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Thanks again to all who participated in We Blog the World’s first photo contest over on our Facebook page. The collection of photos will be preserved on the webdoc where they were submitted, so feel free to check them out whenever you’d like. After days of consideration, our photographer-judges hav...
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At the Toronto Yoga Show Sitar players and yoga gurus showed up in force at the Toronto Yoga Show. First off, I am not that keen on yoga shows and conferences and cannot afford the big-ticket class fees. But I did pay a Saturday visit to the Toronto Yoga Show floor and was drawn to speak with a number of people who seemed sincere and knowledgeable (in spite of the overtly commercial atmosphere). I chatted with some people from Sivananda Yoga .About Renee Blodgett Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World , a blogging network & community that emerged through her passion and interest in storytelling, photography and exploring the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored over 70, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity. She is the CEO of Magic Sauce Media , a new media services consultancy dedicated to creating strategic communications campaigns for companies that incorporate social media, branding, events, guerilla marketing and PR. She takes a global approach and has successfully launched companies and products from 11 countries. Her passion for art and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography , which is a visual extension of her storytelling.
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Traveling to India is like going through the looking glass. When I travel, especially in India, I feel like Alice in Wonderland; I feel like I’ve fallen into the rabbit hole, or stepped through the looking glass. I lose my bearings and everything is challenged, including my sense of self in the world and my ideas about how life and people should be. And the experience of being in the alternate universe of a foreign country has helped me become more aware of myself and of the role perception plays in shaping reality.
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We Blog the World is a blog network dedicated to global storytelling across a wide array of topics ranging from technology, business, the economy, culture, politics and the arts, to nature, education, sports, marketing, music and more. Our goal is to capture the human side of a story, as well as the impact that the latest developments and advancements have socially, politically, culturally and spiritually. We Blog the World also covers events (largely technology, arts/entertainment, food and music) as well as restaurant and book reviews. You’ll also catch posts on travel as well as festivals, food, wine and fun things to do, often with rich photographs and video to help narrate the experience. Our hope is to educate, facilitate and enhance communication between cultures as well as serve as a platform where thought-provoking conversations can flourish.
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There are many ways to visit a place and more often than not, I’ve either gone the B&B, hotel or ‘lodge’ route and on a couple of occasions, I’ve rented a house through VRBO, which was successful two out of the three times. Recently, I experienced the ‘condo’ route in Maui through a luxury property vacation rental called Makena Surf . At first, I had a bunch of pre-conceived notions that it would be geared towards families only (in other words, not quiet). Quite the contrary. Because it’s a luxury property, great care has gone into getting the details right. Rather than arrive in a bare hotel room with the most personal thing at your disposal quite possibly being the coffee maker, the condo is stacked with the basic things you’d need on a vacation as well as things you’d need to day-to-day living: kitchen utensils, glasses, plates, pots and pans, broom/vacuum/mop, washer and dryer, beach chairs, suntan lotion, umbrella, videos, and books.
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Pacific It’s been nearly three months since I got back from Australia and after having just wrapped up my trip to Colombia, it put things into perspective. Colombia couldn’t have been more different from Australia, whether we’re talking about the price of travel, ethnic makeup (homogenous in Colombia, almost as diverse as the U.S. in Australia) or, perhaps most conspicuously, the size of the two countries.A lot of readers email in and ask me how I pay for travel. A frequent question that comes up is how I often I use credit cards to finance my travel. I don’t lie: I funded my first two overseas trips almost entirely using credit cards.
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When we travel, some of us love the excitement of seeing a world-famous site, while others lose themselves off the beaten track and still others prefer tasting foreign culinary delights. What most gives me a feel for where I am, however, is the means of transport I use to explore a foreign city. Here are a few favorite ways to tour a city I’ve encountered traveling around the world, many of which typify round-the-world (RTW) travel experience. Tuk Tuk (Bangkok) A pint-sized tuk tuk is a brilliant way to tour a city, maneuverable and nippy in an environment where larger vehicles struggle to maintain speed. Although the tuk tuk is common in much of Southeast Asia, it is most ubiquitous in Bangkok.
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LocalSocial is all about the bridge between mobile and proximity marketing. Targeting business owners, retailers, merchants and venue owners, they’re trying to make it easy to create offers and loyalty points rewards that can only be unlocked on the premises. The goal of course is to drive footfall, repeat visits, and provides deep insight and social context for new and existing existing visitors. It turns anonymous walk-ins in to real people, enabling merchants to better engage with your customers in a way that’s convenient and fun for them.
Middle East | We Blog The World
I love the adrenaline rush that comes along with travel, whether it’s stepping off the plane, walking onto a chaotic street in a city I’ve never visited before, taking in a breathtaking view or sunset or having a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, like camping in the Sahara or sailing on the Nile. But in my mind, these activities are linked more to tourism than to actual travel. Making a distinction between “tourism” and “travel” (and, indeed, between “tourists” and “travelers”) has always been an extremely contentious task, but to me the difference lies in the long-term impact a particular experience has on you. While tourist activities might make your heart pump or a smile come across your face momentarily, experiences rooted in travel affect you profoundly and alter you permanently.Africa | We Blog The World
As regular readers and followers of WBTW on Twitter know, we recently held a travel photo contest in March and announced 26 finalists out of over 200 submissions on March 26, 2012. Thanks again to all who participated in the contest, the first one hosted on our Facebook page. As a reminder, the collection of photos will be preserved on the webdoc where they were submitted, so feel free to check them out whenever you’d like and photos of the finalists can be found here . Says Ishtiaq, “A jolly young girl sitting on a window.When a tree dies and needs to be cut down, it can be all too easy to just throw it into the chipper (well, maybe not physically easy…) but before you get rid of it, take a look at some of these clever ideas to reuse that old tree. The bee habitat It can’t have escaped your notice that bees have been having a hard time of it lately. Give them a helping hand by turning an old branch into a relaxing resting place for them. Using a length of wood around 20cm long, drill lots of holes into it.