lol u wot m8?
Everything you read on here is just a thinly veiled "look at me I'm cool I flew First Herpderp Class thread" LMAO.

Most TR's consist of nothing but photos of food at the airport, food in the lounges, food on the plane, shots of their legs & shoes, plane seats, hotel rooms... the list goes on.
Seriously all these "intrepid globetrotters" do is EAT! Do they do anything other than EAT?? It's funny when some even have the audacity to complain about how small and uncomfortable the seats are (stop eating).

Where is the real sense of adventure?
Get a backpack, get your hands dirty, go on a multi-day hike, get explosive diarrhea, recover... of course, stay in tiny villages, help out with something, meet new people make new connections, experience something epic, trek up a mountain or volcano, spend time exploring stuff that DOES involve leaving the cushy comfort of the flashiest most pretentious hotel rooms.

What's the point in going from one city to another only to stay in nice places, eat at overrated restaurants and wander around the CBD - when many of them can do that where they come from anyway? Trip reports should include other stuff like what they actually did on that trip or are they too tight to actually fork out real money to pay for something rather than use miles/rewards points etc.
Very few on Flyertalk have actually posted a TR that I've enjoyed reading. I worked for an airline for 18yrs and never felt as though I'd actually BEEN places, despite traveling far and wide! I merely just 'stayed over' then left without being able to do what I had been itching to do the whole time.
LOL.