The Longest Way Home Travel Blog

How many travel related websites are there out there? They nearly all have something in common that we all like: Travel Photography. But just how did that travel photograph come about? And, are its ethics in question? Over the years I’ve seen the travel photography and travel blogging industry change. And, I believe at the moment, the former is [...]

I’ve had online storage hosting for over a decade, it’s been invaluable to my traveling. And, I consider it something few people take full advantage of. In my previous article about online photo hosting we looked at why photo hosting can save your travel blog or photography website, and save you money. Is there a difference in [...]

Photo hosting is only for selling photographs. Thats what I thought, at one stage. Travel blogs & photographs generally go hand in hand. And, rightfully so. The main reason I started putting so many photographs up here, was not to attract people (even if it now does), it was simply a place to hang my [...]

I am about to introduce you to someone who runs one of the best travel blogs today. VagabondJourney.com is the creation of 10 year travel veteran, father, and husband Wade Shepard. Vagabond Journey is a rarity in today’s world of flash travel blogging. It’s a mammoth resource of all things travel. What’s more, Wade’s writing is [...]

In travel blog ethics we looked at some of the who’s and how’s. Now lets take a look at the outcomes of how ignoring travel blog ethics can affect & destroy lives. The following are 3 brief real life situations in order of severity: (names changed) 3. (Asia)“A group of friends were teaching English for a year. “Jen” wrote [...]

Do you Travel Blog Ethically? Do you even care? The debate over travel blogging vs journalism vs travel writing is an old one. I think it’s fair to say old media, whether it likes it or not, is merging with new media. But, are we returning the consideration? The Global Merge: Travel writers & journalists nearly all run [...]

Back in the day When I was about to embark on this journey, to travel the world in search of home, I knew that I needed some form of “Ultimate” guide. Let’s not forget this was over 5 years ago. Google Maps was only in development then, Lonely Planet was just releasing PDF’s and there [...]

My flight from Shanghai to Manila had been obscured by the fact that I had just finished my overland journey. Now that I was traveling again within The Philippines to Puerto Princesa, Palawan I remembered why I hated airline security. What’s more was the fact that it has become worse over the past 4 years. [...]