Unique South America Travel Experience is not really a blog, but I felt the need to review it because I feel the website owner truly loves his subject.
The site is filled with photographs and personal remembrances by a traveler who has been to South America, and writes in his “About Us” that he is in Dublin Ireland (a place I personally long to visit) and will one day return to his beloved continent. The About Us page does not let us know who the author is, aside from a photo at the top of the page which I presume is our author. I’ve guessed that the website owner is one “Daniel Moore,” because several of the photos on the site are attributed to that individual. I would recommend editing the About Us page to make it clear who is speaking to us and encouraging us to take a chance in visiting South America one day.
From the opening page, the writer makes it clear his love for South America and all the countries therein. There is a date-stamp on the page that shows the current date, but I believe that is code generated and not a sign that the site was updated today. The layout of the Homepage is kind of lumpy, with huge text and lots of pictures and a giant Google Ads box in the middle of things, disturbing the textual flow of the page.
The navigation on the left sidebar makes has a nice natural flow, and the only thing I’d recommend is moving the About Us page up to the second position. The navigation is repeated at the bottom of each of the webpages, which is redundant and should be removed.
The next option in the navigation is SA Travel Blog which offers readers an RSS option for when the blog is updated, but there isn’t any “blog” content.
Moving on from the blog and the overview of the continent on the first page, we move country by country through South America. Here is where the true heart of the site lies. The author writes about each country and top destinations, and the sometimes scary adventures he had in each nation.
While interesting to read about things he experienced from the 1970s onward, I found this to be a site that I won’t necessarily visit again… unless I need maps. I would suggest our author update more frequently, perhaps use Blogger or something to actually BLOG about his travels, and I truly hope he makes it back to his beloved South America someday. Ireland may be lovely, but the photos of SA make it look dreary and boring in comparison.
I give this site a 2.75 rating, as it is worth a look once, but doesn’t generate a desire for anyone to really revisit. NULL