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The impetus for this post came from an off hand comment made by Jen Leo before one of our podcasts a few weeks ago. I mentioned that I was going to a trip sponsored by Princess Cruise Lines in November. Jen is an experienced travel writer who has worked in the publishing industry and currently works for the LA Times. She commented that I can’t take those trips if I want to write for the New York Times or the LA Times, because they don’t allow writers to take comped tours. What struck me about… Continue

I need your help to send me to Antarctica!

I'm in a competition and I need your vote: http://www.blogyourwaytoantarctica.com/blogs/view/287

I'm currently in 10th place. The contest ends on Sept. 30th, so I have lots of time to make up the ground.

If you write a blog post encouraging others to vote for me, I'll put a link to your site on the front page of my blog. You can read details on my site: http://Everything-Everywhere.com

As of the moment I write these words, I have been running this blog for over two years. During that time I have made 1,100 posts, have had 4,013 comments, taken over 50,000 photos, have gone through 3 major designs, 2 laptop computers, and logged on from countless wifi networks in over 50 countries. As of today I have 1,870 people who subscribe to my RSS feed or email newsletter, 47,000 people who follow me on Twitter, and about 25,000 visits to my blog each month with about 54,000 page… Continue