I’ve been on a lot of flights lately but this view over the Caribbean coming back from The Dominican Republic was the most beautiful.
There is a reason I haven’t flown jetBlue before—it has very few direct flights from Chicago. I’ve already connected through Boston and New York a number of times and I will admit that the jetBlue terminal at JFK is gorgeous. I certainly didn’t mind waiting for an hour surrounded by modern design, an extraordinary number…
Originally I planned to spend a day in Baltimore and fly to Chicago in the late morning. Once I decided to spend that day in D.C. another plan presented itself—New York City. Although this trip was meant to be about seeing new places flying out of Dulles gave me the option to connect through JFK…
Despite traveling to remote area of the world there are a number of places much closer to home people are surprised I’ve never visited—Washington D.C. is one of them. Most of my readers know how much I love museums. I’m happy to wander around all day looking at exhibits and looking at people looking at…
Last night’s Chicago Meet, Plan, Go! was a success! REI’s community room was full and I was surprised at how well-traveled the audience already was. We even had someone who had been to Uzbekistan—I was impressed. Hopefully everyone had a good time and left with a reignited passion for RTW travel. As always, I always…
My first leg of jetBlue’s All You Can Jet is finished and it was pretty exciting. Washington D.C. was so amazing that I changed my flight at the last minute to skip Baltimore and stay in D.C. another day. Since my friend was flying out at 6am on an adventure of her own I ended…
I had heard about the deal last year but didn’t take advantage of it. This year I jumped on the chance to fly anywhere JetBlue flies for $499 for a month. The pass sold out in two days and I didn’t have much time to plan my trip. JetBlue only flies direct to three locations…
Meet, Plan, Go! is coming up in a few weeks and out host in Chicago, Lisa Lubin, has been doing some press for the event. Although the Chicago event is pretty full make sure you put your name on the waiting list because things may open up as it gets closer to September 14th. You…
Couchsurfing is a great way to meet people and experience other cultures. My first surfing experience, staying with David in Urumqi, was memorable. We’ve stayed in touch, talking via Skype, and he’s visited me in Chicago twice now—even couchsurfing at my apartment earlier this summer. My long list of “posts to write” includes an introduction…
My fellow world-traveler Lisa Lubin was gracious enough to ask me to be a panelist at the Meet, Plan, Go! event in Chicago next month. Our paths first crossed after both being featured in a newspaper article about travel bloggers back in 2007. While I’ve been back in Chicago since the article was written, Lisa…
I’ve just returned from a week in Southern California and have some great photos of the amazing Indian wedding I attended. This was my first opportunity to wear a sari and, despite my concerns, it stayed up for 16 hours. I’ll post as soon as I get the photos ready, meanwhile, here are a few…
Celebrating American Independence Day on the road is always weird for me. Often times I forget the date while traveling—when you travel by road and buy your tickets as you go the date just isn’t that important. During my last around-the-world trip I was not only away for two 4th of Julys but out on…
Its not summer in Chicago until I attend a Cubs game. Thanks to a horrible record there’s plenty of seats at Wrigley this year and we got $60 bleacher tickets for $10. I managed to avoid a sunburn but was ID’d twice—the woman selling beer didn’t believe I was 21 even though I had a…
Someone of you may have noticed that I’ve been fiddling with the site a bit lately. Its starting to shape up and, although I haven’t designed the visual aspect of Me-go yet, most of the back end work has been done. My RSS feed looks like it might also be working after months of frustration…
There’s a few travel-themed movie trailers I’ve seen recently that have been interesting. Many people have recommended I read Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love because she travels around the world experiencing life. Although the character lives the life of an ex-pat and not so much that of a traveler, it is a good read. I…
For those of you interested in Central Asia, like I am, you should take notice of what’s going on in Kyrgyzstan today. Protesters have taken to the streets and are calling for the president’s resignation. As you’ll see in the video below, police have opened fire in the main square where I took my Bishkek…
I’ve been receiving messages from my readers steadily since my site was hacked back in October, asking where the rest of my site is. The rest of Me-Go will be up and will be re-designed (this ugly template is only a placeholder!) as soon as possible. The gallery, sketchbook, FAQ and more will be back.…
All of my life I’ve loved looking at maps. I spent hours growing up pouring over the pages of National Geographic or the huge reference atlas at the library. After I started traveling I started coveting a large wall map to pin the locations I’ve been on???maybe even using colored thread to show my routes.…
Whenever my friends or family come across crazy schemes they always forward them to me. I must be up for adventure since I managed to travel around-the-world solo twice, right? The newest thing to come across my inbox is Groupon’s Live off Groupon for an Entire Year promotion. Groupons are coupons for a service or…
Happy New Year! I’ve finally made some headway into getting my site back up and running. The current site design is a placeholder, but at least the content is back up. I was worried about the possibility of corrupt images but after two months of downtime I gave up and uploaded all of my old…