From other Travel Blogs...

Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City

The Frugal Traveler starts an American Road Trip with Finally, Exit From New York.

Roger Johnson and Haley Chamberlain have started their 50 States in 50 Days road trip. They aren't writing in a blog format, and there isn't an RSS feed, but it's still fun to see where they are and what they are doing.

Dave writes about Budgeting for a Trip Around the World on GoBackpacking. Be sure to follow the link to David's 'Round the World Plan for a detailed budget spreadsheet.

Steve from Our Man in Granada is writing his guest posts on Budget Travel Online this week. Read about Our man in Granada, Meeting the Chavalos, and How I wound up living overseas, and watch for more articles today and tomorrow.

DC365 recommends taking a Spy Tour of the nation's capital with Spies of Washington Tour.

Conor at Conor's Mildly Thrilling Tales writes about Searching for families in Nuwakot. Part of his mission in Nepal is to reunite the orphans with their families. This last trip was successful, they found 17 of the 18 families they were looking for.

Rick Steves interviewed Rolf Potts for NPR. Rolf writes about the interview on Vagabonding. Listen to more Rick Steves travel podcasts.

Gretchen at Girls Can't What? writes about Samantha Larson, the youngest person to top Mount Everest. You can read about Samantha's experience on her blog.

For more travel articles, check out the section marked From other Blogs in my sidebar.

From ProBlogger's Group Writing Project...

Cats in Dubrovnik, Croatia

Darren Rowse at ProBlogger had a group writing project last week, and several travel articles were submitted. Here are some of my favorites:

Five gems, what makes a good pub? by Pints of Ale
Five Travel Blogs You Gotta Read by Sheila at Perceptive Travel Blog
Top 5 Reasons Why We Travel by Timen at in my All Stars
Top 5 Reasons to Make Nova Scotia Your Next Travel Destination by Blogging Nova Scotia
My Top 5 Future Photowalking Locations by Photowalking.org
5 best places to go while visiting Acadia National Park by Acadia
My Five Most Awestruck Travel Experiences by Exit Row Seat
Top Five Strategies for Traveling Light by Graham Barker: The Blog
Top 5 DC Things To Do This Summer by DC365
Top 5 Italian Words You Really Don't Want To Mispronounce at Bleeding Espresso
Top 5 Things To Do In Istanbul by Let's Meet Where the Continents Meet

Check out ProPlogger's full submission list for articles on several other subjects, including personal finance, photography, and of course, blogging.

Friday Photo Post: Washington D.C. in Black and White

These are some of my favorite pictures of the boys in Washington D.C. back in 2004.

I like the effect of converting the photographs to black and white.

5 Photography Tips for Washington D.C.

While living in Maryland, we often visited Washington DC. Family who came to visit us also toured the nation's capital and between all of us, we took hundreds of photographs. It was great to see the pictures everyone took, and compare the different compositions. Here is a list of tips for taking interesting pictures of the monuments and memorials.

1. Use the reflections from the Vietnam and Korean War Memorials to take pictures of people.

2. Most people take pictures from the front and center, but my favorites were taken from different angles.

3. For scrapbooking or slideshows, take pictures of signs and quotes. Don't forget the Pennsylvania Ave sign to go with pictures of the White House.

4. Take pictures of your friends, family reading the quotes.

5. Take pictures of people walking around the Memorials.

If you have other suggestions, please add them in the comments.

Thank you to Don Cashman for the picture of the Jefferson Memorial and to Beth Cashman for the picture of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sign.