Interesting Travel Blogs

I am just happy that people take the time to write them Carl

Only complaint I have is that it's not me out there travelling and writing :-(

"My hope is that it is not just an inspiration for me but also others and will lead to better travel blogs. "

I agree that a good blog can be inspiring, however sometimes we fail to follow through and deliver a good read. Part of the issue may due to the formatting nature of the internet (html tags etc), rather than the good old diary and photo album combinations.

There are many good blogs on this site which i would call inspiring, with many of them being "plain" trips to locations many others have been before. IMO It is much easier to develop an interesting blog when travelling through an interesting location, the real challenge is to deliver something worthy of reading after the first paragraph when travelling down to the corner store :)

Thanks for making mention of a good blog, it helps to have a reference blog or three to get us on the right track....BTW how's your blog going Carl? LOL

Andrew

Carl, we will be watching YOUR blog to make sure it is "both entertaining and helpful" or "dull and not greatly helpful when traveling"or even "some sort of self glorification of their trip" :-)

watch & compare Carl's Blog

Maîneÿ . . .

pot callin the kettle black mate.....

Carl

"I have read many of the travel blogs posted in the blogs section and find them mostly dull and not greatly helpful when traveling."

where is it written that blogs HAVE to be about travelling???

yet another whinger.

Carl....

I think the essence of a travel blog is that it expresses the writer’s own experience in a way that conveys you to the same place through the story....

But don’t fall into the trap of confusing what is possibly intended as a travel story with a travel guide that others might use as a ‘blue-print’ in their own travels or read it in a way that you would read a ‘Lonely Planet Guide’ for instance. Your comments suggest you might be doing this, and therefore you are judging them against the criteria of what you might find useful, as distinct from reading it as a story of someone’s experience, which might be all the writer intended.

Speaking to my own blogs, my intention is to convey a story that readers find interesting, but it is styled completely differently to what I would write if I was intending it as a travel guide that others might find useful.....

But let me say this, the EO site has a vast array of blogs that range across many topics, including travel, and that have contributors who are as diverse and varied as the topics themselves. What a boring world (and read) it would be if they were all styled in the same way!

Cheers, The Landy

Carl,

You may well have a point about some blogs being a bit on the dull side - however it may have been a bit more diplomatic if you had a few more blogs up before casting aspersions on others. After all, according to your one blog, you have apparently been on the road for about 9 months now. Surely you have had some adventures and experiences to share, and time to write about them?

As a fan of blogs, and writer of same I have found that it really is difficult to write with anything that might remotely be called style. When writing about one's own experiences it is very hard to judge if what you have written is interesting or entertaining to others. The thing is to have a go.

Agreed, its great to come upon a well written, entertaining and informative blog - but to get to that standard of writing you almost have to be an experienced and/or professional writer. Not many on the forum would meet that standard. As others have said, just be thankful that others make an effort and do the best that they can. There is a lot of wonderful information tucked away in blogs.

So join other bloggers on here, contribute and do the best you can. If people like it they will often say so, if they don't , well they don"t have to read it.

Hope you are enjoying your trip.

Cheers,

Val

Was going to try my first blog from my recent trip to the Top End - think I will keep it to myself now!

I enjoy reading the blogs however they are written as they are about personal experiences by individuals.

I've just been reading one that I enjoyed... not sure where I found the link

girtbydirt

Hook, Line & Sinker

You rascal Carl

I write blogs for myself - to go back to and remind myself about some of the detail and for when we travel that way again. If others like to read them that's fine and if they gain some info of use that's even better.

Min