Me-go: Around-the-World

About Megan26 May, 2006 It sounds crazy to most people, especially my fellow Americans, but it’s true. Growing up my family traveled around the U.S. and even spent a few hours in Tijuana, Mexico. But I didn’t really start traveling until I spent my junior year of college studying in Newcastle, England. England was a turning point for me. I saw how other people lived and discovered many things that were better than the U.S. and many things that were worse. I met new people with different viewpoints. I lived without a phone or a television. I developed an unhealthy obsession with fries covered in salt and vinegar. During my time in England I was able to travel around Europe easily. My first big trip was the three-week winter break. I had planned on traveling with a few other Americans from my home university, but I overslept and missed the train. I was on the next train to London and waited at Dover until 4am, but no one showed up. When I got to Paris I spent three days searching for my friends before I accepted that I was alone. I changed my plans and saw the places I wanted to…
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- Trip Statistics: Phase 1Days gone: 185 Countries visited: 7 Photographs taken: 9,303 Average photos taken per day: 50 Cartwheel photographs taken: 42 Novels read: 16 Days sick: 3 Number of love letters received from monks: 1 Favorite country: Myanmar Least favorite country: Vietnam Place with biggest culture shock: Beijing, China Place with least culture shock: Thailand (overall) Biggest culture shock: Chinese people spitting everywhere Surprisingly not a culture shock: Squat toilets Best sights: Great Wall of China u0026#038; Angkor Wat temples (Cambodia) Favorite place to live: Tokyo, Japan Least favorite place to live: Chengdu, China Most overrated town: Vang Vieng, Laos Most underrated town: Beijing, China Most interesting culture: Tribal people in Myanmar, Laos u0026#038; Western China Least interesting culture: Thailand Most sanitary country: Japan Least sanitary country: China Place most like how I pictured it: Bangkok, Thailand Place least like how I pictured it: Xiahe, China Hardest culture to understand: China Best souvenirs: Kengtung, Myanmar Nicest people: Myanmar Meanest people: Vietnam/China (with China it’s a cultural thing) Hardest country to travel in: China Easiest country to travel in: Thailand Worst roads: The border around China and Laos Best local food: Hoi An, Vietnam Worst local food: Muang Sing, Laos Best hamburgers: Saigon,…
- Trip Statistics: Phase 2Days gone: 425 Countries visited: 17 Photographs taken: 27,230 Average photos taken per day: 64 Cartwheel photographs taken: 109 Novels read: 24 Days sick: 10 Favorite country: Tajikistan Least favorite country: Tanzania Place with biggest culture shock: Moynaq, Uzbekistan Place with least culture shock: Amman, Jordan Biggest culture shock: The yak smell in Tibet, crippled beggars in India Surprisingly not a culture shock: Shared taxis in Kyrgyzstan, buses in Ethiopia Best sights: Petra, Jordan; Mt. Abu u0026#038; Madurai, India; Samarkand, Uzbekistan Favorite place to live: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Least favorite place to live: Northern India Best sunset: Kendwa, Zanzibar Best sunrise: Tsiribihina River, Madagascar; Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania Most overrated town: Khajuraho u0026#038; Pondicherry, India; Stone Town, Zanzibar Most underrated town: Kampala, Uganda; all of SW Ethiopia; Dushanbe, Tajikistan Most interesting culture: Southern Ethiopia, Tibet, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Least interesting culture: East Africa Most sanitary country: Jordan Least sanitary country: India Most mosquitoes and cockroaches: Ethiopia Place most like how I pictured it: Varanasi, India Place least like how I pictured it: Lhasa, Tibet Hardest culture to understand: Egypt Best souvenirs: Bukhara, Uzbekistan; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Nicest people: Tajikistan Meanest people: Tibet, Uzbekistan, Northern Kenya Hardest country to travel in: Ethiopia, Tajikistan Easiest…
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Shinkansen Surprise

May 3, 2011

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Before I went to Japan in 2004 I thought riding the magical Shinkansen train would be just like it seems in this video (I wish!):

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