I have been reading some blog posts recently about travelers, written by travelers. The article that got me thinking about this was from the Nerdy Nomad who speculated whether some of the travel blogging community are braggers or inspiring. Please bare in mind that i am a newbie at this game, I have not had allot to do with travel blogging community other than read, i have not done any real adventure travel as yet but I don’t believe there is any clear answer to this one.  People are individuals and express them selves to that effect. As far as i can tel what makes the travel writing/blogging world so interesting is that you have so many views and opinions kicking around. People continue to write about places, all the places that i am going to go to next year have been written about already, they will be wrote about again. We all have different perceptions of a place and  of course the place keeps on changing.

So Nomadic mat wrote an article about why we travel, more specifically why he travels. Its  not a simple question, why we travel,  when I started this blog I though allot about the reasons for travel. The truth is their are so many reasons for travel and these are always individual. Do i think that this article from Matt is condescending? No i don’t. However I do feel that he has written a article that is based on a presumption, the presumption being that everyone loves to travel. Yeah of course the majority of people do, however if you neglect to see the minority their is always the chance that you will come across as condescending. Even for those who like to travel there is part of them/us that knows they could not do it indefinitely.

I have often thought however that Matt has a very unique view of travel and travel writing. A way of expressing his journey and making you think. His view on the 9-5 and passion for what he does really made me think….. what am I doing here,  I need to travel, I need to see the world for my own reasons. Does Matt think his Nomadic lifestyle is superior to the 9-5, maybe….. but that’s his opinion and if he can make people choose something different or to think about something differently by expressing himself through his blog then why not.

Long term travel, snobbery and judgmental blogging on Gadling makes me think about the choices I have. How do I write, how does the way I write come across. Is what I’m writing what I am really trying to say, what am I actually trying to say anyway? At the moment I have no real idea what I am trying to say, but what are you thinking?

My blog posts often feel like a jumble of what I’m thinking. I started this post asking a question of the travel blogging community. Is this space on the web on the where the travel blogging community hang out polluted with condescending, arrogant and judgemental people, of course its not. That conclusion may have been obvious to some of you and to be honest I knew it too. It made me think though!

How do I write about my journey through travel?

I don’t know! But it will be my thoughts, sometimes in there rawest form and sometimes it may not be what I truly mean. I don’t want to have to think about it all to much, this is my space and I can do what I want with it.

Thanks for reading.

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