A different way to write Travel Journals
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Often the most interesting stories don’t get told. When you visit a mesmerizing landscape, you are absorbed into the details of astonishing scenery. You take a single picture, you think it won’t do justice. So you take multiple. You take a panorama. Then capture a video glimpse. Perhaps a 360° video too. And if you are one of those… you take out your drone and take bird-eye-view footage of the terrain. Perhaps that’s when you sit relax on your hotel terrace or outside your camp and enjoy the nature by yourself. But if you don’t do this effort, you surely lack enough material to help you tell the story of your amazing journey or simply to save your travel memories to revisit later.
Time and time again, I would find myself in similar situations. And it only gets worse when you have the urge to stop your vehicle and have to get out to take the footage of every single place. Don’t forget the disturbance it creates for those traveling with you. I would constantly ask myself
Should I enjoy the moment or capture it?
A few years ago, we came up with a prototype to solve this problem. But it wasn’t until recently that we decided to convert it into a fully functioning mobile app — Traverous. So how does Traverous solve this problem? Take a look at the following route taken by Hasifi, a Traverous user
Traverous is a Travel Journal App — It uses your travel route, photos, video glimpses and check-ins to compile a video of your journey over 3D maps. This resulting video is called a Travelogue or a Travel Journal.
The video looks like as if your drone followed you all the way, except that it is animated. And that has an upside. Places and activities around your route can be featured in your travelogue to make it more informative
No Photos is not the solution — It is Less Photos!
How people are using Traverous
We had Hikers, Adventure Travelers, Mountaineers and Photographers in our mind while developing Traverous app. We were amazed by the different ways and purposes that the travelers started using Traverous for.
Ocean Travel
David, a Traverous user, took a small voyage around Krabi Island in Thailand and his travelogue was quite astonishing. Following the trend, many travelers have recorded travelogues that included travel through water. We had not tested Traverous for this purpose earlier.
Bikers are Loving it
Bikers (motorcyclists) mostly traveling in groups and often traveling thousands of kilometers in a single week are using Traverous to record, review and plan their travels. Biker groups from dozens of countries have recorded their travelogues on Traverous. These groups often hold annual meetups at some remote place and travel on bike to reach the meetup location. So far, biker groups from United States, Malaysia and Pakistan have gone a step further to record their meetups too on Traverous!
Usage for Education
Apparently some geologists and agriculturalist are studying agricultural and rural land and logging the state of these areas on the way with Traverous. They surely have figured out that this is a nice way to present the summary of their surveys.
Documenting the Pilgrimage
Some travelers recorded their Hajj pilgrimage activities this year on Traverous.
Many avid travelers are using Traverous to document their city travel as they explore the Cultures, the Food and Tourist Places. Delivery guys are using Traverous to document their day to day job. Family people are using the app to document their family moments and some people are using Traverous to record even their daily commute.
Terminology Explained
Though the terms Travelogue and Travel Journal have been used interchangeably, we use Travel Journal to refer to collection of Travelogues. The word Traverous is a combination of Travel and Adventure. And we hope to bring the best of both Worlds to our users. Check out Traverous App on Play Store.
End Note
Travel opens the world of collaboration, exploration, cultural mingling and fun activities among distant cultures. At Traverous, it is our mission to help travelers celebrate this diversity and to provide them the means to relive their travel experiences.
Happy Traveling! ✌
