Since I don't currently have the time to be much of a world traveler, I've started perusing the web for non-American-based bloggers who write a lot about life in their homeland but without a lot of politics. It's not that I'm uninterested in the politics, it's just that at the moment I'd rather read about the daily life (and local news) of some foreign place than worry about how it all ties in to world events.
So then, what are some of your favorite foreign blogs? I can only read English (and a bit of Spanish), so that limits my options I'm sure. One enjoyable example I've found is Voluntarily in China, written by an American expatriate who's been living in China for three years now.
Update:
- Living on the Planet links to many blogs based on living in various places.
- Blogs Around the World, hosted by Oscar Jr. and pointed out by Jay Solo in the comments, who himself hosts the excellent Carnival of the Capitalists.
- World of Blogs, hosted by the Flying Penguin.
- Hammorabi, a fascinating Iraqi blog (with disturbing images).
- The Marmot's Hole, by "a lost white dude in Korea".
Oscar Jr. has a "Blogs Around The World" project which, even if it hasn't been updated lately, is still a good source of English language blogs all over.
Ah, here it is.
The Flying Penguin has a World of Blogs page that, while it overlaps quite a bit with my list, contains more non-political blogs.
Hmm, bad link. Another try: World of Blogs.
OJr: Spiffy.
Also, links don't work here unless you put the URL in quotes. That was likely the problem with your first comment.
Michael - Please put a warning on the "Hammorabi" blog. It has very disturbing and tragic images that we Americans aren't used to (although we probably should be). I surfed over there at lunch and almost lost it.
Kurt: Good call.
Thanks for linking to Voluntarily in China. If you want to check out some great foreign blogs I have a suggestion: Living on the Planet and the Living blogs associated with it. This is a very ambitious group blog project that has had a very successful start with Living in China. This site has a very useful aggregator that updates every two hours and has become my first stop when I log on. Many of us send our best entries and photographs to the site to be posted on the main Living in China page. Living in China now has sister sites in India, South America, Australia and most recently Europe. It is really a wonderful project and I recommend that people stop by those sites and check them out.
There are a number of blogs written by foreigners living in Indonesia. My blog is just one of the many.