STA travelbuzz’s Travel Blog Hall of Fame: Chadams World Travel Blog
I’m a bit of a magpie, easily impressed by pretty glittery things, and many of the travel blogs I nominate for our Hall of Fame are visually very slick. However, Chadams World Travel Blog, Chris Adam’s record of work and play round the world, shows what excellence you can achieve with the plainest Blogger template.
Blogging since 2006, Chris’ posts are rich on content, simple on design. Currently touring the Balkans, his writing is particaulrly good on political and social history; from sampling the delights of Europe’s little-known Cultural Capital for 2010, Pecs in Hungary, to exploring ancient Roman palaces in Croatia, this is inspiring, insightful stuff.
And Chris doesn’t neglect multimedia content. In fact, his method of keeping it all about the text on the main blog but then publishing his photos and videos on other sites means he has a great presence across social media so that others can find his content in a number of places. Hence his YouTube travel videos, his Picasa photo albums, his Google Docs ranking of favourite countries and his Trip Advisor map, all linked to his blog but kept separate.
It’s obviously working - he’s already had his India and China blog made into a book. Look and learn, my friends, look and learn.
