2026-07-07 Luxagraf – thoughts on ecology, culture, travel, photography, walking and other ephemera Scott Gilbertson chronicles the full-time nomadic life of a family of five living in a vintage 1969 Dodge Travco motorhome, weaving together travel journals, nature observations, and photography from across the United States. The site blends thoughtful personal essays with stunning location photography, covering everything from Minnesota waterfalls to Gulf Coast sunsets over seven years on the road.
2026-07-07 Mark Y. Goh Mark Y. Goh's tilde.town page chronicles over a decade of world travel, with photo journals from destinations like Vietnam, Turkey, Bali, and backcountry trails in Hawaii, California, and Idaho. Alongside the travel logs, he shares annual favorite music lists spanning 2011 to 2022 and links to his old music projects.
2026-07-07 Mikes Thoughts Mike's Thoughts is a personal blog chronicling everyday life in Cambodia and travels across Southeast Asia, Mexico, and the United States. Posts range from quiet daily observations to reflections on life abroad, making it an intimate window into expat wandering.
2026-07-07 Nellie E Saloon or The Desert Bar A firsthand visit guide to the Desert Bar (also known as the Nellie E Saloon) near Parker, Arizona, a quirky solar-powered off-grid bar built into a desert hillside. The page features 17 photos capturing the bar's eccentric horseshoe sculptures, a decorative church facade, and multi-level outdoor structures, along with practical tips on hours, cash-only policy, and seasonal closures.
2026-07-07 notworkrelated | Travel, photography & blog. Round the world adventure. Notworkrelated is a UK-based travel and photography blog chronicling a 14-month round-the-world adventure plus subsequent family trips to places like Lanzarote, Nice, the Inner Hebrides, and North Wales. The site blends travel narratives with photography, covering destinations across Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.
2026-07-07 Paul Kilfoil's World of Travel, Technology & Sport Paul Kilfoil's sprawling personal site documents travelogues from 50+ countries since 1987, complete with photos, trip reports to destinations like Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China, and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Beyond travel, Paul also shares blogs on science, politics, railways, and sports, plus a free downloadable software tool he built to track statistics for rugby, soccer, cricket, tennis, and Formula 1.
2026-07-07 Randomwire – Exploring Asia since 2003 Randomwire is a long-running travel blog focused on Asia, chronicling journeys through China, Japan, and beyond with an emphasis on place, memory, and slow observation. Posts cover everything from pilgrimages and stone carvings in Sichuan to architecture in Tokyo, offering a thoughtful and unhurried perspective on the continent.
2026-07-07 reiseSpuren 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.
2026-07-07 Round the world backpacking travel advice - Country reviews Travel Independent Info is a comprehensive backpacking and independent travel guide covering countries across every continent, written by travelers for travelers with a focus on practical, budget-conscious advice. Visitors will find country summaries, packing lists, visa info, safety tips, immunization guidance, and route planning resources all in one ad-free site.
2026-07-07 Round-The-World Travel Guide A comprehensive guide to planning round-the-world trips, covering everything from choosing destinations and booking airlines to managing finances, health, safety, and communications while on the road. This extensively organized reference draws on tips from experienced long-term budget travelers and includes both online and printed resources for independent globetrotters.
2026-07-07 RV Goddess – My view from the passenger seat Terry Taylor chronicles life on the road in a motorhome from the passenger seat, sharing travel dispatches, golf outings, desert adventures, and recipes gathered along the way. With archives stretching back to 2008, this long-running blog offers a genuine slice of the full-time RV lifestyle across years of wandering.
2026-07-07 Sacred Sites and Religious Travel - Sacred Destinations Sacred Destinations is a comprehensive online travel guide covering sacred sites, religious buildings, pilgrimages, and holy places across every continent, organized by both region and religious tradition. Visitors can explore destinations ranging from Buddhist temples in Cambodia to standing stones in Ireland, with photos, historical context, and practical travel information for spiritual journeys worldwide.
2026-07-07 Share our Adventures Sailing Around the World Gord and Ginny Kerr document their nine-year sailing circumnavigation aboard Ascension, a Beneteau First 375, covering destinations from the South Pacific and Southeast Asia to the Red Sea, Mediterranean, and Caribbean. The site offers detailed cruising logs organized by region, a full route timeline, and the bittersweet story of how Hurricane Irma ended their voyage in the BVI in 2017.
2026-07-07 SilverRails.net Created in 1995 by Stephen Grande out of a love for rail travel, SilverRails.net serves as a hub connecting TrainWeb.com and a constellation of related ventures including rail travelogues, a railroad directory, and regional interests like wineries and travel resources. The site chronicles Stephen and Barbara Cepinko's journey from aerospace software engineers to builders of one of the largest railroad-related web presences on the internet.
2026-07-07 Spud's Travels - the home of the world's most traveled Potato Head Spud's Travels chronicles the globe-trotting adventures of a Mr. Potato Head toy over 25 years of worldwide journeys, documented with photos and stories. The site gained enough notoriety to be featured in National Geographic Traveler, United Airlines' Hemispheres magazine, NPR, and CBC Radio, making it a beloved quirky corner of the old web.
2026-07-07 The Best Travel Stories Online in 2026 - PerceptiveTravel.com 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.
2026-07-07 The Man in Seat 61 | The train travel guide The Man in Seat 61 is a comprehensive train travel guide covering rail routes across the UK, Europe, Asia, Africa, and beyond, with detailed advice on tickets, fares, passes, and booking tips. Created by Mark Smith, this award-winning site has won multiple Best Travel Website honors and is considered the definitive reference for anyone wanting to travel the world by train instead of flying.
2026-07-07 The Rambler The Rambler is Phil Schmidt's blog chronicling his retired life traveling the United States full-time in an RV, with posts spanning from 2022 to 2026. Phil's wide-ranging interests, from ham radio and solar power to hiking the Appalachian Trail and model sailplanes, give the site an adventurous, tinkerer spirit.
2026-07-07 The Two Captains - Home Captains Gwen Hamlin and Don Wilson have chronicled their full-time sailing adventures since 1999, covering a decade-long world cruise aboard their CSY 44 sloop Tackless II and now continuing aboard their St. Francis 44 catamaran Tackless Too. The site is packed with logbook entries organized by region, a reference shelf, chartering info, and practical cruising knowledge drawn from years of offshore sailing and Virgin Islands charter operations.
2026-07-07 The Ultimate Taxi - Evening Fun In Aspen Colorado - Aspen Nightlife Activity Jon Barnes operates the Ultimate Taxi, a one-of-a-kind 45-minute entertainment experience in Aspen, Colorado combining a live concert, magic show, 3D laser light show, and virtual reality inside a classic yellow Checker Cab. The site showcases photos of famous passengers, press coverage, and reservation details for what bills itself as the only recording studio, nightclub, and planetarium on wheels in the world.
2026-07-07 The World Is Not Flat (TwinF) | Our Travels, Your Experiences Lee and Sachi LeFever chronicle their year-long trip around the world in 2006, sharing dispatches, photos, videos, and practical tips from destinations across Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, and beyond. The site includes a global map for browsing by location, member travel experiences from other adventurers, and candid advice about budget travel, gear, and staying connected abroad.
2026-07-07 TheTravelzine.com Non-Commercial Travelogues Don and Linda Freedman have compiled decades of personal travelogues spanning Europe, South America, and North America, with trips documented from as early as 1996 through 2019. The site includes practical resources for independent travelers such as packing hints, planning tips, city links, and hotel and restaurant recommendations.
2026-07-07 Timeless Timeless is an Estonian company offering rides on meticulously preserved vintage buses, including iconic models like the Ikarus 55, ZIS 127, and Setra S80, each with its own fascinating history. The site showcases a fleet of over a dozen historic buses available for hire at 3500 euros per day, blending transportation history with a unique travel experience.
2026-07-07 Travelogues and Photos from Phuket, Bangkok, Mandalay, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and India 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.
2026-07-07 Tusen Takk II | The travel adventures of Chuck and Barb Shipley 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.
2026-07-07 V A G A B O N D I N G > one man, one year, one world Vagabonding is an award-winning round-the-world travelogue by Mike, a Chicago-based traveler who spent a year journeying solo through Asia and Africa before YouTube and social media made such adventures commonplace. The site features video highlights, a written travelogue, photo archives, and a route map covering destinations from Cambodia and India to Uganda, South Africa, and beyond.
2026-07-07 Velabas Velabas is a travel narrative site featuring hitchhiking stories, travel drawings, and blog posts from journeys around the world, including time spent in Barcelona. The creator combines writing and illustration to document their adventures, offering both a comic strip format and personal essays about life on the road.
2026-07-07 Vinologue Vinologue is a wine and travel guide publisher specializing in regional wine books covering areas like Priorat, Georgia, Dalmatia, Montsant, and the Costa Brava. The site by Hudin.com offers enotourism resources, tastings, tours, and an online shop for wine enthusiasts exploring off-the-beaten-path wine regions.
2026-07-07 We Trot About Andy and LuAnn document their extensive travels across the US and abroad, with trips spanning Spain, Belize, Mexico City, the UK, and Germany logged over nearly a decade. The blog captures destinations, photos, and personal milestones from a couple who clearly love exploring the world together.
2026-07-07 Web 2.0 Travel Tools Run by Alan A. Lew (The Travel Geographer), this blog catalogs and reviews Web 2.0 websites and online tools related to travel and tourism, covering services like destination finders, staycation sites, and trip planners. Posts evaluate whether early travel startups lived up to their promises, making it a useful snapshot of the travel tech landscape from the mid-to-late 2000s.
