Before I say anything else, can I just mention that I’m writing this post using a hotspot from my T-Mobile phone, where I’m getting free international data while on a boat cruising around Svalbard, just several hundred miles from the North Pole? Is the world incredible, or what?!
As I hinted at above, I’m spending this weekend visiting Longyearbyen, the northernmost city in the world. I’ve been dreaming of visiting this place for years, and it sure hasn’t disappointed. Yesterday I was still going back and forth about how I felt about it, though today we did a day trip to a “ghost town,” which is a former Russian mining village. It’s probably the most incredible day trip I’ve ever taken. National Geographic rates it one of the world’s 10 most interesting ghost towns. I’ll have more on that in a post tomorrow.
We’re here for another couple of days, and then we’re off to Russia, which I’m equally excited about. This is a heck of a week of travel for me, and I hope you guys are having an equally fun weekend.
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I hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend!
Hope you will enjoy St. Petersburg too. I am located there for last couple of months and its really a special city. And that you have planned enough time here to see the city...
I wonder if they're going to end up charging you for this. The terms and conditions of T-mobile international roaming clearly says no tethering
you seem to imply you have your laptop tethering via your T-Mobile phone's hotspot. But that is not suppose to work as T-Mobile while giving free international roaming, won't allow tethering while roaming. Am I missing something?
Longyearbyen is not a city; it's a town.