Visual Travel Guides!!!

Travel guides traditionally have been books, then came the era of VHS, then CDs and the internet. PDF downloadable guide books were next and then there are Blogs, websites, promotional webpages etc hit the market in a big way. But now the latest product to hit the market is Visual travel guides from Magellan. The USP of these guides is that travelers can get the real feel of a place before they decide to go there. If after seeing the Visual Travel guides don't appeal to anybody they will not visit that destination. These guides come at a price though, for $20 you could visit a popular city like San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and many other places. This may well be the next wave of travel publications.

Video of Pictures

I was just playing windows movie maker and another movie making software with some of the pictures shot during my travels in America. Here is the result a one and half minute video. I don't know how it is... but then a beginners attempt... it is too fast during some frames and too slow at others... but nevertheless I have tried to capture the best possible results.

My videos

Since I didn't have much to blog or write about... as I have been mostly stuck at home in half-gloomy weather.. I thought I'd post some of my youtube videos on my blog. And this is what they are... mostly amateur stuff... some stunts I tried out at home....

A composition of pictures of my travel pictures. More like a slide show with some background music score and some bad titling.



This is a video of a short motorcycle tour in Tumkur district we can see Gopi on the Yamaha. The video was actually shot in a small digital camera by Dev who was sitting pillion on Anand's enfield.

A Website full of Travel Videos

Are you the kind of a discerning traveller who does loads of research before embarking on a holiday? Do you study brochures and books, view videos, ask friends before deciding on your holiday destination? Well if you are one such traveller, here is a website catered to your specific needs.

Welcome to http://www.travercial.com/, a unique travel website which brings together the best streaming travel videos from all over the internet onto one platform. Currently the site has videos of destinations from 80 different countries, from Antarctica to Wales and covering all seven continents.

The site doesn't limit itself in just compiling videos but goes a step further, it features a well researched Top-10 list of destinations in a particular country. The "Editor's Pick" section gives the flavor of the country. Web browsers can scroll across the panel to view the different videos available on the site. Videos feature cities, activities, natural beauty, and even eccentric activities available.

The "Real People" video streams at the end of the list are personal videos from travellers like yoiu and me. The site also features provides to national tourism websites of different countries. In addition to the 80 detailed countries, additional countries are covered by selected videos in the "Other Countries" pages for each continent. This section features 60 countries, thus the site total adds up to 140 countries. Just imagine videos detailing the various destinations of 140 countries. You can choose the country and the region inside to watch the video and then decide whether you want to go there or elsewhere. Promoted by Baraness Ventures, Travercial features over 2,500 travel videos.

Check out the site and the videos there on here.

You can also read one of the book reviews I wrote recently about Eleven Minutes