Blog 4

Eat your kimchi is a blog with a unique perspective. Simon and Martina have lived in Korea for about five years, so they are pretty much assimilated to the culture. They speak the language and know native manners (such as bowing, the difference between informal and formal language etc.). They have a unique perspective because people who don't know them will treat them as tourists, so they can relate the korean experience to people who are just visiting; however, the fact that they have lived there for so long allows them to relate their experiences to korean natives, korean-americans or anyone who is familar with korean culture. 

Wandering Earl on the other hand comes from the perspective of a tourist, and although he slowly learns a lot about the cultures of the 83 countries he has visited, he will always keep the perspective of someone who truly doesn't belong to those 83 cultures. He cannot give as much insight as Simon and Martina because he doesn't stay in one country long enough to fully assimilate into the respective culture. 

Both blogs are extremely heavy on visuals. Wandering Earl utilizes a lot of pictures (at least 10 per post) and the occasional video blog. Simon and Martina however, mainly utilize their videos on youtube to relate their information to their audience. It seems as though Eat Your Kimchi is more of a v-log with text supplement, and Wandering Earl is the opposite.

I much prefer Eat Your Kimchi's version of blogging because the v-logs don't require the listener to pay constant attention and allows for multi-tasking.