Greetings travelers!
Welcome to the 24th week of the #swmchallenge where we travel around the globe and try to bring up to light the most unique and special places or events worth visiting or putting on your travel bucket list. Each week here is filled with posts full of captivating scenery, stunning images and great stories. Basically, great travel blogs worth checking out. So If you like to travel (digitally or in real life) #swmchallenge is the place to go.
For those who still don't know about SteemitWorldMap
It's a fun tool made by @blueorgy and @martibis that allows you to pin your posts to a specific location or browse the world map where ideally every place on the map is a Steemit post. #swmchallenge is my attempt to make it more popular and build a community around it.
New Rewards
As of today, up until the point where STEEM is really expensive and we don't earn that much of it any more I'll hand out SBI shares as rewards. 1 share = 1 STEEM so if the price doesn't go up too fast I'll be able to keep up for at least a couple of weeks. But if the prices go too high I'll just reduce the rewards a bit or go back to the SBD rewards.
What are SBI shares?
Steem Basic Income is a social experiment to bring a basic income to as many Steemians as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Steem Basic Income is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member content.
Instead of giving you a one time payment of x SBD, from now on I want to reward you with daily votes from @steembasicincome that last FOREVER!
The more shares you collect from winning contests or by sponsoring someone else, the higher the upvotes you will get, daily, FOREVER.
Winners will receive
1st - 4 SBI shares
2nd - 3 SBI shares
3rd 2 SBI shares
4 Honorable mentions - 1 SBI share each
Enrollment process is done manually so you might not see the wallet message from @steembasicincome straight away, but it will come in a day or two.
For more information about the project read the FAQ
You can find other contests that hand out SBI shares as rewards here.
Travel blogs of the week
#1 The Ocher Valley of Sorrows - Travel Writer Contest
@nameless-berk takes us to a very special place, the Tatacoa Desert in Colombia. Unlike most deserts which tend to be quite dry and inhospitable, Tatacoa Desert resembles a vibrant oasis that is full of life. Read the post, you will love it!
#2 Riding epic trail of Passo del Bernina [My Travel Blog]
Next we join @dejan.vuckovic on a bike ride through Passo del Bernina which is a breathtaking trail between Italy and Switzerland. Definetely a suggested read for anyone who is into cycling or just enjoys stunning landscape images and great travel blogs.
#3 Curiñanco's cliff Reserve
@road2horizon show us around Curiñanco's cliff Reserve and althought it was not the planned destination for the day they still had an amazing time. Eating some empanadas to keep them going they hiked through the reserve and even ended up renting a boat for half an hour to relax and enjoy the moment.
Honorable mentions
Entry counter
| Last week | This week | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | 50 | 1185 |
HOW TO ENTER
Make a post about a place you visited and share it with the SteemitWorldMap
Use the #swmchallenge tag
Check last week's winners to see what kind of quality I'm hoping you can achieve
Tag your post accordingly and add at least 200 words of description
See how to add posts to the map here HOW TO add a post to the world map guide
RULES
Original and quality content only (plagiarism will be punished)
Only use high quality images
Unlimited amount of entries
Only quality posts will be taken in consideration and all attempts to miss-use #swmchallenge tag will be punished
HELP THE CONTEST GROW BY
- Participating
- Donating to increase the reward pool
- Resteeming this post for increased visibility and more people joining
- Inviting your friends and fellow steemians to join the contest and share their travel posts in the map