{"id":2194,"date":"2010-08-08T12:58:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T19:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/?page_id=2194"},"modified":"2012-08-11T13:21:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T20:21:45","slug":"ottsworld","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/1-2\/ottsworld\/","title":{"rendered":"OttsWorld Travel Blog | OttsWorld.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Site: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottsworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OttsWorld.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expat blog about the travel adventures of an IT professional who left the corporate world behind<\/li>\n<li>Blog contains entries about 23 different countries<\/li>\n<li>Amazon &#8220;Travel Store&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Extensive travel tips section<\/li>\n<li>Regular Podcast travel updates<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BriefcasetoBackpack\" target=\"_blank\">OttsWorld on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ottsworld\" target=\"_blank\">@ottsworld on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sherry Ott left a comfortable lifesyle in New York in order to travel the world. \u00a0She has traveled extensively throughout Asia, including living for a year in Vietnam. \u00a0She has also traveled throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. \u00a0Her site is made as much for those who long to follow in her footsteps and leave the 9 to 5 life behind as it is for travelers.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>The Good<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Unlike so many expats, Sherry Ott seems to have a method to her madness. She didn&#8217;t just step out from her cubicle one day, never to return. She planned her escape and planned it well. Sherry is a do-to-earth traveler with a sensitive spirit. We anticipated that her entry &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottsworld.com\/blogs\/if-you-build-it-they-will-comecambodia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cambodia &#8211; If we build it they will come<\/a>&#8221; was going to be another horribly cliched article about the Pol Pot years, corruption and poverty. It actually does contain a lot of that information, but also has lines that show she understands how hard Cambodians are trying to leave their painful past behind.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottsworld.com\/photography\/photo-galeries-by-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">Her Photo Gallery<\/a> also reflects her keen eye and sensitivity.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>The Bad<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We enjoyed so much about Sherry&#8217;s website, it is hard to criticize it. \u00a0It is well-written, contains mountains of information and has a stunning collection of photographs. \u00a0 Her\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottsworld.com\/shop-my-travel-store\/\" target=\"_blank\">Travel Store<\/a> would also be useful to travelers, if those who want to shop for travel books and supplies could find it. \u00a0Our biggest complaint is that the site seems to suffer from an identity crisis. \u00a0Is it an informational site or a commercial site? \u00a0Is it for expats, backpackers or regular tourists? There is something for everyone at Ottsworld and that is the problem, in our opinion. \u00a0 That&#8217;s not to say we don&#8217;t highly recommend it, though.<\/p>\n<div id=\"social-essentials\" class=\"se_left\"><div class=\"se_button se_button_small\" style=\"width:85px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/1-2\/ottsworld\/\" data-text=\"OttsWorld Travel Blog | OttsWorld.com\" data-via=\"pamela_jones\" data-counturl=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/1-2\/ottsworld\/\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><div class=\"se_button se_button_small\" style=\"width:72px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px\"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/1-2\/ottsworld\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"button_count\" width=\"90\" show_faces=\"false\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"se_button se_button_small\" style=\"width:60px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px\"><g:plusone size=\"medium\" href=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/1-2\/ottsworld\/\" count=\"true\"><\/g:plusone><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Site: \u00a0OttsWorld.com Expat blog about the travel adventures of an IT professional who left the corporate world behind Blog contains entries about 23 different countries Amazon &#8220;Travel Store&#8221; Extensive travel tips section Regular Podcast travel updates OttsWorld on Facebook Follow @ottsworld on Twitter Sherry Ott left a comfortable lifesyle in New York in order [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":525,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2194","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2194"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5624,"href":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2194\/revisions\/5624"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}