The conversation….
The conversation everyone has before they go on a big trip. (click to view the video if you are viewing on RSS)
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Smugmug vs Flickr
I’ve spent the last several days doing the time consuming chore of reformatting and redirecting all the old images on my site that point to Flickr and my self hosted photos, to Smugmug. I mentioned this on Twitter and I’ve gotten a lot of questions as to why I’m leaving Flickr and my self-hosted site …
11 Thoughts on Traveling Around the World for 11 Years
March 13 marks the anniversary of the date in 2007 when I turned over the keys to my house to travel around the world. It is the date I use to mark what I call my Travelversary. The last 11 years have totally changed my life in every way imaginable. I have been to more …
My 10 Favorite Historical Sites
This the fourth installment in a series for my 4th Travelversay Celebration. This was an extremely difficult list to compile. How do you evaluate how historic something is? Where do you put the boundries around it. Most European and Asian capitals have a very deep history, so trying to pick and choose was hard. The …
Announcing A New Project: National Park Service 413!
UPDATE: As of 2017, there are now 417 National Park Service Sites in the US Today is the 100th anniversary the National Park Service in the United States. As many of you might know I’m in the middle of a project to photograph all 59 national parks in the United States. I’m about 75% through …
The Most Popular Posts and Pictures of 2011
While Gary is on his way to Antarctica he is at the mercy of very slow internet. Since it is difficult for him to post, I thought I’d take this opportunity to look back at the posts and daily photos from last year that received the most traffic. Is your favorite from 2011 on the …
Travel, Exhaustion and a Change of Strategy
I am writing this somewhere over the Atlantic ocean between Brussels and New York. I’m returning to the US (briefly) after 4 of the most hectic months of travel I’ve experienced since I began traveling full time in 2007. In just the first 5-months of 2013 I have been to 16 countries, 69 UNESCO World …
Why Travel Blogging Isn’t Like Regular Blogging
This is the second article in my pre Blog World Expo series about blogging and the travel industry. Yesterday I talked about travel writing vs travel blogging. Today I’m just going to talk about blogging. In particular, why travel blogging is different from blogging in other niches. I’m also going to be talking about blogging …