This World Traveler

Relaunching the blog for the third time

I don't know why but it has been relatively difficult to keep this journal/blog active over the last year. Maybe it's because I don't travel much, or I don't write as often as I could for fear of not being at all interesting. It might be some of those things, but it is most likely because I'm lazy. Being a dabbler at heart, it's hard to stay passionate about the same things day to day much less write about them in a coherent fashion.

I'm sitting in a quiet hostel in Managua, Nicaragua relaxing through my last day of an amazing, and somewhat life-changing vacation. I have written quite a bit which I will share with you over the next few weeks. I've always wanted to be a travel writer and discover interesting places and share them with people. I always want to share the experiences I've had and give everyone I know the chance to live them a little myself. In addition to this most recent trip, I'll share stories I've written from past journeys over the last 5 years or so. I hope you enjoy them, and I hope I can keep the energy up to keep giving you these stories.

What I am most afraid of is that I'll stop writing a journal and start becoming a blogger. I always see the difference in the two as between being positive generally, and being negative because you think snark equals wit. I've been reading a couple travel blogs today that just seem like a lot of whining. Here's the truth. Travel isn't always comfortable. Getting to go to places far off is a privileged experience, and the ability to do it should make you thankful at your core. I never want to say how I love to travel and then whine about how my vacation didn't go exactly the way I wanted it to because the ticket cost $50 more here, and I had to stay in a hotel near the airport because to save the money I wanted I had to leave early, and so on.

I just wanted to share that today. We'll talk more next week. As always, comments are welcome.
Roger

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