Hey buebo - go for it dude.
I did the same thing for my Morocco trip - I used Blurb to print the book up and was stunned at how good it came out and how cheap it was to do ($9.99) I've only printed about 10 for family and friends and I've made it very photo heavy - a couple of pages of photos filled up with some entries from the blog - in fact blurb automatically went to my blog and pulled that content in for me - it also pulled my images from flickr and I just had to lay it out.
Make your own book with Blurb
As far as writing goes if your goal is to make something for you and your friends and family what does it matter what others think? If you're thinking you may like it to go a little further then just pay attention to your spelling and grammar and importantly - tell a story.
The biggest mistake I see when it comes to any kind of writing - travel or not - is the complete ignorance of a story arc - in other words the concept of a beginning, a middle and an end.
The experts in this area (well I would say that, I work for them), Lonely Planet, got a bunch of their authors together to write a guide on how to write good travel content.
Travel Writing
worth a read if you're interested in broadening the appeal - if not - just write what makes you happy :-)
Good luck!
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