In the last 24 hours the total views of my blogs have hit 25,000

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and that's after 5 years of blogging. My most popular blog for some unknown reason is Alaska Inside Passage Cruise May 2008, a rather mundane account of a not too exotic cruise with 783 hits. That's not saying much when the most visited blogs are Tibetan sky burial in China with 157,192 hits and Sign up for Skype!!! with 154,874...obviously from those who Google'd Skype. My friend The Travel Camel found the word that attracts many Google searches with his most popular blog Sex in the Gulf with 98,299 hits. Anyway, I thought this unimpressive milestone deserved a mention. Wouldn't it be ironic if this blog eventually got the most hits as the only ones who will initially see this blog are my subscribers and Followers...thanks everyone!



I have included pictures of fellow TBers who I've met this fall.

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Photos

Kari12 with Home and Away
We met in Fort Collins, CO

Home and Away with Sojourner1208
We met at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs CO

Comments

[Dancing Dave]

25,001
My pleasure to add "1" Bob. Your memories of travelling through a myriad of countries probably exceed your hits...but how can you count those? Priceless!

[Home and Away]

Thanks, David...
I knew I could count on you!

[RENanDREW]

25,000+
Well done Bob. I think we need to eat some virtual cake to celebrate...but real cake would be much better!

[Home and Away]

Some day we will meet...
and I'll make sure I treat you with a cake...after a great dinner of course!

[taracloud]

Congratulations!
I so admire the way you've documented your early childhood travels, scanning those photos so we could have a glimpse into the past. You also are such a great support for TB that I'm glad lots of people like following your exploits--well done!

[Home and Away]

Travelblog started as a great platform for documenting my life for my family...
little did I know that my family would expand so much. It's been a pleasure meeting you and so many other TBers.

[Paul Drielsma]

a challenge
Bob This sounds too much like the start of some challenge... are we all going to start thinking of ways to put things in our blog titles to attract the most hits.... could become a sport. Ha. My most popular blogs are the ones that have things to do with sexuality.... gay stuff like my account when working in India as a developent worker (volunteer) with HIV groups (which included working with a gay and hijra group). Oh well... back to thinking about titles for the next blogs ! :)

[Home and Away]

Well, I did try an experiment with my blog about Cusco...
including Sexy Woman in the title. It didn't draw any hits out of the normal. I guess sexy isn't sexy! As for a challenge, I was surprised to find out recently that when I visit one of my blogs that increases the hits by one. Now I try not to visit my own blogs because I want the hits to reflect those by others.

[mahadev]

Proof again
Hey... so I just looked at my Travel Blog stats. It being the first of the month I note that I have ONE new hit thus far for September.... and guess what got the hit... predictably my blog # 833354 about Hijras in Delhi (hijras in India are transvestites.... blokes who dress in saris... and who live in communities with other hijras). And my all time highest hit blog is # 511777 about the gay pride rainbow march in Bhubaneswar where I was working (1,138) followed by a close second # 496776 about the Red Ribbon Express train in India to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS (1,040) well that one was not explicitly about the gay community but it did get a mention of course). ciao

[Home and Away]

I guess you hit on some key words...
and thanks for the work you did in India with the gay community. I imagine they have it just as hard if not harder than women.

[The Travel Camel]

Congrats Bob!
Number of hits doesn't necessarily equate to quality. My "Sex in the Gulf' blog for example is not as good as many of my other blogs with far less hits and it is inferior to your blogs as well! Just show that sex sells!

[RJT]

25,000!
What an impressive milestone! I'm with Ren - cake is called for :)

[denidax]

I must be the 25,006 then
Congratulations Bob! I agree with RenanDrew, some virtual cake is in order!

[Sojourner1208]

our Chat
I very much enjoyed our chat at the visitor center of the Garden of the Gods on Wednesday. It was so refreshing to talk with someone about traveling instead of the usual boring stuff people want to talk about.

[Home and Away]

Same here...
see you this coming Wednesday at 3 pm at the Dinosaur Resource Center here in Woodland Park.

[Monique Nelson]

Congratulations!
Mr. Carlsen, Congratulations on 25,000 views! That is wonderful. I enjoyed your entry in May, "A Vacation to Recuperate from Vacation." I noticed that you are from Colorado. People from Colorado seem to me the adventurous type in general. I think that you probably have inspired some people who want to be more global and adventurous in their travels. Thank you very much for your readership and your nomination for Blogger of the Week. It is very appreciated.. Best, Monique

[Home and Away]

Call me Bob...
Glad to hear you've enjoyed my blogs. Travel is my passion and I'm glad to have found Travelblog where I can write about my trips, both for my family and fellow Bloggers like you. Yes, we have retired in Colorado...Woodland Park at 8500 ft elevation. I'm pleased to nominate you...you are a great writer...was that your training? I hope you can blog about your past travels...I probably over did it by going back 65 years!