Travel Goals

1. Climb to Everest Base Camp.
2. Climb Mt Kilimanjaro.
3. Learn to Scuba Dive.
4. Visit every continent.
5. See the Galapagos Islands.
6. Sail down the Amazon River.
7. Climb Ayer's Rock.
8. Ride the Trans-Siberian.
9. Go into space.
10. Go wild at La Tomintina.
11. See the sunrise from Mt. Fuji.
12. Gaze at Borobudor.
13. Visit the Pyramids
14. Safari in East Africa.
15. Go to the World Cup!
16. See Machu Picchu.
17. Join the Century Club.
18. Visit Antarctica.
19. Do development work.
20. See Petra Jordan.
21. Backpack the Eastern Block.
22. See the Northern Lights.
23. Vegas Baby! Vegas!
24. Greek Island hop.
25. Cycle Tuscany.
26. Visit India.
27. Lounge in the Seychelles.
28. See Morocco.
29. Oktoberfest!
30. Caravan across the Sahara.
31. Visit Tibet.
32. Fly first class.
33. Go to Israel.
34. Carnival!!!!
35. Mardi Gras!
36. Cannes Film Festival.
37. Sundance Film Festival.
38. Eat a sushi meal at NOBU
39. Pacific Island hop.
40. Spend a night in the Ice Hotel.
41. See Glacier National Park.

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Are you planning to travel around Europe? Why not learn Italian or French before you go to maximize your experience.

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Discovering the blogosphere has been an interesting journey. As I said before, I’ve met lots of great people who have helped me tremendously. Bloggers like recognition. We like to know that somewhere, someone is reading our stuff. We want to know that our hard work, our labor, is entertaining at least one other person- that it’s not in vain.

So today, on this Friday, I’d thought I’d highlight some of my favorite travel blogs and give them the recognition they deserve. I already spotlight a few in my links section, but here are a few more. 

These are great blogs for travel advice and heart warming stories. Leave comments, stumble them, or subscribe to their feeds. (This is also how you can support me! I’d love to see more people reading on the bench!)

Here’s 10 of the many I read on a regular basis:

Almost Fearless- Christine is a fellow Bostonian who is giving up corporate consulting and moving to Barcelona to pursue her dream of writing.

Parisian Spring- An American graduate student exploring all that is French.

Mom says I’m running away- Explorers on a journey through South America, with amazing photos.

Killing Batteries- The blog of Lonely Planet author, Leif Pettersen.

My Marrakesh- A family in Morocco deals with cultural differences and running their own guest house.

Not A Ballerina- Fellow Vagabondish writer and Perth resident, Amanda Kendle shares her travel experiences.

Asian Ramblings- Fellow writer Steve P. shares his stories from China.

Travel Philippines- All the information you’ll ever need on the Philippines.

Globe Stompers- A couple gave up the rat race to tour the world for a year. They are currently in New Zealand.

The Wide Wide World- In July, this family is going to travel the whole world together. I can only imagine how great of an experience this would be, especially for their children.

I’ll periodically highlight a number of travel blogs I like. This is just the first wave. Read and enjoy. Leave a comment. Subscribe. Show you are there. Show me you are here by doing the same.

Because, like them, I hope that somewhere out there, there’s someone…just someone…is reading this.

6 Responses to “Carnival of Blogs”

1. hester on May 25th, 2008 9:52 am

   Hi Matt,

   Just a comment to let you know that I enjoy reading your weblog. A while ago I stummbled up on it, when looking for travelblogs.
   Groetjes from the Netherlands!

2. Helen\'s Travel Corner on May 26th, 2008 2:12 am

   Love this posting! Great to see fellow bloggers doing shout outs! We’ll have to get together soon and share travel and blog stories! And you’re officially linked from my site

3. christine gilbert on May 26th, 2008 9:29 pm

   Hey Matt, thanks for listing me, and everyone else. I just added a bunch of new blogs to my RSS. Yay!

4. Tanya on May 27th, 2008 7:58 am

   Hey Matt,
   My grandma tells me she found your website through a comment on my blog, loved the monkey video, and got some good advice from you about air travel. So thanks for making grandma happy And me too, thanks for the mention!

5. Stevo on June 6th, 2008 10:58 pm

   Thanks for the nod, Matt. I’ll check out your recommendations.

6. Carnival of Blogs #3 : Nomadic Matt’s Travel Site on June 20th, 2008 2:53 pm

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