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Round the World Travel with Books
The following article is a guest post from Suzi at Packabook.com. If you would like to have your travel-related article, journal or review appear on the AirTreks travel blog click here.
Can there be anything more exciting than the idea of setting off on a Round the World journey – or even a Part of the World journey?
You are just filled with the anticipation of all the amazing places you will see, and fascinating people you will meet. You can’t wait to get that rucksack packed, to buy your travel towel and pegless washing line, to get some money in an exotic currency….
But the problem is – while your trip is booked – it might still be MONTHS before you are actually on the road.
So – what to do in the meantime?
If you’re like us, you can’t get enough of the travel blog universe. And what a big universe it is. So big in fact you may have a hard time wrapping your mind around it, discovering what’s out there and which ones will serve your interests best.
Well fortunately TravelBlogSites.com finds them for you.
Their short bios summarize them to help you find out who’s doing what research for you every day.
They also have a ranked list (below) to see just which are the most popular (aka, better). The list is ranked in order of popularity using metrics data from Alexa and Compete and is updated weekly.
Travel Blog Sites is brought to you by Travel Pod, the web’s premier travel blogging service and lists the 100 most popular travel blogs out there, so get yourself a snack and your bifocals. You’re gonna be here awhile.
Enjoy!
Image credit: mason bryant
Ah, the 21st century. It doesn’t seem possible we made it through the stone ages of the nineties without the online conveniences we currently have. But we did, and now here’s a list of great travel tools for the modern international traveler.
Make your traveling life a little easier and bookmark these 10 essential websites:
Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity by Sam Miller
For all its problems, 2009 was a great year for readers who love to travel. Dozens of new books hit the shelves over the last 12 months practically tailor-made for the explorer inside of us. Rory MacLean at the Guardian UK has taken it upon himself to assemble a list of books that should be on every nightstand of those who have luggage in their closets or backpacks in the hall – of those who appreciate the art of travel. Take a look at his list and think about these for your inner armchair-traveler.
While we can look back on stressful traveling moments and laugh, there’s no reason why we should have to. With a little preparation and lot of foresight we can have the stress-free trip we deserve.
Here are my best 15 suggestions for the trip of a lifetime without problems:
Over the past few weeks I’ve been hell-bent on compiling lists of webpages and sites to help my readers sort out the dearth of travel info on the “Internets”. I do it because I’m aware of the heart palpitations that random online travel searches can cause. The goal was to reduce their 
frequency and to help you see the trees for the forest. Anyone who’s been planning their around the world adventure probably knows exactly what I’m talking about.
Anyone using the Web to plan a big trip is probably well-acquainted with the onslaught of information there. Sites can range anywhere from expert to asinine to downright sleazy and will quickly emerge in any random web search. For the most part it’s tricky to tell which are road-tested true and which simply unworthy of your time. 
Because the information deluge is rapid and inescapable, I’ve put together a list of good reads that can help. Below is a grab-bag of articles for desktop travelers suffering from clicker’s fatigue. As a follow-up to my Online Minefield post of a couple months ago, here’s another list of 10 helpful and/or interesting reads for people departing, planning, or simply daydreaming about travel over this holiday season.
Forage on, Internet faithful…
In my ongoing pursuit to find travel-related goodies on this here Internets, I came across a very interesting new site. Public Earth has dropped onto the scene recently, available to outside viewers (in beta) only less than a month ago. Though they’ve recently opened for visitors, they’ve been quietly assembling content so that they could have an extensive destination list ready for their unveiling.
Planning a big around the world trip is never easy. When you’re putting together something that digs so deep into your savings and includes places you’ve wanted to visit since time immemorial, the whole process can seem a bit overwhelming. You might as well be battling the Mongol hordes.
So where do you start?
While AirTreks may be in the business of expertly assembling your complicated multi-stop trip, we normally reserve the “where to go” decision-making for our clients, letting them choose where their fancy takes them. With so many amazing places in the world and the many different kinds of people out there, it’s tough for a travel consultant to decide your route. We might suggest overland routes or stopover opportunities but the meat of your decisions are typically left up to the you, the traveling public!
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