As a kid, I remember being eternally excited by the
Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom series, which went all around the world to study and film animals. The journeys were so sweeping in their grandeur, the narratives so eloquent in their presentation. Today, I get my "global fix" from viewing shows like
The Amazing Race, as well as the great work of
Travel Channel personalities like the lovable
Samantha Brown, the ultra cool
Dhani Jones, and the comical
Anthony Bourdain.
And, I also get my "global fix" from reading the work of international travelers on Twitter who illustrate our world in a very bold and enlightening way. Below are 12 world travelers who do just that. Enjoy:
@umarket
Audrey & Daniel have been all over the world, and have chronicled it in their award-winning travelogue UncorneredMarket. Their global exploration has yielded great human stories, travel photography and street food reportage. In fact, their pictures of Asian mountain ranges (which can be seen here) is nothing short of breathtaking.
@
TransAmericas
Karen & Eric's fantastic Trans-America journey has gone more than 4 Years, and over 200,000 miles, through North, Central & South America. Their travels have produced awe-inspiring pictures, and amazing insights. It's hard not being impressed with their cool travelogue:
TransAmericas.com.
@
travelojos
When Steven Roll is not doing legal editing at a Washington DC-area publishing firm, he maintains
Travelojos, a great blog about his numerous travels throughout Mexico and Latin America. His passion for great food becomes evident. This picture of him above is priceless - he's having too much fun!
@
almostfearless
In 2008, Christine Gilbert walked away from a major Fortune 500 Company to become a freelance writer - working and traveling to cities around the world. It's truly a great story. Her travels have taken her to 13 countries and over 20 cities. Her aptly titled blog,
AlmostFearless, is a great read. It has some great links to other travel blogs.
@
craig_martin
Craig Martin, an award-winning co-host of the very popular
IndieTravelPodcast, a show he operates with his wife Linda. A connoisseur of wine and coffee, Craig has traveled to 5 continents. But, he gets major kudos for living in New Zealand, where the
Lord of the Rings movies were shot.
@
collazoprojects
Julie Schwietert Collazo is managing editor of
Matador Travel. Her travel stories make for great reading, including one about what she learned from reading John Steinbeck's
Travels With Charley. See her work on
Collazoprojects, which she runs with Francisco Collazo, her partner in "life, love, and business." The
pictures from her travels are awesome.
His cool blog,
The Carey Adventures, has some great pictures from his travels all over the globe: Ireland, Peru, Nepal, among many other countries. He loves back country traveling in the "mountains and woods of the Cascade Mountains in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia," as well as the sandstone marvels throughout the state of Utah.
Based in Argentina, Leigh Shulman left Brooklyn, NY to travel the world. She is the inspiring editor of
Matador Life,
and a noted visual artist. Her travelogue,
The Future is Red, is filled with great images and insights from her travels. Her
pictures of San Pedro de Atacama are smokin' hot!
Nick Rowlands was leading tours around Egypt, Tunisia and Jordan from 2005-2008. But now he's a freelance writer, and editor of the impending tour guide
The Croc. Cairo, Egypt is the source of his inspiration as he continually plans his next adventure. His many travels are documented on his
Trazzers page.
@
Brooklynnomad
Andrew Hickey, a self-described hotel nerd and pizza snob, has a great blog,
The Brooklyn Nomad. For years he wrote travel stories and shorts for media outlets, and then branched out on his own. He is @
CheapOair's Manager of Social Media, and is a blogger for Oyster Hotels.
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If you look at my @soultravelers3 Twitter lists, I have several lists of fabulous folks who are travelers, families that travel, expats, digital nomads and educators from around the world. Just in case people are looking for more! ;)
I love the fun and value of "global connecting" on Twitter & it has had a profound impact on our open ended world tour as a family that we started in 2006. I wrote about it a while ago in this Twitter and Travel 2,0 post:
http://soultravelers3.com/2009/02/twitter-travel-20.html
We see it as a win/win for all as our world shrinks due to technology! To name just a few, we've taken thousands of disadvantaged school kids with us virtually, recently contributed to a UK Guardian article and interviewed in the New York Times via Twitter (while we traveled in Spain), met many Twitter friends in person (some that we have inspired to travel) & Twitter helped my 82 year old mother find me at the hospital I landed in Austria after a bike wreck!
Thanks so much for spreading the word about the Twitter travel global fun!