We want your motorcycle travel story, whether
it's around the world or a once-in-a-lifetime trip to anywhere.
AtHorizons Unlimited, the most popular
motorcycle travel website, with around three million hits a month,
you'll get a lot more readers than in some obscure corner of the
web. Plus, your readers won't be subjected to popup/under ads
or turned away because you've exceeded their bandwidth limits.
And yes, it's still free and will remain so. Motorcycle travel
stories only, please.
NOTE: If you already have a website or blog elsewhere, you have no need for an HU blog, but we'll be happy to
link to it! See
here to find out how.
What's a Blog?
We have set up the Movable
Type blogging ("web log" or "web page with regular
entries") software to enable motorcycle travellers around the world
to enter their stories easily. For an example of a blog/travel story produced
with this software, see Ken
and Carol Duval's story.
You can enter your story from any Internet cafe using
only the browser. Scan pictures using the available scanner and software
in the cafe, then upload them to your page. Readers can sign up for notifications
when you post a new entry, and you can add your friends and family yourself,
so they don't have to go to the site to check if there is an update.
You can also allow readers to add comments to your entries, or not, depending
on how thick-skinned you are ;-) You can even delete their comments if
you don't like them.
What do we ask of you?
First and most important - we ask that you actually use
the blog to post your story! It is a bit of work writing up the events of the day, so if you're not prepared
to actually do it, please don't ask - it does takes some time for us to set you
up, and uses server space!
Please be careful of the space you use - we don't charge
you, but it does cost us! Please keep photos to 400 pixels wide maximum,
and 15-40kb in size maximum. More details in the Users
Manual here.
You agree that you will not use this site to post any material
which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar,
hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening,
invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You
agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned
by you or by this site.
You remain solely responsible for the content of your entry, and you
agree to indemnify and hold harmless Horizons Unlimited and our agents,
Movable Type (the makers of the blogging software) and their agents, with
respect to any claim based upon transmission of your entry.
Custom designs?
If you would prefer to have your own design for your blog, that is possible
- but it's not free. Web site design, hosting etc is all possible. Fill
in the form, or just use the simple feedback
form, and let us know what you would like, and we'll contact you.
What if I only have one trip story?
If you have only a single trip story, and it's from a current or recent
trip, it may be new and interesting to someone on the far side of the
globe. We can create a single page for you. Please
spell-check it and send it in the form just as TEXT in the Comments field.
We reserve the right to edit, but only if really needed. We will check it and if of interest,
we will send you a request for photos. Photos should be scanned at a resolution of approx.
200 DPI (dots per inch), sized to approx. 600 pixels wide, and outputted
as JPEG at a setting somewhere in the middle of the quality range. DON'T
send any photos until we contact you, please.
Want to learn more?
Are you the sort of person who likes to read the manual before starting
a project? Check out the Movable
Type User Manual to see what's involved.
As always, thanks for your continuing support. If you want to help support
the website and defray our costs, please
visit here.
Check out the Books pages for Travel books and videos. Remember if you go to Amazon from our books page, we get a small percentage of every purchase.
Thanks!
Grant and Susan
Editors note:
We accept no responsibility for any of the above information in any way whatsoever. You are reminded to do your own research. Any commentary is strictly a personal opinion of the person supplying the information and is not to be construed as an endorsement of any kind.