Thursday, December 06, 2007
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
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Sunday Blogs of Note
Things I'm loving this week online this week are as follows:
Skybus airlines launched this week out of Columbus. Jaunted was there with an entertaining liveblog of the first few flights.
MSNBC reports that Las Vegas tourists are skipping the walking they might get on their vacation for motorized scooters usually reserved for the handicapped.
Has anyone seen the airplane air purifiers that are being sold some places? Hook it up to your little personal air jet thing and it supposedly makes the clean air cleaner or something? They're mostly forbidden, and might start the occasional on board fire - maybe. Fly Away Cafe was on that this week.
I'm fascinated with Knife Tricks. It's my favorite blog of late - all about his recent trip to North Korea. This week, Dog Soup!
Finally, Salon's Ask the Pilot describes the worst airport on earth. It's in Senegal.
Things I'm loving this week online this week are as follows:
Skybus airlines launched this week out of Columbus. Jaunted was there with an entertaining liveblog of the first few flights.
MSNBC reports that Las Vegas tourists are skipping the walking they might get on their vacation for motorized scooters usually reserved for the handicapped.
Has anyone seen the airplane air purifiers that are being sold some places? Hook it up to your little personal air jet thing and it supposedly makes the clean air cleaner or something? They're mostly forbidden, and might start the occasional on board fire - maybe. Fly Away Cafe was on that this week.
I'm fascinated with Knife Tricks. It's my favorite blog of late - all about his recent trip to North Korea. This week, Dog Soup!
Finally, Salon's Ask the Pilot describes the worst airport on earth. It's in Senegal.
Labels: airplanes, airports, blogs, las vegas, north korea, skybus, travel
Monday, May 21, 2007
The blogs worth reading...
Every day, I find another travel blog to explore, and there's always a couple things worth sharing. Here's what I loved this week.
The New York Times is all about Weissbier! They took a tour of Northern Germany and explored the different kinds of regional brews that Germany was famous for before everyone learned to love the Pilsner.
Have I mentioned how much I'm loving Knife Tricks lately? My new favorite blog is bringing out piece by piece stories of his visit to North Korea and I'm absolutely enthralled.
Oh yeah, Slate has a great photo essay on Seattle and its architectural revolution over the last thirty years or so.
Every day, I find another travel blog to explore, and there's always a couple things worth sharing. Here's what I loved this week.
The New York Times is all about Weissbier! They took a tour of Northern Germany and explored the different kinds of regional brews that Germany was famous for before everyone learned to love the Pilsner.
Have I mentioned how much I'm loving Knife Tricks lately? My new favorite blog is bringing out piece by piece stories of his visit to North Korea and I'm absolutely enthralled.
Oh yeah, Slate has a great photo essay on Seattle and its architectural revolution over the last thirty years or so.
