March 28, 2009 11:10 pm

Lonely Planet's Travel Blog Honors

Prestigious guidebook series honors travel bloggers

Lonely Planet seeks nominations for its annual travel blog awards and invites readers to vote, accounting for 50 percent of the total, and judges evaluated the blogs for the other 50 percent. Below are the winners and the four runnersup in each category, along with an indication of how much the leaders won by. There are some really awesome blogs here, so check them out:

Best Destination Blog

http://www.govisithawaii.com/, 10 Points
http://www.manzanilloblog.com/, 7 Points
www.spottedbylocals.com/berlin, 5 Points

http://www.whistlerblackcombsnowreport.com/, 3 Points
http://rwapplewannabe.wordpress.com/, 1 Point

Best Expat Blog

http://bearshapedsphere.blogspot.com/, 10 Points
http://www.notesfromspain.com/, 7 Points
http://www.yucatanliving.com,/ 5 Points
http://roamingrachael.blogspot.com/ 3 Points
http://rwapplewannabe.wordpress.com/, 1 Point

Best Comsumer Travel Blog

http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/, 10 Points
http://elliott.org/, 7 Points
http://www.matadorgoods.com/, 5 Points
http://travelingmamas.com/, 3 Points
http://www.travel-rants.com,%201/1 Point

Best Travelogue

http://windyskies.blogspot.com/, 10 Points
http://www.worldinslowmotion.com/, 7 Points
http://everything-everywhere.com/, 5 Points
http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/, 3 Points
http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/, 1 Point

Best Non-English Language Blog

http://www.lavoltadels25.cat/, 10 Points
http://www.triplib.de/, 7 Points
http://amafrika.blogspot.com/, 5 Points
http://dulichbonmua.blogspot.com/, 3 Points
http://aatomiku-seiklused.blogspot.com/, 1 Point

Best Spanish Language Blog

http://churuymarianenelbolson.blogspot.com/, 10 Points
http://www.blogdeviajes.com.ar/, 7 Points
http://objetivolima.wordpress.com/, 5 Points
http://misviajesporahi.blogspot.com/, 3 Points
http://viajerasdelmundo.blogspot.com/, 1 Point

Best French Language Blog

http://www.panneauxdumonde.toile-libre.org/, 10 Points
www.toothbrushnomads.com/dotclear, 7 Points
http://www.tropic-of-capricorn.fr/, 5 Points
http://matetlola.uniterre.com/, 3 Points
http://cathetyan.uniterre.com/, 1 Point

Best Italian Language Blog

http://www.ilreporter.com/, 10 Points
http://www.piedistanchi.com/, 7 Points
http://lafilibusta.blogspot.com/, 5 Points
http://turismolento.blogspot.com/, 3 Points
http://avventuregialle.splinder.com/, 1 Point

Best Micro-Blogging

http://twitter.com/soultravelers3, 10 Points
http://twitter.com/travelsavvykayt, 7 Points
http:///, 5 Points
http://twitter.com/nerdseyeview, 3 Points
http://twitter.com/travelblissful, 1 Point

Best Video Blog

http://youtube.com/user/soultravelers3, 10 Points
http://www.amtrekker.com/, 7 Points
http://www.twoguysaroundtheworld.com/, 5 Points
http://scenicboys.typepad.com/scenicboys/, 3 Points
http://youtube.com/user/GoHawaiiTV 1 Point

Best Themed Blog

http://soultravelers3.com/, 10 Points
http://travelswithtwo.com/, 7 Points
www.bigbluetech.net/big-blue-tech-news/ 5 Points
http://mykugelhopf.ch/, 3 Points
http://walktalktour.com/, 1 Point

Best Image Blog

http://tacogirlblog.blogspot.com/, 10 Points
http://atodocaucho.blogspot.com/, 7 Points
http://elsuenodeindia.blogspot.com/, 5 Points
http://everything-everywhere.com/Photography, 3 Points
http://mykugelhopf.ch/, 1 Point

Best Group-Authored Blog

http://www.spottedbylocals.com/, 10 Points
http://travelgeneration.com/, 7 Points
http://matadornetwork.com/. 5 Points
http://travelingmamas.com/, 3 Points
http://blog.mrandmrssmith.com/, 1 Point

Best Podcast

http://amateurtraveler.com/, 10 Points
http://indietravelpodcast.com/, 7 Points
http://notesinspanish.com/spanish-audio, 5 Points
http://notesfromspain.com/podcasts, 3 Points
http://viajerodelmundo.com/, 1 Point

Congratulations to all.