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Nerd’s Eye View is a pretty cool blog, and in one of her latest posts, she describes ways to keep your travel blog up to date, even if you’re not traveling.

I think she’s got some great ideas.

Here are a few of my favourites (with a few extra tips added in by me):

Seek the exotic at home: Many large cities have multicultural enclaves that celebrate things such as the Highland Games or the Cambodian New Year. Or, take a “trip” to Little Italy or Chinatown, take pictures and write about it like you actually flew across the world to go.

Find the festivals and fairs: Even if you’re going for the day, you can have a lot of fun at a summer fair or local amusement park. Write about it and keep your memories for those days that aren’t so sunny anymore.

Plan your next trip: Just because you’re not out traipsing the globe, doesn’t mean you’re not thinking about traveling. I’ve seen all kinds of interesting blogs about their trip to the outdoors store to buy that perfect backpack. Or the trials and tribulations of booking plane tickets and time off work. It can be quite hilarious at times

Visit local attractions and meet interesting: Just because it’s your hometown, doesn’t mean other people aren’t going to find the local community museum interesting. Take some time to explore the history of your community, take photos with local celebrities like that guy who’s always playing the guitar on the street corner, or the lady you buy bread from every weekend. These things and people always have interesting stories.

If it’s interesting to you, it’s interesting to somebody else. Don’t ever forget that! Go with your gut instincts and blog about what you love, what you loathe and just about anything you find perplexing, funny or just plain weird.

Got any more tips for keeping the writing going after you get back home? Come share them in the travel forums.

Talk to you later,

Louise Brown

TravelPod Community Manager