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triton’s friend met some bedbugs in New York and brought them home with him.
The beef between Ecuador and Peru isn’t so bad and Zuri agrees that the Galapagos Islands are “must” sees in the region.
At the end of every month I’ll be posting my favorite comments. There are several new commenters on the list this month and several more not on the list from September. Thank you - I enjoy what comments bring to each post and how they foster lively discussions.
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Travel blogs are a great way to keep in touch with family and friends, post pictures, and meet other vagabonds as you wander around the world. A travel blog can also be a way to generate a few bucks towards your next trip. The amount you can generate varies, but without the best tools to use you won’t be making more than a few dollars a month.
While in most cases you won’t be leaving your job or paying your plane tickets, here’s how to use your travel blog to help finance a few meals and small portion of your simple travel budget.
1. Content - Let me start by saying that “content is king”; the better and more frequently you write, the more people that will be attracted to your blog increasing your advertising revenues. On the flip-side, if you’re only writing a travel blog for money and forget about the travel writing itself, you’re likely to turn away your audience.
2. Google Adsense- Arguably the first place to begin is this free service that generates ads on your blog based on the content of a particular page. Every time someone clicks on one of the ads, you’ll get paid and Google passes along the money directly to your bank account each $100 you earn.
Some Tips:
Blend the ads by matching their background and font colors with your website.
Put them in places that don’t distract from your content.
Don’t write asking people to click on the ads, Google may suspend your account.
Any trip to Delhi for the first time isn’t complete without a stop at one of the seven wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal. To get there though you’ll need to travel to Agra, a city approximately 203km (123 miles) south of Delhi.
The road to Agra lead me to the highlight of my travel plans to Delhi, India. It seems as though everyone who visits the Taj Mahal has similar pictures and I’m not bringing much new to the table with mine.
Don’t let that discourage you however, the Taj Mahal was one of the most spectacular sights I’ve ever seen. Follow the jump to see a few more Taj Mahal pictures as well from the city of Agra itself.
My post on Chandni Chowk made its way into the Family Travel Logue’s Carnival of Cities yesterday. The carnival highlights posts from a variety of travel blogs writing about a specific aspect of given city. Although all of the entries were enjoyable, here are some of my favorite ones.
There are many Google Maps mashups (customizations) that can help you get a feel for you next trip. Begin your travel planning with street views, videos, and 360 looks around using the follow Google Maps mashups for travelers
Virtual Video Map- A world map with markers dotted all over the planet with a video from each location.
Satellite-Sightseer- Ariel views from Google maps of many interesting places around the world, including Bill Gate’s house, the Grand Canyon, and the Pyramids at Giza.
Virtual Tourism- Not the most intuitive website, but if you click around you’ll discover travel videos, and specialized Google Maps of music events, festivals, sporting events.
Often when making travel plans, backpackers especially, tend to select highly contrasting locales and miss out on subtle regional differences. You can easily add to the number of countries you’ve visited for a low price by traveling to national rivals over water.
Sweden - Norway (or Denmark and maybe Finland) - Who would have thought the friendly Swedes and Norwegians would be publishing joke books about each other as Erica tells us. Scandinavians enjoy high standards of living as well as strong currencies, not so good if you’re traveling on a weak dollar.
Save yourself on hotel and food expenditures by taking one of the many two-night cruises from Stockholm to Oslo, Copenhagen, or Helsinki which will cost you around $300. You can get a window cabin, all-you-can-eat buffets (at additional cost), and see another city without having to pay a full night’s hotel rate.
Remember to keep all of your receipts since you may be able to reclaim your taxes at the airport.
Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) - Peru - Hop a flight down to Lima and make your way to the Peruvian coast for a tour of the Galapagos Islands. Not the cheapest option, but these packages usually run you around $3,000 for 2 weeks; equivalent to the same amount of time in London or Rome. Again, usually food and lodging are covered in the price.
Any trip to Delhi for the first time isn’t complete without a stop at one of the seven wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal. To get there though you’ll need to travel to Agra, a city approximately 203km (123 miles) south of Delhi. You can get there by plane, train, or as I did, car. The road to Agra is an interesting one and you’ll see monkeys, ‘hookers’, and a lot of Indian countryside and towns during the 4 hour trek.
Car isn’t the only way to get to Agra, so is on top of a lorry.
Aside from visiting the homepage foxnomad.com everyday, there are a number of convenient ways to read the latest posts from this site. I’d like to take time today to introduce you to some of them.
RSS
RSS stands for ‘really simple syndication’ and makes it easy for you to read the latest content from all of your favorite websites in one place. Instead of ‘bookmarking’ your favorite websites like in the old days, free services like Google Reader subscribe you to news feeds. You just have to click on the RSS logo of any website to get updates in your RSS reader (like Google Reader).
Standard RSS logo: The foXnoMad RSS logo is the chubby little orange guy on the right reading the newspaper. Click him and you’ll get updates of the latest posts in your RSS reader.
Still confused? Video Jug has a a great explanation, in plain English.
Email Updates
Those of you with more traditional tastes, can sign up for email updates using the form below. You’ll get a daily email of each new post and you won’t have to leave your inbox to read it or see the pictures. I update foXnoMad 5-6 days per week and will never distribute your email to anyone else, use it for anything else, or spam you with anything else. All you get is 5 updates per week of each new post.
I’ve updated the About Page. It had been over a year and I thought it needed a refresh. You’ll now find more information about me, Anil, why I created foXnoMad, and a number of ways you can keep updated with the site.
I had been hiding in the shadows a bit and want to be more accessible to all of you. Let me know what you think about the new About Page.
Have anymore questions about me? Feel free to ask me in the comments below.
In case you don’t get a chance to follow the latest comments in the sidebar, or read through a viewer, here are some of the best comments of the month.
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Travel blogs are a great way to keep in touch with family and friends, post pictures, and meet other vagabonds as you wander around the world. A travel blog can also be a way to generate a few bucks towards your next trip. The amount you can generate varies, but without the best tools to use you won’t be making more than a few dollars a month.
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There are many Google Maps mashups (customizations) that can help you get a feel for you next trip. Begin your 
Often when making travel plans, backpackers especially, tend to select highly contrasting locales and miss out on subtle regional differences. You can easily add to the number of countries you’ve visited for a low price by traveling to national rivals over water.
I’ve updated the