Poll Archive

What book should I write?
Started: May 29, 2008
Total Votes: 78

  • Photo/art/drawings: 29% (23)
  • How-to/advice: 27% (21)
  • Memoir: 23% (18)
  • Short stories : 21% (16)

What do you think Megan is doing?
Started: March 15, 2008
Total Votes: 85

  • Planning another trip: 51% (43)
  • Watching TV: 33% (28)
  • Working: 16% (14)

Martinique…
Started: February 8, 2008
Total Votes: 13

  • Don’t know where it is: 54% (7)
  • Want to go: 46% (6)
  • Been there: 0% (0)

Do you like travel videos?
Started: January 21, 2008
Total Votes: 13

  • Yes, more than photos.: 46% (6)
  • They’re okay.: 38% (5)
  • No, they’re kind of boring.: 15% (2)

Which country were you most excited about?
Started: November 27, 2007
Total Votes: 36

  • Madagascar: 50% (18)
  • Mongolia: 22% (8)
  • India: 17% (6)
  • Tajikistan: 11% (4)

How much do you think I spent during phase II?
Started: November 18, 2007
Total Votes: 37

  • $20,000: 38% (14)
  • $25,000: 35% (13)
  • $15,000: 16% (6)
  • $30,000: 11% (4)

The Amazing Race…
Started: November 15, 2007
Total Votes: 12

  • Love it: 50% (6)
  • Haven’t seen it: 50% (6)
  • Leave it: 0% (0)

Zanzibari souvenir…
Started: October 10, 2007
Total Votes: 54

  • Leave it!: 57% (31)
  • Shave it!: 39% (21)
  • Bleach it!: 4% (2)

Would you tell your mom if you were in an accident?
Started: September 17, 2007
Total Votes: 35

  • After I got back: 57% (20)
  • Never: 23% (8)
  • Right away: 20% (7)

How long would you travel?
Started: August 31, 2007
Total Votes: 27

  • 1 year+: 56% (15)
  • 3 months: 19% (5)
  • 4 weeks: 15% (4)
  • 6 months: 11% (3)

What should be updated first?
Started: August 11, 2007
Total Votes: 47

  • Finances: 34% (16)
  • Souvenirs: 26% (12)
  • Sketchbook: 21% (10)
  • Maps: 19% (9)

What would you do in London?
Started: August 4, 2007
Total Votes: 19

  • Visit museums: 37% (7)
  • Relax in Hyde Park: 32% (6)
  • See a musical: 21% (4)
  • Shop: 11% (2)

Rafting the Nile in Uganda
Started: July 1, 2007
Total Votes: 41

  • Awesome: 85% (35)
  • Insanity: 15% (6)

Would you pay $500 to visit mountain gorillas?
Started: June 22, 2007
Total Votes: 19

  • Yes: 47% (9)
  • No: 26% (5)
  • Only if I could ride one: 26% (5)

Madagascar:
Started: May 8, 2007
Total Votes: 36

  • Lemurs: 69% (25)
  • Balboa Trees: 17% (6)
  • Beaches: 14% (5)
  • Tsingy: 0% (0)

Who has tried Ethiopian food?
Started: April 27, 2007
Total Votes: 20

  • I have!: 60% (12)
  • No thanks: 25% (5)
  • I can’t find it: 15% (3)

Which region would you visit?
Started: April 12, 2007
Total Votes: 11

  • North historical circuit: 45% (5)
  • South Omo Valley: 27% (3)
  • Bale Mountains: 27% (3)

When I say Ethiopia what comes to mind?
Started: March 26, 2007
Total Votes: 33

  • Food (lack of): 79% (26)
  • Ancient Christianity: 15% (5)
  • Kidnapped tourists: 6% (2)

Where to?
Started: March 11, 2007
Total Votes: 29

  • Ethiopia> Tanzania> Madagascar: 72% (21)
  • Tanzania> Malawi> Mozambique: 17% (5)
  • Tanzania> Madagascar: 10% (3)

Best Indiana Jones film was
Started: March 4, 2007
Total Votes: 11

  • Lost Ark: 45% (5)
  • Last Crusade: 36% (4)
  • Temple of Doom: 18% (2)

I…
Started: February 21, 2007
Total Votes: 32

  • want to go to India: 56% (18)
  • will never go to India: 22% (7)
  • went and loved it: 22% (7)
  • went and hated it: 0% (0)

Would you “try out” an ashram?
Started: February 9, 2007
Total Votes: 15

  • Yes: 60% (9)
  • No: 40% (6)

Curry and…
Started: January 23, 2007
Total Votes: 22

  • Naan: 45% (10)
  • Rice: 36% (8)
  • Chappati: 14% (3)
  • Paratha: 5% (1)

When you’re sick of Indian food:
Started: January 15, 2007
Total Votes: 15

  • Eat McDonalds: 53% (8)
  • Buy lots of crackers: 27% (4)
  • Eat bananas: 13% (2)
  • Don’t eat: 7% (1)

Favorite part of camel?
Started: December 27, 2006
Total Votes: 19

  • Hump(s): 53% (10)
  • Eyes: 26% (5)
  • Knees: 11% (2)
  • Mouths: 11% (2)

Cows…
Started: December 16, 2006
Total Votes: 10

  • dinner: 90% (9)
  • sacred: 10% (1)

When in India…
Started: November 27, 2006
Total Votes: 21

  • go veggie: 76% (16)
  • meat’s worth the risk: 24% (5)

What would you do in Nepal?
Started: November 2, 2006
Total Votes: 26

  • Visit Buddha’s birthplace: 42% (11)
  • Hike around Annapurna: 27% (7)
  • Hike to Everest Base Camp: 19% (5)
  • Stay in Kathmandu and eat good food: 12% (3)

What place sounds the most magical?
Started: October 18, 2006
Total Votes: 20

  • Shangrila: 50% (10)
  • Khatmandu: 35% (7)
  • Lhasa: 10% (2)
  • Timbuktu: 5% (1)

How much does China suck?
Started: October 4, 2006
Total Votes: 13

  • Have you seen it’s toilets?: 62% (8)
  • The most ever: 23% (3)
  • A lot: 15% (2)

Which has the best mountains?
Started: September 25, 2006
Total Votes: 10

  • Nepal: 60% (6)
  • Switzerland: 20% (2)
  • Tajikistan: 10% (1)
  • USA: 10% (1)

What souvenir would you buy in Uzbekistan?
Started: September 6, 2006
Total Votes: 15

  • Skull cap: 53% (8)
  • Embroidered wall hanging: 20% (3)
  • Painting: 13% (2)
  • Carpet: 13% (2)

Which route would you take to Central Asia?
Started: August 2, 2006
Total Votes: 21

  • Train from Urumqi to Almaty, Kazakstan: 38% (8)
  • Bus from Kashgar to Osh, Kyrgyzstan: 24% (5)
  • I would never go to Central Asia!: 24% (5)
  • Flight from Olgii, Mongolia to Kazakstan: 14% (3)

Where in China would you stop along the silk road?
Started: July 14, 2006
Total Votes: 8

  • Kashgar: 87% (7)
  • Dunhuang: 12% (1)
  • Turpan: 0% (0)
  • Jiayuguan: 0% (0)

What would you do in Mongolia?
Started: June 16, 2006
Total Votes: 28

  • Ride a camel in the Gobi: 43% (12)
  • Ride a horse in the N. Mountains: 29% (8)
  • Hike near the White Lake: 18% (5)
  • Go to a disco in UB: 11% (3)

What are you most afraid of?
Started: June 8, 2006
Total Votes: 23

  • Getting sick: 39% (9)
  • Bears: 30% (7)
  • Being robbed: 30% (7)
  • Getting lost: 0% (0)

Would you ever travel for more than one month?
Started: May 25, 2006
Total Votes: 33

  • I’m planning to: 52% (17)
  • If I “had the money”: 27% (9)
  • If I “had the time”: 21% (7)
  • Never: 0% (0)

Which country are you most excited about?
Started: May 17, 2006
Total Votes: 11

  • Madagascar: 64% (7)
  • Tajikistan: 18% (2)
  • Mongolia: 9% (1)
  • India: 9% (1)

Comments

  1. Lisa
    June 2nd, 2006 | 9:39 am

    Only six days until you’re off on another adventure — woo-hoo!

  2. Jeff
    August 27th, 2006 | 9:03 pm

    I’m in the club!!!

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