From Travel Photography to Food Recipes: Travelblogging
Monday, June 15th, 2009The world is shrinking thanks to airplanes and the internet – and so this is mirrored in the burgeoning number of blogs from backpacker-types all over the planet reporting from the country they are currently residing in.
From stories about novice monks in Thailand to the newest electronics of Tokyo, there seems to be no topic that isn’t written about by these hardy travellers.
Such blogs- often called “travelblogs” – are read by fellow travellers and those who have already been to the country they’re reporting from. Also, such blogs provide an inside view of the country for the people considering traveling in the future, so they serve a purpose as giving them a preview of what to anticipate if they do decide to journey there.
Now it’s common to find these travelblogs, and so it’s often not enough to simply provide some commentary on the nation you are presently residing in. Now there’s a clamour for blogs that pinpoint niches in the country they reside. For example, a travelblog regarding beach photos in Thailand, or perhaps a travelblog about the fishing in China.
The majority pen these blogs for fun, not profit, and a bit of attention, however there are writers who make a living from blogging. Be it money through adverts on their site, or maybe for freelancing for other blogs and being paid to do it as they are travelling. If you’re travelling in countries that have a very low cost of living, this can actually be sufficient to maintain all your expenses – though you should have a some savings and not soley rely on earning money from your blog.
Overall, it’s good to write a blog about what you’re getting up to when travelling – for reminiscing on and remembering what you did, and at the same time giving other people a rare peak at a part of the planet they may know little about.