Comments on: Do you blog about your travel experiences?

By: Dave and Deb

Dave and Deb — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:06:04 +0000

We started seriously blogging about our travels during our cycling trip to Africa. We had been traveling extensively for 10 years and could never truly share our experience with people once we came home. The raw emotions were difficult to reproduce when telling our stories. People weren’t interested in looking at 100’s of photos at once and we felt overwhelmed trying to tell so many stories at once. Now that we blog, friends and family can stay up to date at their own pace and share the experience with us while we are in the moment.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:32:45 +0000

My husband and I started writing when we took our first extended trip (6 months) back in 2001 (well before it was called “blogging”). It was a great way to keep contact with everyone back home & share what we were up to.

Now that we have a family, I also include tips and recommendations because it can be so difficult to find information about what to do with kids in different places (even on the web). I also hope that reading about our trips will help inspire other families not to feel “stuck at home” just because they have kids.

By: Moni

Moni — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:51:05 +0000

Yes. I do it because I love to write and express myself with words – I’ve actually run across this blog tonight, because I’m creating an addition to my regular blog – a travel blog. I’ve seen lots of recommendations for this place!

By: jomar

jomar — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:11:38 +0000

As a dutch couple we met in Siquijor said last week, “Lonely Planet’s” kinda incomplete–it’s good to find blogs like yours which can supply current and detailed info on places we want to visit.”

So yes, each trip we make is chronicled in traveljournal.com.ph –but really, there’s so much to say and so much photos to upload and make collages of–there’s hardly any time to do them all! ARGH!.

Geir, travel reflections eh? That’s something to think about.

Hey Rolf, when do I see your book in the Philippines?

Jomar

By: jomar

jomar — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:09:45 +0000

Geir, travel reflections eh? That’s something to think about.

Hey Rolf, when do I see your book in the Philippines?

Jomar

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:58:56 +0000

I just recently started my travel blog. Family and friends kept asking for pictures and stories of my adventures and found putting them in a blog was a great way to keep in touch and share my experiences.

It does get addicting.

By: Jacob (Fusiler)

Jacob (Fusiler) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:15:09 +0000

106 million blogs…does this make the creators of Wordpress more powerful than Jesus?

Time saving is definitely a huge plus–mom always gets a personal email but my other gaggle of friends (2) get blog updates.

Of course, blogs seem to be a slippery slope. What starts as a simple way to keep others informed takes on a life of its owns as I become obsessed with Widgets, slideshows, and formatting.

By: Geir

Geir — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:35:56 +0000

Of course I blog about my travels. Travels are one of the main blogging themes around, and personally it saves me the hazzle of having to write e-mails to each of the century of people expecting to hear from me. And as you say, it saves me time at the internet café and gives me time to see what I came to see.
My main reason thought, is that it help me in my reflection both during and after my trips.