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Lucky for us, Travel Bloggers more than happy to tell us where they are. Here are a few new-to-me travel blogs that beg to be shared.
Via Backpackers, here's Anna's Adventures Abroad.Anna last blogged from the Margaret River wine country in Australia. Looks like she's going to stay put for a bit as she's landed a job and rented a room in a shared house.If you've always fantasized about packing it in and moving Down Unda, you might enjoy reading her blog - she's living the dream.
In order for me to get around Margaret River I have bought myself a mean machine bike - complete with 10-year old boy style helmet with a skull on the top of it! I managed to pick it up for 20 dollars - a bargin! I certainly am getting some stares as I ride around town - although I do seem to know most of the people here already it seems!
Via Fly Away, I found Wal-Marting Across America. Lara and Jim are taking advantage of Wal-Mart's policy of letting RVers stay overnight for free in their parking lots - and blogging their adventures. They're writing about Wal-Mart staffers and shoppers too. Oh, and Wally 1 is the name of their RV. I'll admit to anti Wal-Mart politics, but their focus on the retail giant makes for interesting travelblogging.
A little after midnight Wally 1 exited I-540 for a laundry stop and Internet connection. Within minutes of stopping we heard a knock at the door and opened it to find Pamela Hansel from Denton, Texas and her sister, Debbie from Oregon. The sisters are en route to their mother’s home in Bentonville, Arkansas. Intrigued by Wally’s outside message (see the Winslow, Arizona page – Wally 1 Grazing with the Herd), Pamela stopped by to share her Sam Walton story. In the 1970s her father, Kyle Craig, introduced her to Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. She remembers Sam fondly because of his down home nature and obvious caring about the people around him. An impromptu stop for Wally 1, another story told.
Up in Alaska, Northern Girl has been covering some turf. As a camper with an - I think - rational fear of bears, her photos of grizzlies in Denali made my heart skip a beat.
No sooner had we did so when a mother and two cubs came lumbering by. Anxious I began to ask everyone if I could roll down my window for a picture. Only to be met with echoes of “no†permeating from the car. Pfth on them. Finally I couldn’t stand it anymore and had to roll down the window and lean out. And in doing so I was awarded with a photo of one of the cubs digging up roots nearly a few feet away from my car. I only should have rolled down the window sooner.
Finally, though her trip has come to an end, her blog is new to me. I'm crusing through Jessica's South American Wonders to read about a continent that's on my list of places to go. Here's an excerpt from her post about attending carnival back in February.
Equally baffling was the fact that woman of all ages took part in the tantallizing tease. This included little girls of no more than 3 sporting barely-there outfits attempting to mimic the movements of a lap dancer. I looked on in disbelief, perplexed that parents would let their young girls be oggled by hundreds of men like that. After the shock wore off, I became an observer in awe of a tradition full of life that seemed to embrace women and their bodies. I went back for the next two nights to take in more of the sights and sounds, butts and all.
Where's your travel blog going these days?
Pam blogs about travel and other adventures at Nerd's Eye VIew.
