*Cue clapping and cheesy smiles*
Bloggers start your egos! The Skyscanner 2012 Bloscars are here and what a wonderful line-up we have. The last 12 months have seen some unforgettable travel writing and this ceremony is here to reward the excellence and professionalism in travel blogging that all too often goes without proper recognition.

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Well, not literally but if I end up in the obituaries section of the newspaper, you know who to blame.

To give you a bit of background, I decided earlier this year to start a few new blogs. I also decided, having worked as a linkbuilder and copywriter for a number of years to allow guest blogging, thinking I was not only doing something nice for the community but maybe I could spare a few hours writing time and get some really good user-generated content instead.

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It had taken roughly a month of phonecalls, but I had finally managed to get a table at ‘Aghtamar Lake Van Monastery in Exile’. Booking a table shouldn’t be this hard, but having read many interesting reviews online, I was willing to put in the effort.

Previous reviews (from 1987) had described the owner as being of “distinct resemblance to Rasputin”, who only let customers in if he liked the look of them, and chucked others out for turning up late. He was also known to have refused to let one party in as they arrived in two separate groups at different times, and for giving the boot to another group who asked for Turkish coffee.

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