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Best of Travel Photography

Published on April 30, 2012 By Nick Taylor

Over the weekend, I noticed that my latest photo set (Best of San Francisco) had experienced a huge surge of hits from both Google’s organic search and the San Francisco subreddit. In fact, over a 1,000 people had viewed the photo blog post in just two days, not something that happens everyday, which got me thinking [...]

Blogging The Two Halves in 2011

Published on December 31, 2011 By Nick Taylor

It’s that time of the year to look back upon the past year’s successes and failures, all with the aim of improving and fine tuning site strategy in the New Year! According to Google Analytics, here’s how The Two Halves performed in 2011: Top 5 Most Popular Posts 1. Top 5 Social Media Trends for [...]

The Holy Grail of Travel

Published on January 26, 2011 By Nick Taylor

“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he comes to see.” ~ Doug Lansky Not everyone is fated to seek it, chase after it or pine for it with reckless abandon. It may seem patently ridiculous to some. And it is far from “practical”, i.e. what Grandma would approve of. But for some of [...]

1Malaysia, Land of Tolerance

Published on December 28, 2010 By Nick Taylor

A few weeks ago, while en route to idyllic White Beach on Mindoro Island in the Philippines, I met an Austrian around my age. He seemed cool and we had a pleasant enough chat, though my opinion of him quickly changed at his reaction to my mention of going to Malaysia next. “Malaysia – isn’t that [...]

Travel Photos of Hong Kong & Philippines

Published on December 13, 2010 By Nick Taylor

In the third Two Halves installment of travel photography from SE Asia, presenting a photo set of the best of the best of my travels through Hong Kong and the Philippines. (All photos © of Nick Taylor & The Two Halves blog). Enjoy!