Fri 21 Nov 2008
This is the third of seven entries in the Inspire Me Africa Photo Contest. Check out entries #1 and #2 and vote for your favorites on Monday December 1, 2008.
“Jewelry.”
Submitted by: Jessica
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This is the second of seven entries in the Inspire Me Africa Photo Contest. Check out entry #1 and vote for your favorites on Monday December 1, 2008.
“While in Egypt this past winter, a Bedouin villager offered to take my family and I on a quick cruise in the Nile on his self made wooden boat.”
Submitted by: Noura
Thu 20 Nov 2008
This is the first of seven entries in the Inspire Me Africa Photo Contest. Vote for your favorites on Monday December 1, 2008.
“Photos from Kenya.”
Submitted by: Mara
Wed 19 Nov 2008
Pazzo Ristorante in Springfield, Massachussets
Posted by Anil P. under Food , NEW IMAGES! , Travel JournalLeave a Comment
Although I missed the Basketball Hall of Fame, I was able to eat at Pazzo’s Ristorante, right outside. This photo is about as fuzzy as my quick tour through Massachusetts.
Tue 18 Nov 2008
What Are The Most Important Travel Related Issues For Obama? [POLL RESULTS]
Posted by Anil P. under Polls[2] Comments
On election day in the US two weeks ago I ran a poll asking what are the most important travel related issues for the next president?
It looks like the environment is a priority for many of you as well easing visa restrictions.
What's The Most Important Travel Related Issue For The Next US President? (Pick up to 3)
- Reducing the enviornmental impact of traveling (67%, 4 Votes)
- Easing visa restrictions (50%, 3 Votes)
- Passenger Bill of Rights (33%, 2 Votes)
- Airline maintenance outsourcing (33%, 2 Votes)
- Lowering gas prices (33%, 2 Votes)
- Improving public transportation (33%, 2 Votes)
- Funding for rail infrastructure (17%, 1 Votes)
- Promoting travel and inbound tourism (17%, 1 Votes)
- Modernizing air traffic control (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 6
Loading ...Since the poll ran Obama was elected president, so let me ask you these two questions:
- How can the Obama administration reduce the environmental impact of traveling?
- What steps should be taken to ease visa restrictions to the US without jeopardizing security?
Please feel free to leave your ideas, thoughts, and comments to foster a little discussion. I’ll add my ideas and tackle the issue sometime in December.
Mon 17 Nov 2008
Hadley Massachusetts in Black and White
Posted by Anil P. under NEW IMAGES! , Travel Journal[3] Comments
All of these photos of the small town (population around 4,700) were originally taken in color.
Fri 14 Nov 2008
Entering Hadley, Massachusetts
Posted by Anil P. under NEW IMAGES! , New State Blog Location[2] Comments
I pulled into Hadley, Massachussetts today on a foggy cool morning.
I took a number of interesting pictures in the seemingly tiny and almost 500 year old city. I’ll post the entire album from Hadley on Monday.
Thu 13 Nov 2008
Quick Things To Post On Your Travel Blog When You’re Traveling Too Much To Write
Posted by Anil P. under Advice , Tech[4] Comments
Maintaining a travel blog requires experience traveling, making it difficult at times to keep writing new posts when you’re on the move. Yesterday I suddenly realized my December travel schedule is looking more hectic as I hop all over the US and in Asia. Balancing traveling with writing is a dilemma all travel writers and bloggers face from time to time.
Luckily there are a number of quick ways to post quick, good material, in advance, without jeopardizing your schedule.
Pictures You’ve Taken
The easy way out is to post some travel photos you find online or from other blogs. However it’s much more interesting for your readers to see photos that you’ve personally taken (here are mine) - even if you don’t feel they’re ‘good enough’.
- The pictures and posts that I don’t feel are ‘good enough’ are usually the ones that generate the most feedback. Don’t fret too much and hit “publish”!
- Include yourself in some of the pictures since most of the travel photos you post are likely to be of other people.
Chop It Down
Almost any written post can be cut down, even ones as short as 200 words. Make a short series of a post that you would normally run on one day. You can even incorporate pictures into the flow and potentially turn one regular post into a week’s worth when your traveling.
Wed 12 Nov 2008
6 Days Left To Enter Inspire Me Africa Photo Contest
Posted by Anil P. under ContestsLeave a Comment
People have begun sending me their inspiring photos from Africa and of African culture from all over the world. The number of entries is great so far, but I’d like to turn it up in the last few days.
Remember, the pictures don’t necessarily have to be from Africa, they can be examples of African culture (including food) from all over the world.
Send me your best pictures to foxnomad@foxnomad.com before next Tuesday, November 12, 2008 with ‘photo contest’ in the subject line.
There are 5 prizes being offered for the Inspire Me Africa Photo Contest including a Casio Exilim digital camera and $75 cash. For full details check out my original post announcing the contest.
Wed 12 Nov 2008
All travelers have that inner list of secret places we’d really like to adventure to. These places are rugged, isolated, nobody knows about them and they are cheap. That is, until one day we hear about them on the nightly news or find out a buddy has already been there.
Now, that place isn’t so cheap anymore, everyone and their mother’s been there, and it’s about as rugged as Monaco. I’m not going to try and teach you how not to procrastinate and get to your secret cheap places - since I can’t do it myself - but there are some warning signs that you should look out for and watch as they progress. As soon as you see them, hop on the next flight out otherwise you’ll have missed out on your cheap destination.
The Stages of Losing The Cheap Destination
- The Neighbors Are Getting Expensive - As Thailand gets pricey it makes Cambodia and good alternative. A good alternative until it gets popular enough to become expensive itself. Having neighbors with booming tourism industries is a good indicator that travel will increase in a given region, which ultimately raises prices.
- Government Freedoms - Russia, China, and Egypt all have booming tourism industries fostered in part by the opening up of their governments. I’m not saying these are the most democratic nations in the world, but that they’ve freed their systems enough to encourage travel and not make people scared to go there.
- The Big Screen - Countries usually show up in action movies when they’ve got a bad reputation, then in historical pieces as they modernize, and once its in a chick flick as an exotic destination it’ll soon be overrun with tourists.
