It’s Friday morning in the Middle Kingdom. I’m off to Hong Kong to pick up my new axe.

I’ll be staying in palatial cheap basic accommodations. My last trip to HK saw me staying at the YMCA. I don’t know what reputation The Y has in other parts of the world, but in HK it’s bomb diggity.

I’ve found some cool new blogs this week (well, new to me) and wanted to share. Give these folks a read, they have something interesting to say.

I mentioned Christine at almostfearless.com earlier in the week. She has a great post about how to receive your mail, in a virtual sense, while overseas.

Julie at Collazo Projects has an interesting piece on flubbed journalistic endeavors and gives her commentary on the Ann Curry/Ingrid Betancourt interview.

Want to do cool, free stuff in Boston? World-traveler extraordinaire Nomadic Matt has the answers in a recent post.

Theresa and Jeff of Livesofwander.com are leaving for a year of world travel. They have some interesting posts and neat things to say. Their site offers readers a chance to vote on where the couple should go on their epic adventure.

Signing off for the weekend. Stay chilly, I’ll try to stay dry.

Image courtesy of the BBC

Carrie at My Several Worlds found out last week all the content on her blog had been stolen and posted elsewhere without crediting her. She, in her own words, was pissed.

She did some research and took actions. I suggest everyone read her post on how she solved the problem and busted the spammer.

The deathless words and advice of intrepid traveler, photographer, and uber-brave blogger Stevo are posted at My Several Worlds. I have been welcomed as a guest author with an article on planning ahead for better travel photographs.

Globetrotteri and her Several Worlds was one of the first expat blogs I found in April when I entered this brave, new world. She has been encouraging and incredibly kind. Her experience in Asia is vast; she’s been everywhere. Her site is the place to go for articles and photographs of Thailand, Cambodia, Taiwan, and Japan. She also runs the Taiwan Photographers site which features great shutterbugs from the island nation.

Check out my article, and the rest of her incredible site. Thanks Globetrotteri.