// February 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // Other Stuff
Lonely Planet invites you to join Travellers’ Pulse Panel!
“Our panel is a discussion forum where we engage travellers and listen to what you have to say about travel – where to go, how to plan, and other creative travel ideas. We’ve always got interesting topics up for you to comment on, like our current survey on what you’re looking for when you take a trip to a theme park. (more…)
// January 12th, 2010 // 5 Comments » // Other Stuff, Travel Tips
We have travelled in South East Asia extensively and what we’ve always found is that guidebooks just don’t give you the full low down on accommodation and guest houses. They have a massive task to review all the guest houses in any one one place and the best they can offer is a quick sentence about how clean a place is or what the facilities are like… As a backpacker I wanted personal recommendations but that wasn’t always possible when I’d just been dropped in the middle of nowhere and everyone has their face in a guidebook.
So here is my list of the best budget guest houses in South East Asia… (more…)
// January 8th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Other Stuff
Looking for a little travel inspiration, need something for your virtual coffee table, got one of those new ebook reader??? Then this is right up your street!
Since April 2008 we’ve been wandering the globe and along the way we’ve been taking snappy snaps of everything, everyone and everywhere…
We’ve put together an ebook of our 25 favourite travel pictures as taken by us, it’s completely free and probably the best book in the world ever – all you have to do to get one is subscribe to our updates by email… You get the latest from us straight up your inbox AND a lovely ebook to read…
// December 8th, 2009 // 6 Comments » // Other Stuff
Over the last few days I’ve been playing around with Mobypicture.com and more precisely their Geo-tagged picture map feature. I’ve found a way to have a map embedded on any blog that automatically centres on the last picture uploaded. What’s more it’s all done from a mobile phone… Perfect for any Travel Blog…
Other features include:
Have a look at our Geo-Tagged Picture map. (might still have issues with Internet explorer, that’s not the map, it’s my limited code knowledge).
Here’s How to do it:
I’d love to know your thoughts and feedback or if you have a better way of doing it… Whatever leave a comment below or get in touch.
I know Geo-tagging isn’t a new thing but this is the best system I’ve found. What makes it great is it’s a free service, it looks much more elegant and easier to use than a simple Google map and it auto focuses on the most recent picture upload so site viewers don’t need to search through a mess of blue pins.
I’ve tried out Google and Flickr maps but this one knocks spots off them both in my eyes.
Last but no least… Next week we have been kindly invited on a blogging trip to Catalonia (Catalunya) in Spain for 3 nights. Information has been kept to a bare minimum except that we fly to Barcelona, should expect a spot of adventure and bring comfy shoes… What’s more it’s also my first trip to Europe (I know the UK is in fact in Europe, but I mean I’ve not been outside the UK… Inside Europe). Hopefully we’ll be able to microblog on Facebook and Twitter during the day while were out and about. If it has any holes they will show themselves then and if not then it will be a great addition to our blog. So keep your eyes peeled and see how we get on.
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// July 9th, 2009 // 4 Comments » // Other Stuff
I’ve been keeping up with a few travel blogger friends and this morning I read a post from one of them asking for help to get him to the Antarctic… Now that’s an amazing thing and Gary Arndt from www.everything-everywhere.com is a fitting fellow for the task, all you have to do is register at Quark expeditions and cast a vote his way visit Gery’s page on the Quark Expedition contest site. You can read more about it on his blog HERE…
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