Nice!
I use to write about the same

But it was not in English.
Now I'm thinking about starting blog in English with my pics and travel stories.
Actually I asked this question to know is it still popular or not. Because many people just post everything about they life to Facebook. It don't think is cool cause Facebook is not the same as blogging.
I have some pips at bloogspot. I read them time to time. I think this is most popular blogging engine, but I'm not sure.
My previuos blog was in LiveJournal