike. My longtime readers know I’m not a hiker and I don’t enjoy hiking for its own sake. In Nepal, however, hiking is the best way to…
-
Biking on the Lake in November
It has been unseasonably warm in Chicago this week so I took advantage of the good weather with a 23 mile bike ride on Chicago’s beautiful lakefront path. Those of you in the Northern hemisphere, get outside and take advantage of the weather before winter sets in for good!
-
Where I Slept: Kathmandu #2, Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal | 8 November, 2006 | $4.86 After my first night in Kathmandu both Sui and I searched the outskirts of the tourist area for a cheaper hotel. We found a nice place to settle in for what turned out to be ten days in the city. We did a bit of sightseeing but…
-
Where I Slept: Kathmandu, Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal | 2 November, 2006 | $11.10 After 13 hours of driving, including crossing the border from Tibet to Nepal, Sui and I were ecstatic to find any hotel room in busy Kathmandu. Arriving so late in the day we didn’t have much choice and ended up in overpriced rooms in the center of…
-
Where I Slept: Everest Base Camp, Tibet
Everest Base Camp, Tibet | 30 October, 2006 | $5 (my portion of bill – shared with 3 others) Despite what most people expect, there’s not much to see at the base camp on Mt. Everest’s north face, at least in late October. The large field of rocks below Everest stood bare, a small string…
-
Where I Slept: Shekar, Tibet
Shekar, Tibet | 29 October, 2006 | $6.25 (my half of bill – shared with roommate) After a long day of travel our driver pulled up to a hotel beside the main road and told us it was Shekar. We knew the main attraction in the area was Shekar Fort and when we pointed this…
-
Where I Slept: Sakya, Tibet
Sakya, Tibet | 28 October, 2006 | $1.88 (my half of bill – shared with roommate) Sakya was officially the cheapest hotel room I had in Tibet, tied with the hotel I stayed in on my last day in Tibet at Tingri. After exploring Gyantse and Shigaste, we drove into town after dark. There were…
-
Where I Slept: Gyantse, Tibet
Gyantse, Tibet | 27 October, 2006 | $3.13 (my half of bill – shared with roommate) The second night of my Tibetan road trip was spent in Gyantse. We covered a lot of ground on this trip, and often visited more than one town each day. Leaving from Tsetang in the morning and detouring by…
-
Where I Slept: Tsetang, Tibet
Tsetang, Tibet | 26 October, 2006 | $7.50 (my half of bill – shared with roommate) My first day on the seven-day drive from Lhasa to the Nepalese border took me to a monastery named Samye, West of Lhasa and quite a bit out of the way. Most tours skip this location but I found…
-
Where I Slept: Lhasa, Tibet
Lhasa, Tibet | 25 October, 2006 | $6.88 (my half of bill – shared with roommate) After my exhaustive journey from Tajikistan to Tibet I needed some time to rest and regroup. The high altitude (11,800 feet / 3,600 meters), made simple tasks like walking to dinner in Lhasa difficult and left most travelers around…
-
Orlando Connections
The key to using the jetBlue’s All You Can Jet deal was determining the cities with most connections possible. Orlando servers much of the East and Caribbean and appears to be almost as much of a hub as New York or Boston. With only one flight a day to Bogota I found myself connecting through…
-
New York Times ‘All You Can Jet’ Article
Those of you following my Twitter feed may have read that Seth Kugel, The Frugal Traveler, from the New York Times interviewed me last week. The article went up late last night. You can see my pictures and read about mine and others experiences during the All You Can Jet promotion here on the NYT…
-
Where I Slept: Dunhuang, China – Lhasa, Tibet
Dunhuang, China – Lhasa, Tibet | 18 October, 2006 | $31.41 ($12.41 overnight sleeper bus, $19 train) A year ago this site was hacked and the Where I Slept series went on hiatus. I’ve decided to resurrect it where I left off last year, on my way across China into Tibet. After a nearly sleepless…
-
Sunday Museums and Metros
My All You Can Jet pass prohibited travel on Fridays and Sundays, forcing me to stay in the Dominican Republic for three full days. Without going to the beach, I wasn’t sure how I would spend my time. A determined traveler could see most historic sights in one long day, with a second day for…
-
Colonial Santo Domingo
Immediately after buying the All You Can Jet pass I sat down in front of jetBlue’s route map and tried to find the most interesting cities to visit. Naturally, first on that list was Colombia, but I also wanted to visit one of the Caribbean destinations available. I’m not much of an island-lover since the…
-
Modern Art in Santo Domingo
The Dominican Republic was one of two international destinations I touched down in during my All You Can Jet adventure. While I did visit most of the Christopher Columbus attractions in Santo Domino, I quickly became bored with walking up and down the main pedestrian street trying to ignore men staring and making kissy noises.…
-
All I Could Jet 2010
After more than 39 hours in the air and nearly 19,000 miles flown across 15 flights I’ve gotten my money’s worth out of Jet Blue’s All You Can Jet promotion. With that much flying I had the in-flight commercials memorized and had no problem deciding what snacks to choose (plantain chips are interesting but you…
-
Me-go Subscribers
Now that my site is back up and I’m currently traveling I’ve finally reinstalled my subscriber list. If you received a confirmation email from my site (via Feedburner) you can confirm and follow my updates by email. If you are no longer interested in receiving email updates feel free to disregard the email. As always,…