Author Archives: Jill
Alexandria
Alexandria offers all of the benefits of Cairo: cheap accommodation and food, without sacrificing on western amenities (and by this I of course mean internet and western toilets). But Alex also has several added benefits, which made it a very pleasant stop despite the colder temperatures (only about 55 for a high). After India and [...]
Real Life Pac-man – Cairo, Egypt
The first piece of advice that several random people gave me while walking down the streets of Cairo: “you know how to cross the road, right? Close your eyes and pray”. Well, I can see where they are coming from. Despite the fact that my hostel was only about a five minute walk from Tahrir [...]
My Adventure Getting Out of India
This is basically just venting… So read at your own peril. I left my hotel at 5am in Jaipur to make my flight to Muscat, Oman (layover on my way to Cairo). My experience trying to leave the country epitomizes my experience in India. Keep in mind that this was a relatively nice hotel I [...]
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: My Experience in India…
Overall, now that I’ve made it out alive, I’m glad that I ventured to India despite many peoples warnings and general questions of “why in the world would you want to go there?”. With the amount of travelling that I’ve done, its hard to find a place that is completely different than what I’ve already [...]
India…
I arrived in Delhi at the airport and had arranged for a private driver to pick me up. For the convenience of not having to deal with touts, I paid the steep price of about $10 USD for the half hour journey into the city (metro would have cost less than a dollar). I nearly [...]
Off to India
I left Southeast Asia earlier than I had planned. I hesitated booking a scuba diving trip to the island of Sipadan (supposedly one of the best places to dive on earth) and then the flights to get to and from dramatically increased. And if I want the fancy-pants apartment overlooking Touchdown Jesus next year, sacrifices [...]
The “Fine” City, Singapore
Singapore is known as the “fine” city/country because of all of the things you can supposedly be fined for (littering, eating on the subway, etc.). You may remember an incident involving an 18-year old American citizen that was caned in Singapore in the early 1990’s for vandalism. Or you may be familiar with the notion [...]
From 15° to 95° in 6 hours – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Seoul was about 15 degrees on my last day there, so meandering around in only two fleeces and a raincoat (I elected to not pack a down coat for only a few days of extreme cold), I was freezing. Hopped on a six hour flight to Kuala Lumpur and was greeted with temperatures in the [...]
Seoul, South Korea
After over 30 hours of travel (including layovers in Chicago and Tokyo), I finally made it to my hostel in Seoul, after midnight local time. You would think I would be ready for much-needed sleep, however because it was 10am eastern time, I was wide awake. This messed up sleep schedule continued for several days, [...]
Around-the-World Part II
So once again, I’m taking off on an extended adventure. Already having done this before provides a good base line for planning, preparations, etc., even though so many things are different this time around. For one, I have a definitive plan for when I come home. Going back to school for my MBA provides a [...]
