Several people in the past have asked about the mechanics of blogging, so I will take a minute to explain what we do. If this is no interest to you, move on to my final post!
Anyone can open a blog at www.blogspot.com as well as several other sites. This one is run by Google and it is free. You name your blog and away you go.
There are two ways to post. You can post directly on your blog but that requires a live connection and you would do this if you have no laptop and depend on internet cafes for your blogging. More convenient is to carry a laptop; write you blog when convenient then upload with a WiFi connection when available. This works well for me in that I download my pictures from our camera every night to the laptop, then insert them into the blog as I write it. The software I use is by Microsoft, it is Windows Live Writer. Also free.
It is easy to use and when you do have a wireless, or wired connection, you can easily upload the blogs you have written. You will have noticed that I did not/could not upload daily, since several of the hotels we stayed at did not have internet access.
Finally, I carry a netbook, not a laptop. It is smaller (10 inch screen), has no DVD drive, is only the size of a large book, weighs a couple of pounds AND has 9 hour battery life. Great for working on the plane or keeping in your backpack.
Gloria has always done a written journal, my journal is basically the blog. Two different perspectives, and for the few that like to follow what we are doing, a bit entertaining as well.
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