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Years ago, travelers could only read the formal, printed travel guides for information about their upcoming trips. While the guides are still valuable, travelers have a new, more personal source of information about their destinations. Blogs are the perfect source to read the average person's experiences, to get a feel for a place through another's eyes. Think of them as travel diaries, online and public. After your own trip, be sure to blog about it, the good and the bad!
Excerpt from a blogger's Cancun experience
The fun in a pizza parlor is watching the pizza man throw the pizza dough, side to side and up and down. We watched as we talked. The pizza man's friend got his attention during a throw and the pizza soared like a frisbee, landing partly on the table but mostly on the floor. We looked at each other and walked to the front door. We figured he picked up the dough, spread it on the pan and added the sauces. We took our bottled water and fled.
Guess who was waiting for us? Our telepathic cabby pulled up to the curb and off we went. We chose to eat at the hotel. The restaurant was glistening from the lights through the stained glass windows that surrounded the eating area. Waiters were meticulously dressed; the service was excellent. Because the food was so great, we all decided to have dessert. Our friends ordered rum and cokes, my wife a piña-colada and I ordered the chocolate cake. When the dessert was delivered it was still cold, most likely from being refrigerated. I dug in with the fork. My buddy said, "That cake looks green." I responded, "No, the stained glass windows are playing tricks on everything." I ate on. He reached over and knocked the cake on its side. It had the shade of moldy green.
One thing always sticks out in my mind. I was sick for at least a month after the trip. Doctor said, "Parasites."
Blogs to Check Out:
Best Travel Blogs
Christina Valhouli
On the selection of Forbes #1 Blog: Vagabonding
"Travel blogs reflect the linear nature of travel itself. There is a beginning, middle and end to any trip. Few people travel ceaselessly (although it might seem like that to some). Many of the best blogs we found, therefore, centered on a finite goal--a year abroad, a walk for charity, a circumnavigation of the globe. Some bloggers, however, had already reached their destination--or run out of money--and were no longer eligible to be included.
The best travel blogs provide their readers with voyeuristic adventure. The people who write them are going to places and doing things that most of their readers only dream of--so far, at least. One of the great things about blogging is that it makes people realize that anybody can do it."
Contact Robin at Bookandblog@yahoo.com.
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