My Seven Links: Delving into the Archives
Ive been asked to participate in a new blogging initiative by Tripbase (link), created to help bloggers unearth some old content.
The kind of annoying thing about blogging is that I pour my heart and soul into a post, and then after a week or so of attention it slips into the archives where only a random searcher or really devoted reader of my backlog might see it. I often try to tweet links to my old materials so that people can catch old pieces they might not have seen before. Even so, if you are a newish reader here there is probably a ton of buried stuff youve never seen.
So here are 7 posts that deserve to see daylight one more time:
It is probably because it was my last excursion before my camera fried itself, but I am partial to this photo essay about life on the waterways of South Vietnam. It was such a beautiful area full of fascinating and welcoming people and I think their spirit really comes across in the photos.
Readers totally bashed me for saying that Paris has no appeal to me and for calling Parisians rude. You know what? They were right; Ive not been so I cant really make those kinds of judgements. But I definitely touched a nerve with some Paris lovers out there. Funnily enough, after seeing Woody Allens Midnight in Paris, Im now dying to go!
This is cheating a little bit since its not just one post but a series of monthly posts I did while saving money for travel. I managed to save 12K in 9 months, and here I explain how.
Going purely off of traffic, this is the most popular post on my site. Not only was it featured on the front page of Lonely Planet, it is often linked to by other Slovenian websites. Of course I dont speak Slovenian so I have no idea WHY they are sending me so much traffic, but Ill take it.
This was one of the very first posts I ever wrote, back when I had an audience of maybe a dozen people, but its always been one of my favorites because it so clearly captures my feelings about traveling while young.
I try to keep it light and fun on this blog, but many of my favorite posts are my most serious. Before I visited Laos I had no idea about the serious violence America inflicted on this country, the repercussions of which are still being felt today. When I wrote these two posts I discovered many others didnt know about this either, so I was really happy that I could shed some light on the problem.
Mike at Art of Backpacking
Dave from Go Backpacking
Christine from Cest Christine
Matt from Backpacking Matt
Gary from Everything Everywhere
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