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14 years ago, January 5th 2010 No: 41 Msg: #98428 Delete Edit

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Murder on the Phi Phi express
was written very quickly in a post-xmas haze with all the action and gossip going round the island.

The first line is important with any internet writing and also the thing i do is to keep it short - no-one reads over 2 pages ona screen. Photos are really important too - i use my phone quite a lot so they aren't professional quality but are quick and oddly different to normal snaps.

Thanks for reading, i've been lost in the jungle for a few days so back now!
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14 years ago, January 8th 2010 No: 42 Msg: #98875 Delete Edit

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...was written very quickly in a post-xmas haze ...

Amazing that some of the most popular blogs are written so casually. 😊
Murder on the Phi Phi express was on the list of most read blogs, when last I looked at the stats. Congratulations! 😊 Reply to this

14 years ago, January 9th 2010 No: 43 Msg: #98913 Delete Edit

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Congratulations Sophie and Dale! The perfect setting for one of life's big questions... now has 246 viewings and is still on the Front Page. 😊
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14 years ago, January 14th 2010 No: 44 Msg: #99643 Delete Edit

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Crusoe Christmas & Partying with the Princess... has 278 viewings. Congratulations again Sophie and Dale! 😊
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14 years ago, January 15th 2010 No: 45 Msg: #99794 Delete Edit

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Sophie and Dales blog now has 404 viewings, and is still on the Front Page. 😊 Reply to this

14 years ago, January 17th 2010 No: 46 Msg: #100051 Delete Edit

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Beer and Waffles has 202 viewings and is still on the Front Page. Congratulations Chris! 😊
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14 years ago, January 18th 2010 No: 47 Msg: #100126 Delete Edit

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Thanks for the updates Mell we are always really happy when our blog gets so many hits it always makes our day to see that people seem to be enjoying reading it :o)

We have noticed that our blogs with sunny beach photos seem to attract the most hits, we think that reading those blogs & looking at the photos give people at home & work a quick getaway from their daily life.. that's what we'll be doing when we're back in the cold UK next month anyway! Reply to this

14 years ago, January 18th 2010 No: 48 Msg: #100138 Delete Edit

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give people at home & work a quick getaway from their daily life..

Indeed! Every time I see your photos, I get excited about my trip to SE Asia next August. 😊 Sometimes, you photos make me turn up the heating a few notches. 😉

...that's what we'll be doing when we're back in the cold UK next month anyway!

Do you mind going back? You look like you belong in those tropical paradises, but maybe after you so much time, you have had enough of the backpackers lifestyle?

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14 years ago, January 19th 2010 No: 49 Msg: #100237 Delete Edit

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Yes we really mind going back and don't want to at all but sadly for us the ££'s have run out so the choice has been made for us!

It will be so strange for us going back to 'normal' life but we're already planning our next trip for this time next year so at least we know it won't be forever!
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14 years ago, January 19th 2010 No: 50 Msg: #100316 Delete Edit

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Vietnam - Guide for trip planners has 210 hits and is still on the Front Page. Congratulations theRedRiver! 😊
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14 years ago, January 19th 2010 No: 51 Msg: #100318 Delete Edit

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It will be so strange for us going back to 'normal' life but we're already planning our next trip for this time next year so at least we know it won't be forever!
A year will whizz by. I sometimes plan my trips a year in advance, and then wonder how the year went so quickly. 😊
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14 years ago, January 20th 2010 No: 52 Msg: #100405 Delete Edit

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Thanks Mell for calling my name. Ali has linked my blog to the Tips and Hints of the Vietnam page so now I can help other travelers with any question about Vietnam. In 2009 I got 5 blogs that reached 280 to 550 views while they were posted on front page. They were very simple stories and I didn't expect so many people would be interested: The lunar new year during my childhood, do you appreciate the chance to travel, the loneliness of traveling alone, Savannakhet (Laos) and Kathmandu (Nepal). I feel the number of views on the front page has reduced these days and I rarely see a 500 view blog.

I have read some of your posts and think that if you make them into blogs, they would be very interesting. For example, what you've done in the last decade, how your daughter felt when she traveled far away from home, what made you feel difficult to travel with a child etc.

I also would like to know whose blog has the most views in TB. I know Ali has one with 19,000 views. I am also curious there seem more English on this website. When I was a member in Thorn Tree forum, there are many Americans. Just my guess.

*** I found that in another link. 151,070 views of a blog published in May 2005. That's interesting.

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14 years ago, January 20th 2010 No: 53 Msg: #100423 Delete Edit

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Thanks Mell for calling my name. Ali has linked my blog to the Tips and Hints of the Vietnam page so now I can help other travelers with any question about Vietnam.

Ah cool! A couple of us were just talking about how good the information in that blog is and if it should be put someplace as a permanent source of information for others. Looks like Ali has already sorted it for us. 😊

I feel the number of views on the front page has reduced these days and I rarely see a 500 view blog.

Nothing to do with your blogs though. They are as good as ever. The competition is getting fiercer. Anyone getting over 200 viewings while on the Front Page these days is doing very well.

I have read some of your posts and think that if you make them into blogs, they would be very interesting. For example, what you've done in the last decade, how your daughter felt when she traveled far away from home, what made you feel difficult to travel with a child etc.
I have read some of your posts and think that if you make them into blogs, they would be very interesting. For example, what you've done in the last decade, how your daughter felt when she traveled far away from home, what made you feel difficult to travel with a child etc.

I love to talk about travel, but I am not so sure I am a dilligent blogger. I tend to only produce a couple of them per year. I did consider making blogs from some forum discussion I was involved in, but didnt get around to making any yet. 😊

I also would like to know whose blog has the most views in TB. I know Ali has one with 19,000 views.

I think there might be some stats available on that. I will try to dig them up and post them here.

I am also curious there seem more English on this website. When I was a member in Thorn Tree forum, there are many Americans. Just my guess.

I think there are some stats about that, on the internet available to everybody. They are just estimates though. Ali would know the real numbers.

*** I found that in another link. 151,070 views of a blog published in May 2005. That's interesting.

Would you post a link to that blog here. Maybe the blogger will come and chat with us about it. I remember a blogger mentioning that her blog got an extraordinary number of hits one month, but I cant remember which one it was.

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14 years ago, January 20th 2010 No: 54 Msg: #100425 Delete Edit

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Here is a link to the most popular blogs theRedRiver. The blog with the most viewings ever should be on the list at the bottom of the page.

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14 years ago, January 20th 2010 No: 55 Msg: #100429 Delete Edit

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Thank you again. Today I have learned so many new things on this website, although I've been a member for a couple of years. I rarely read posts in the travel forum, so it was a nice surprise when you contacted me. As for my own blogs, some places I traveled are off the bean path, so they don't really get much attention.

I also hope that Travel Blog will not only be a place where we write diary and keep photos, but we can share the travel tips. With my blog as a guide for trip planners, I hope many bloggers will also write about their cities, what to see, how to get from here to there etc. It can help people save much time from finding information.

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14 years ago, January 20th 2010 No: 56 Msg: #100430 Delete Edit

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I hope many bloggers will also write about their cities, what to see, how to get from here to there etc. It can help people save much time from finding information.

We are currently doing something to encourage it. If we put a thread at the top of each forum, to list the information giving blogs, it might encourage more people to make such blogs, because the blogs on those lists will likely get more hits, just because they are listed as useful for information. Yours will be the first in the collection. 😊 Reply to this

14 years ago, January 20th 2010 No: 57 Msg: #100433 Delete Edit

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As I said to Ali, I am an independent traveler and I would like to be a volunteer to help people who want to visit my country. I don't mind answering their questions. As for number of views, I already have a good one in which I am acting as a model of my own photos and it has reached 17,700 views so far. Every month there are about 900 views more. If you type "Vietnamese traditional dress" into Google then the link to my blog will pop up. That is another great advantage of Travel Blog!

I also want to say that one doesn't really need to go too far. Even at home you still can write about many great things and show them to the world. Reply to this

14 years ago, January 20th 2010 No: 58 Msg: #100470 Delete Edit

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I also want to say that one doesn't really need to go too far. Even at home you still can write about many great things and show them to the world.

It would certainly be great, if there are bloggers from around the world making blogs about their country or their home town. Maybe if I make a thread asking who has blogged about their own country or town it will give more people the idea. I will make it now. 😊 Reply to this

14 years ago, January 20th 2010 No: 59 Msg: #100475 Delete Edit

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14 years ago, January 21st 2010 No: 60 Msg: #100643 Delete Edit

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Heaven and Hell has 207 viewings and is still on the Front Page. Congratulations Mark! 😊 Reply to this

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