Travel Blogs: Rather than send long e-mails updating everyone on your trip, why not set up a blog? On-line web logs permit you to write about your travels, post photos and videos. You can post links to other web sites that provide more information as well as include maps so that you can indicate where you’ve been.

There are many sites that allow you to blog for free although many are attached to a product such as TravelPost which is now owned by Kayak. This is the blog we used for our 26-month ‘round the world trip (DJ-RTW on TravelPost).

There are so many travel blogs that networks of these have been formed such as travelblogeXchange. These are great to surf for ideas on how to set up your own blog.

E-Mailing:
You’ll find Internet cafés almost everywhere you go, especially in poorer countries where there are fewer computers in the homes. Unless you are a writer and need to have your laptop available at all times – like I do – you probably shouldn’t bring it with you. Carrying anything valuable (computer, camera, I-Pod, etc.) makes you more vulnerable to theft and may not be worth the risk. Leave all of the expensive electronics at home and relax as you travel.

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