Travel blogs

Here are a list of other travel blogs I like to read, as well as Facebook and Twitter links, if applicable. If you have an active travel site or blog and want to be included, drop me a line, "laurence" at "findingtheuniverse.com", or use the contact page, and I will review your site for inclusion. Enjoy your travels!

A Backpackers Tale - Stephen is an adventure traveler. His current quest to tackle his bucket list leads him on many entertaining misadventures around the world. Twitter

A Dangerous Business - Amanda is following in the footsteps of Tolkien, stepping out of her front door and seeing where her travels sweep her to. Twitter

Adventurous Kate - Kate is a self confessed die-hard, obsessive, addicted traveler. She writes about travelling on a budget, and from time to time, loves popping to Vegas. Twitter

ActiveBackpackerTom over at ActiveBackpacker loves writing both personal and how to/tip guides all about backpacking and travelling throughout Europe and beyond. Facebook | Twitter

Aswetravel - Nathan & Sofia's site offers advice on budget travel for young travellers who are about to leave and explore the world for the first time. Facebook | Twitter

Aussie on the road - Chris, as you might guess from his blog title, is an Australian who loves to travel. At the time of writing he's in China for a year, experiencing all that that magnificent country has to offer. His site offers insight, wit and adventure, and is well worth a read! Facebook | Twitter

Bacon is Magic - Ayngelina stepped out of her life in Canada, leaving a career and a love behind in order to find out more about herself. Join her as she creates a new life based on what she wants.

Backpacking Travel Blog - A travel blog by Samuel & Audrey, self proclaimed 'cheapskate extraordinaires' on a quest to experience the world and document it on video.

Backpacking worldwide - Matt decided to put his love of travel before his love of law and is now seeing the world and blogging about it. Facebook | Twitter

Be My Travel Muse - Ava is a solo female nomad who plans nothing and dives head first into everything. Facebook | Twitter

Berlin Travel Blog - News, information, and things to do in Berlin

Blog  di Viaggi - An Italian language blog featuring travel tales, hints and tips from around the world. Facebook | Twitter

Budget Travel Adventures - Jeremy shares his tips and advice for folks looking to experience the best of travel to a budget - whatever that budget may be. Loads of helpful articles and tips - plus a serious sporting obsession!

Canada's Adventure Couple - Dave and Deb blog about their incredible experiences travelling as a couple and offer handy hints to other bloggers. Seriously awesome photography too! Facebook | Twitter

Chrystal-Clear - Chrystal is a Canadian traveller and blogger who left her small town to become a Canadian citizen. She travels to learn about the world around her. Facebook | Twitter

Dan In Australia - As the name would suggest Dan is reporting on his travels around Australia, although the world is still firmly in his sights with Thailand chosen for Feb '11 and then the rest of the world after that!

De la pura vida - Erin's blog is all about her life living, working and travelling in Costa Rica. It is a great resource for trips to this magnificent country! Facebook | Twitter

Don't Fly Go - DontFlyGo.com is a travel site dedicated to alternative, environmentally-friendly and green travel ideas.

Everything Everywhere - Gary started travelling in March 2007, and is still on the road. His site is now one of the most popular travel blog sites on the internet. Facebook | Twitter

Expert Vagabond - Matt is an Adventure Travel Junkie & Photographer

Four Jandals - Cole and Adela have been wearing out their jandals (Kiwi for flip-flops) on their adventures around the world since 2009.

Gap Year Escape

Green Global Travel - Join Bret and Mary on their green focused blog, as they try and save the world, one story at a time.


Globe Trotter Girls - The GTG's are Dani and Jess, a German-American lesbian couple who decided semi-spontaneously to take their work on the road and travel the world in April 2010. They are Digital Nomads, Street Food Junkies, House-sitters, Vegetarians, Street Art & Photography Lovers, Hotel Enthusiasts.

Groove Traveler - More from the fevered mind of Will Peach, this time focusing on the music of travel.

Happy time blog - Aaron and Georgie have been travelling since 2008, having sold everything they owned to do so. Their blog follows their adventures on the road. Facebook | Twitter

Hecktic Travels - Pete and Dalene Heck are masters of slow travel, often staying for weeks or months at a time in a place to soak it all in. They share their adventures with some seriously awesome photography at their site. Facebook | Twitter.

Hole in the Donut - After years of working countless hours a week in a job she detested, Barbara chose to escape and pursue her dreams of travelling, writing and photography. She's been entirely successful in following this dream, with well written blog illustrated with gorgeous photos. A must follow. Facebook | Twitter.

Johnny Vagabond - Wes has now turned 39 four times, and decided to commemorate the occasion by taking a year off to travel the world. Facebook | Twitter

Loz in Translation - It's another Loz! What's not to like :) This other Loz likes to experience a country through its people and modern culture. Head on over to share those experiences!

Mallory on Travel - Iain Mallory is a freelance traveller and photographer who journeys to exciting places and captures them in wonderful photographs.

Maiden Voyage Travel -- Travel insights for 20 somethings

My 1stimpressions - What do you feel when you arrive for the first time in a new place? How do you get in touch with the new world surrounding you? This is what Manu has been capturing in her travel diaries for the past 10 years....and now she is sharing it with the world. FacebookTwitter 

My Spanish Adventure - Will left his 9-5 London lifestyle in the last half of 2011 to learn Spanish to fluency and figure out what to see in Spain whilst living on the cheap. Click through to follow his adventures...

Nomadic Notes Travel Blog - Photos and notes from around the world by James Clark

Nomadic Samuel - A quirky vagabond who offers daily travel photos, daily travel videos, travel tales and more. Facebook | Twitter

No Onions Extra Pickles - Ashley's site is all about travel through the eyes of an art historian in-training. Facebook | Twitter

No Place to BePoi & Kirsty - an English couple sharing their backpacking experiences, spending money, making mistakes and having fun across Asia. >  Facebook | Twitter

Our Oyster - Our Oyster are James and Jade, an English man and a Canadian lass, slowly travelling their way around the globe. Facebook | Twitter


Smiling Faces Travel Photos - Daily travel photo featuring smiles from around the world

Somewhere or Bust - Noah offers readers travel tips and stories, usually steeped in misadventure. Facebook | Twitter

That Backpacker - Born in Canada and raised in Argentina, Audrey is a girl who finds herself perpetually on the road.

The Longest Way Home - a travel journal about a 33 year old guy who packed up and sold everything to go traveling around the world in hope of finding a place called home. Awesome photography too. Twitter

The Time-Crunched Traveler: Helping working professionals explore the world, two weeks at a time.

The Travelling Philosopher - Spence combines travel and philosophy writing into a blog that is worth a read.  Twitter

The World is my Jungle Gym - As well as maintaining the incredibly useful Top 100 Indie travel sites list, Brendan also writes about his own travels, in a style that intends to take the reader on the journey with him. Twitter

The World is Waiting - Humorous observations of expat life, along with travel tips and handy hints, especially if you're into scuba diving. Facebook | Twitter

Time Travel Turtle - After working in broadcast journalism for a decade in Australia, Michael left Sydney to travel the world indefinitely and write about the places, people and experiences he discovers.

Todd's Wanderings - Todd has been travelling for over ten years across thirty countries. Most recently he has been living in Kosovo. Facebook | Twitter

Trans Americas Journey - In April of 2006 travelers Karen Catchpole and Eric Mohl left their jobs and apartment in New York City and embarked on the Trans-Americas Journey, a 200,000 mile cross-country and cross-continental overland drive down the Pan-American Highway. Follow their adventure on their blog!

Travel Addicts - The explorations of two busy professionals who work to support their travel habit, packing in as much adventure as the "real world" allows.

Travel Advice Europe

Travelblggr - A budget travel blog following the adventures of a Kiwi and a Pom in India, SE Asia, New Zealand, and South America.

Travel Rinse Repeat Travel Blog - John is a perpetual traveler who is dedicated to making the most of every travel opportunity. You can also follow John on twitter @travelrinserept or on facebook.

Travelling Canucks - The Traveling Canucks are Nicole and Cameron Wears, a newlywed couple who currently reside in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. A passion for travel and adventure has lead them to over 47 countries on 6 continents, and the list continues to evolve. Facebook | Twitter

Travelling Round the World - In August of 2011, Rory left home to fulfill a dream of world travel. This is his journal of his experiences on the road, a bit of photography and some crazy times.Facebook

TraveLinkSites - TraveLinkSites.com is the web’s newest travel resource dedicated to profiling and highlighting travel bloggers (and those who take travel as a serious long-term passion) from all over the world.

Travelocafe - Informal ideas for traveling on a shoestring. Facebook | Twitter

Travels of Adam - Adam, originally from Boston, writes an awesome hipster travel blog about socially responsible travel, with stories from around the world. Facebook | Twitter

Travel Sex Life - Generally not safe for work, this site is dedicated to the raunchier side of travel. Worth a read, if you've got a sense of humour!

Two Backpackers - documents the experiences of Jason and Aracely as they travel the world in a journey of discovery. Facebook | Twitter

Two Go Round-The-World - Two Go Round-The-World preserves the observations of Kathryn and Daniel as they plan, prepare and pack for a year-long RTW trip set to depart Toronto, Canada in July 2011. Facebook | Twitter

Wandering Trader - Marcello has been working for freedom his entire life. He’s unlocked the secret through day trading and now wanders the world. Facebook | Twitter

Woman Seeks World - Nicole quit her life in Melbourne at 22, and set off on a life of adventure. After five years in London, she is once again looking at the distant horizon. Join her journey on her site. Facebook | Twitter

Will Peach - Will is the deranged genius behind a whole number of the sites in this list, which he refers to as the Gonzo Traveller Network. Shocking, amusing, dangerously addictive. Approach with care.

Yomadic - Nate. Former professional hand model, now world traveller. Catch up with his adventures on his site. Facebook | Twitter

yTravelBlog - Caz and Craig have over ten years of experience of travelling, the majority of which as a couple. They share their experiences on their informative site. They also run an active facebook community page. Facebook | Twitter

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