Can you believe it's my 10 year Blogiversary?! That's right, I have been blogging for exactly 10 years this week! Even though I am not the most consistent, I am still happy to celebrate this milestone.
Here are some stats and some favorite pictures to celebrate.
First Blog Post: 5/24/07 - "Austria"
Total Posts Published to Date: 388
Countries Visited to Date: 45
Favorite Places as of today: Iceland, Ireland, Iran, New Zealand, Peru
Platform: Still on Blogger for some reason
Blog Redesigns: More than 10 full ones and still working on it
Drafts, both complete and incomplete sitting in my draft box: 12
Majority of Traffic: US, Brazil, Ireland, Thailand, UK
Pictures taken: More than 50,000
Top Five Experiences so far:
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Machu Picchu
2.
Himalayan Trek in Nepal
3.
Iran
4.
Northern Lights in Iceland
5.
Egypt
Jobs held since blog started: 3
Next planned trip: None
Next dream trip: Patagonia
Why do I still Blog?
I still blog so I can share what I see and experience so as to hopefully inspire people in my life to take up curiosity as a serious pursuit, in whatever form it takes. I also do it so I can remember. At this point, if I don't write it down, I start to forget unless the experience shifted my life in a big way. (Which is sad to say.) There are so many places, so many little details, I no longer have enough ram for all of my travel memories and all of my everyday memories to co-exist with my everyday functioning. I also like looking back at the reflections set in print in the archives of this blog. It helps me to see how I have changed and grown as a person but also how my perspectives shift on places as time goes by and the experiences become more digested.
And now, some visual aids!
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| Crossroads in Iceland while jetlag driving at 6am |
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| The Eden Project, St. Austell, UK |
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| Icelandic Friend |
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| Inside the Volcano, looking up |
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| Where old meets new, Jerash, Jordan |
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| That time I got to go IN Stonehenge for surnise!! |
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| From inside Stonehenge at Sunrise |
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| Croagh Patrick, The Holy Mountain of Ireland which still eludes me. |
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| Glastonbury, UK |
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| Glastonbury Tor - UK |
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| Bray, Ireland |
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| The Dark Hedge, Northern Ireland, UK |
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| The Treasury Petra, Jordan |
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| Everyone knows The Treasury but The Monastery is just as spectacular. How did they build that?! |
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| Unedited Sunset, Wadi Rum, Jordan |
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| The Arch, Wadi Rum, Jordan |
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| Nash Point, Wales, UK |
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| Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, Ireland |
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| The Great Wall of China |
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| Hong Kong |
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| Shanghai by Night |
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| I have a whole series of these from around the world - People asleep in public who clearly didn't mean to be asleep. - China |
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| Sydney Opera House at Sunrise |
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Sunrise - Sydney Bay, Australia
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| Abu Simbel Temple, Aswan, Egypt |
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| Great Pyramids of Giza |
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| Morning fishing, Vang Vieng, Laos |
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| This cute baby was super interested in me for some reason and really kept his eye on me. Sapa Valley, Vietnam |
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| Sunset over Koh Rong, Cambodia |
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| Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia |
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| The busiest bay I've ever seen, Maya Bay Phi Phi Island, Thailand |
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| Iran artist work |
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| Kangaroo friend with a joey, Australia |
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| Still one of the most incredible sunsets I've ever seen. Just outside of Innsbruck, Austria tucked into the Alps. |
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| En route to the Tiger's Nest, Bhutan |
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| Still too incredible for words. Tiger's Nest, Bhutan |
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| I lived. Nepal. Surnise. |
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| Auroras out my window in Reykjavik! |
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| Our gers, the moon and my shadow at sunrise, Mongolia |
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| How and why we lived in Mongolia, our vehicle and our guides! |
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| Moonrise Mongolia |
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| Mongolia Moonrise |
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| Machu Picchu, Peru - Happy Sawrah |
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| Machu Picchu before dawn |
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| Machu Picchu at Sunrise |
Thanks for reading!
I am starting to do some itinerary planning and consulting so if you ever need help on a trip, don't hesitate to reach out :) sawrah@ihavethewanders.com
