TheLostGlobe

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When Nomad4Ever did this I thought about doing it myself but I don’t much like copying people, now that I’ve been tagged though by Dave at GoBackpacking (Which is a great blog I don’t think I’ve mentioned yet) I have an excuse, so here goes.
1. Documenting my travel expeiences
Travel isn’t just about seeing new countries, you can also see your own, my home [...]

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Here is a site I found some time ago and I was reminded of the other day by a similar post on another travel blog.
Views of the Earth provides high resolution renderings of continents, mountain ranges and other interesting features of the earth and they make for great [tag]desktop[/tag] [tag]wallpaper[/tag]s. But the godfather on the site is the 5 [...]

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There a couple of Travel Expos on this weekend, I’ll be off to the Flight Centre Travel Expo at the Wrest Point Casino in Hobart on Sunday 25th Feb 10-4. More Info and other locations here… Flight Centre Travel Expo
My GF will be in Melbourne so I will try to convince her to go the the Adventure Travel and Backpackers Expo at the Royal Exhibition Building on the 23rd - 25th Feb 10-4. More info for Melbourne [...]

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The following is supposedly a true story relating to an actual guide and his response to questions.
Swiss mountain guides who always do the same trails can get tired answering the same questions over and over. One time an English tourist was giving his guide an especially hard time with silly questions. They were walking through [...]

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I found this site yesterday that has some basic information saving money for traveling, it even has a calculator to help you guage how much you need to save for a period of time in a certain destination, I think it over estimates by a bit though, depends on your travel style mostly. Also check [...]

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I’ve got a couple of favourite new blogs and I reckon if you follow the they’ll make your life better, first up and an excellent recent entry by a contributer, Nomad4ever, ever wanted to know the details on traveling, especially in South East Asia? There is much for you to learn here, this is a truely inspiring blog about travel and making the [...]

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My tent shoul arrive today or tomorrow, depends if USPS guaranteed delivery date is US or AU date.
I’ve just posted links but I have to post this one.
http://www.notesfromtheroad.com/
A really great travelogue type site, it’s more like reading a National Geographic and the photography is up to that standard too. I wonder if he actually does [...]

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I was having a bit of a search around the other day looking for worthwhile sites, heres a few that I think are pretty appropriate here.
OZHiker
There is a really good diary of his hiking in [tag]Tasmania[/tag] here, it’s old and unattractive but with pics and entries like this, it’s definately not short on inspiration. Those [...]

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If you have a webite you may have already heard of [tag]Sitescore[/tag], I found it yesterday. I got a 6.1 so there are a few things I can improve but some will just take time, like getting linked on other sites. I tested their own website too and they got an 8.5, I don’t [...]

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