Notes from the Road
Encyclopedia
Notes from the Road is an American online travel journal
and blog
founded in 1999 by travel writer Erik Gauger which focuses primarily on North America. Forbes Magazine praised the site for having "Photos worthy of National Geographic" and called it the best-looking travel blog they had seen. Forbes also noted that the navigation system was poor and that links were often overlaid over photographs. Notes from the Road was also picked as a favorite website by Time Magazine.
According to the site, "Notes from the Road is a project in experimental travel writing - it is about subjective travel; the kind of real world of random things and real people."
The focus of the online travelogue is not in specific destinations, but in the subjects of travel, from cultural history
, to biology
, to the importance of travel writing
in society.
Gauger originally founded the site in January 2000 to let friends know about his travels and has since broadened to include other content such as details about political disputes between preservationists and developers in various parts of the globe.
and Sand Mountain
.
Travel journal
A travel journal, also called road journal or travelogue, is a record made by a voyager. Generally in diary form, a travel journal contains descriptions of the traveler's experiences, is normally written during the course of the journey, intended on updating friends or family on the journey...
and blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
founded in 1999 by travel writer Erik Gauger which focuses primarily on North America. Forbes Magazine praised the site for having "Photos worthy of National Geographic" and called it the best-looking travel blog they had seen. Forbes also noted that the navigation system was poor and that links were often overlaid over photographs. Notes from the Road was also picked as a favorite website by Time Magazine.
According to the site, "Notes from the Road is a project in experimental travel writing - it is about subjective travel; the kind of real world of random things and real people."
The focus of the online travelogue is not in specific destinations, but in the subjects of travel, from cultural history
Cultural history
The term cultural history refers both to an academic discipline and to its subject matter.Cultural history, as a discipline, at least in its common definition since the 1970s, often combines the approaches of anthropology and history to look at popular cultural traditions and cultural...
, to biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, to the importance of travel writing
Travel writing
Travel writing is a genre that has, as its focus, accounts of real or imaginary places. The genre encompasses a number of styles that may range from the documentary to the evocative, from literary to journalistic, and from the humorous to the serious....
in society.
Gauger originally founded the site in January 2000 to let friends know about his travels and has since broadened to include other content such as details about political disputes between preservationists and developers in various parts of the globe.
Travel Issues
Notes from the Road covers travel issues rarely covered by the travel media, such as controversial environmental battles such as those on Great Guana CayGreat Guana Cay
Great Guana Cay is an islet located in The Bahamas. It is a long but narrow islet which is 9 miles in length. It is located in the centre of the Abaco Islands...
and Sand Mountain
Sand Mountain
Sand Mountain may refer to:* Sand Mountain, a ski resort, in the fictional city of Bikini Bottom* Sand Mountain , the fourth-highest point in Florida* Sand Mountain , a Singing sand dune in Nevada...
.