Yeah it's true: I'm a terrible blogger

I looked back on my previous blog entry and decided that I really need to improve upon my blogging skills. I also realized as a new blogger that there are some fundamentals to blogging that I should be more conscious of, such as the frequency and length of entries. I'm entering a learning curve with all of this, so hopefully as time goes by, I will make great strides towards improving my blogging skills.

I'm sure I probably left most readers that viewed my previous blog entry wondering what my real message was, and truth be told, I should have either elaborated on my story or written it in such a way that would have delivered a much more clear and concise message. So in an attempt to help improve my skills, I thought I would try to follow up on the subject of my first blog entry, traveling.

The Good

My main point of my first message was going to be that you see a variety of things when traveling, hence, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Over the next few blog entries I will give you a few examples of each based upon my experience. First the good: you see all kinds of people, from all walks of life when traveling, especially when you travel internationally. I have seen good things come from a number of different people from a variety of backgrounds along the way.  I have experienced all kinds of acts of kindness and generosity when I have traveled. For instance, a couple of years ago I severed the tendons in my right hand. My hand was bandaged up pretty good, but I was able to manage. I was surprised however, that I had so many people offer to help me, which, as a frequent traveler, it seems is a rare commodity these days. In fact, I remembering sitting next to a TV personality on a flight to Atlanta during this time and she was as helpful as could be. Another time when I experienced an extreme act of kindness was when I was in Australia visiting the Whitsunday Islands. I had missed a ferry and I honestly was unsure of what I was going to do because I needed to catch this ferry in order to get to a larger island that had an airport that basically operated one flight a day. I had to get there otherwise it was going to be a logistical nightmare to get to where I needed to be. I had asked at the ferry ticket office after realizing that I had missed my ride (the ferry) if there was another way for me to get to where I needed to be and they put me in touch with a gentleman that operated a small airplane service that gave flights around the islands. He flew me to where I needed to be at no charge. He showed me all kinds of interesting things along the way that could only be seen from above. I made it with time to spare and this guy was just as friendly as could be. This was not unusual based upon my experience the entire two years I spent in Australia, but it certainly was a very nice thing for someone to do.