~ Early Web Links ~

Wiltron's personal blog chronicles a group trip through the High Tatras mountains of Poland, with vivid photo documentation of trails, mountain shelters, and snowy peaks around Zakopane. The writing is warm and observational, blending travel narrative with personal reflections on friendship and adventure.

Ivan Henares has been chronicling his travels across dozens of countries since 2005, with detailed trip reports, island-hopping guides, and cultural heritage coverage spanning the Philippines and beyond. Celebrating 20 years of travel writing, the blog is especially rich in Philippine destinations and UNESCO World Heritage sites, making it a go-to resource for heritage-focused travelers.

Bernhard Heiser's Asiaphoto chronicles backpacking adventures across Southeast Asia and South Asia, covering Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Indonesia, and India with detailed travelogues, travel tips, and extensive photo galleries. The site has been running since 2000 and offers both practical travel information and vivid photographic documentation of destinations like Phuket, Bangkok, Mandalay, and Rajasthan.

Drifting Clouds is the travel blog of Jani Patokal, featuring detailed trip reports and cultural comparisons from across Asia and beyond. This post offers a fascinating side-by-side comparison of Xiamen in mainland China and Taipei in Taiwan, written from the perspective of a seasoned traveler with Japanese and Chinese language experience.

DFR is a personal lifestream and blog by a New Zealand-based writer who documents adventures in his Jeep, international travels with a well-worn £18 backpack, and major life milestones like a new baby and a new home. Posts mix outdoor excursions through sand dunes and bush tracks with reflective personal writing, making it an engaging slice-of-life journal from Aotearoa.

Perceptive Travel is an online literary travel magazine edited by Tim Leffel, featuring long-form narrative stories from published book authors venturing to destinations across the globe. Each monthly issue is themed around a place or experience, with a deep archive of hundreds of travel stories dating back to the mid-2000s plus an ongoing blog covering unusual and offbeat destinations.

Chuck and Barb Shipley have chronicled their remarkable journey from liveaboard sailors on a Kadey-Krogen 48 trawler to full-time RV travelers, documenting destinations across the Caribbean, Europe, and the American West since 2005. With hundreds of posts organized by location spanning everywhere from Bonaire and the British Virgin Islands to Norway, Spain, and Italy, this is a richly detailed travel log that captures over a decade of adventurous living.

ReiseSpuren is a German-language travel site featuring photo galleries, blog posts, and travel reports spanning 16 countries across 4 continents. Visitors can explore world travel photography and firsthand trip accounts from a globetrotting duo who document their adventures from destinations around the globe.

Adrian Warren's Technical Travel FAQ is a comprehensive reference guide covering the practical challenges of international travel, from navigating electricity and DVD standards across countries to choosing cameras, lenses, and gadgets for the road. The alphabetical index spans dozens of topics including mobile phone standards, film safety, spyware removal, and online banking, making it a remarkably thorough resource for the tech-conscious traveler.

Camp Wireless, built by Koos van den Hout, is a directory of campsites across Europe and North America that offer wireless Internet access, making it easy for connected campers to plan trips without going offline. The site includes articles, links, GPS waypoints, and Google Earth integration to help visitors locate and evaluate Wi-Fi-friendly camping spots.