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Red Rocks Park near Morrison, Colorado

TRAVEL NARRATIVES:
Dave from GoBackpacking started his round the world trip today. His first stop is Tahiti, but I'm not at all jealous. I like the below freezing temps we are experiencing in Minnesota, really. Ha! In a recent post, Dave shared his packing list and a photo of everything he is bringing on his trip. Could you pack like that for a year on the road?


TRAVEL DESTINATIONS:
Learn about the history of Central Park on Eyeflare.

National Parks Traveler has two articles that caught my eye: Paddling Into Yellowstone National Park and How the National Seashores Came to Be.

Read about the Big Sur Coast in California on Real Travel.


TRAVEL TIPS:
Nath at Ubertramp is at it again. He is sharing even more travel tips with Hidden Money Belts and How to Hide Money on your Person.

Not just for women, Beth at Wanderlust and Lipstick shares 5 tips for solo women travelers.

TRAVEL WRITING:
Check out Vagabondish for some great tips on How to Write a Travel Journal That's Worth Reading. I especially like the suggestions to use different color pens to mark different days, and to create an index of your entries. I even have one of those pens with 4 different colors to choose from.


TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY:
The holidays are here, and it seems like cameras are on sale at all the stores. If you are thinking of buying a new camera for yourself or someone else, here are some good resources to help you choose a digital camera.

Digital Photography School has several tutorials on how to buy digital cameras.

Should you buy a DSLR camera? Check out the traveler's notebook useful article and quiz to help you decide.


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On Brave New Traveler, Madeleine Somerville wrote a great review of Wanderlust and Lipstick by Beth Whitman. I decided to give the book a chance and ordered it from Amazon.

If you have a great travel story, Ian at Brave New Traveler has put together a list of online travel magazines that publish travel stories.

Traveling Stories Magazine is having a Summer Story Contest, with a prize of $50 for the story that gets the best ratings by August 31st.

Rolf Potts recently wrote some travel articles for the LA Times. They are all great reads, but my favorite was How much money for a dream trip?, where he encouraged saving money by living simply.

Are you looking for a festival to add to your travel itinerary? Go Budget Travel has a list of resources to help you find festivals and cultural events around the world.

The Guardian Unlimited takes a fresh look at the Midwest with an article about Minnesota.

The New York Times explores the last wilderness with an article about north-central Idaho. Another article in the Times gives tips on how to picnic in Central Park, New York City.

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Photo by Lisa Pertile

Some of the interesting articles I read this week:

Going to Rome? Viator shares some great day trips you might want to consider. Or, if you aren't going to Rome, but you'll be in New York City, check out their article on hiring a private tour guide/personal photographer to help you get oriented to the city. I love this idea. Most of my travel pictures are of other people, and if someone offers to take a picture of me with the others, the results are usually less than satisfactory (blurry, odd composition, etc.) and I think it would be great to get some fun shots that look good.

Neil Woodburn from Gadling is writing a 17 part series on visiting Alaska without the cruise ship. I'm saving his articles in my Alaska planning file.

I've mentioned that Machu Picchu is at the top of my list of travel dreams, so I was intrigued by an article in the New York Times about The Other Machu Picchu, Choquequirao.

National Parks Traveler has another Off The Well-Worn Path report, this time on Great Basin National Park.

And last, but never least, Our Man in Granada made me laugh with The top 10 yings and yangs of living overseas.

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