Akila blogs about food and travel at The Road Forks. She has won writing awards from Grantourismo and HomeAway and is a frequent guest poster on popular travel blogs, including Brave New Traveler, Nomadic Matt, Almost Fearless, and others. The Road Forks is a Lonely Planet featured blog, a Top 100 Travel Blog Site, has an Alexa rating of approximately 130,000, and receives over 30,000 pageviews per month. Their site has been featured on:
- 5/28/11, Eye on the Web, with Kevin Caron, "The photos are lu[s]cious and the spirit indefatigable. You really get to know this lovely couple and, despite never leaving your keyboard, feel like you're traveling with them, all the way around the globe."
- 4/29/11, What We're Reading Now, at Two Go RTW
- 4/21/11, Hours for Art Telethon Interview, at Alison Gresik
- 4/14/11, Travel Dorks feature, at Off Track Planet
- 3/3/11, Five Travel Blog Titles That Grabbed Me, at ParkRideFly
- 3/2/11, Interview, at Jack and Jill Travel Around the World
- 2/12/10, LandLopers Pick of the Week, at LandLopers
- 12/27/10, My Favorite Travel Blogs of 2010, at Nomadic Matt
- 12/2/10, The Best of 2010: 100 Inspired Travel Blogs, at Almost Fearless
- 11/22/10, A Week in the Life Of, at The Professional Hobo
- 11/20/10, Meet the Nomads, at FlipNomad
- 11/19/10, The Lucky 13 Questions, at Go See Write
- 11/2/10, Travel Tuesday feature, at Backpack to Buggy
- 10/4/10, Seeing the World, at Itchy Feet
- 9/19/10, Interview, at Travel + Tea
- 9/18/10, Round The World Q&A, at Travelated
- 8/30/10, Why Link Exchanges Are Like Mosquitoes, at Problogger
- 8/25/10, Travel Tuesday feature, at STA Travel Buzz
- 8/2/10, The Vegetarian Backpacker, at Nomadic Matt
- 7/26/10, 10 Travel Blogs You Should Read Now, at To China and Beyond, "[S]ome of the best writing in the travel blogging world. A new post from them is almost always the first thing I'll jump to in my Google Reader."
- 7/8/10, Iglucruise Award for Highly Recommended Foodie Travel Sites
- 7/6/10, The Perfect Vista: Breathtaking, second place winner in Grantourismo and HomeAway UK June Blogging Competition
- 6/17/10, 24 Hours on Magnetic Island, at Do It While You're Young
- 5/15/10, Contributed to Foodie Travel Secrets E-Book, at Tripbase
- 5/1/10, On the Bamboo Train, first place winner in Grantourismo and HomeAway UK April Blogging Competition
- 2/18/10, Travel Blog Sites Featured Site, "They write about food and travel and they really know what they're talking about . . . . " and a Top 100 Travel Blog Site
- 2/4/10, Alternatives to the Wine Vineyards in the Barossa Valley, at CheapoAir
- 1/27/10, Travel Blog Round Up, at Johnny Vagabond
- 1/18/10, Should You Adapt When You Travel?, at Almost Fearless
- 1/8/10, The Deadly Sin of Wanderlust: Is Long-Term Travel Selfish?, at Brave New Traveler
- 10/27/09, Monsoon Sweets, at Sharing Travel Experiences
- 10/6/09, Ranthambore National Preserve, A Tiger Haven, at The Planet D
- 9/17/09, Contributed to Overcoming the 7 Major Obstacles to Traveling Around the World E-book by FoxNomad
- 2010, TeachStreet Featured Blogger
- 2009-2010, Lonely Planet Featured Publisher
- 2009-2010, food photography featured at Tastespotting, Foodgawker, Photograzing, and FoodPhotoBlog
Akila launched The Road Unleashed in April 2011 to blog about travel and pets. The Road Unleashed offers advice, guidance, and real-world feedback on traveling with two dogs around the United States and Europe. It has been featured at:
- 5/9/11, Chloe's Clicks, at DogJaunt