Without exception, every traveler I've met has been an avid reader. Makes sense, as a keener interest in information and stories complement a curiosity to see the world. The natural next step is to pick up our keyboards and write stories of our own, in travel blogs. The website Travelllll.com had a post titled, Good...

Over the past few weeks, I've been trying to learn more about motivations for travel. "Why?" seems to be the most urgent question put to travelers. It's asked not just by others, but also by the conscience. Everyone seems to want an explanation -- friends, family, former/current/potential romances, current or future employers. Whenever someone asks,...

It's not like anyone who's on a long-term or RTW trip has to have a travel blog - after all, plenty of people blazed the vagabond trail long before computers were even a thing. But these days it's hard to find a RTW traveler who doesn't have some method set up for keeping track of...

If you own a blog, especially if it's a personal one, you probably don't realize the power of your own voice on the internet. You can use your blog as a tool for change, whether you're doing it intentionally or not. Many bloggers across a variety of niches are discovering that the complaints and criticisms...

Want to start a blog, but don't have the slightest clue about page layout and html? Fancy posting all your pictures online, but don't want to succumb to the craze of social networking? While sites such as Facebook offer great photo uploading and, along with Myspace and Twitter , give some sort of blogging mechanism....