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Now that I've retired my Canon A1 due to shutter failure and the cost to repair is more than I paid for it in 1978, I guess it's time to move completely into the digital age.  Web site or blog?

My son is a web site developer and he's offered (read after a lot guilt laid on him from me) to build either one for free.  From what I can gather, a web site needs more technical skills to update and if updated on a frequent basis could become very work intensive.  A blog, on the other hand can be updated by me whenever I can without a lot of effort.
Am I wrong? 

I will be on a more extensive voyage for the next 5-7 years, down the west coast, baja, sea of cortez, guatamala, costa rica, and then into the south pacific - or - back up through panama and into the caribe. 

Which format (site or blog) do you more experienced technical people suggest.  Something that I can update from rather remote locations although with internet connections, show some pictures, and make a log of the trip for friends, family, and interested persons?

Suggestions and experience with these formats is appreciated

Here's my experience:
I established my own website about a year ago, www.epixx.net. Since I had my own design-company then, it was an easy thing to do. After that, I've updated it once, and I have to realize that once or twice a year is the maximum of what I'll do, unless I pay somebody to do it.

I've considered a blog, and may still do that, but the most important thing for me is to show my photos to people, so about a week ago, I registered at two gallery sites: deviantart.com and smugmug.com. My personal galleries are at udvang.deviantart.com and epixx.smugmug.com.

They are very different in concept. Deviantart is very cool, but doesn't allow for any serious organizing of the photos. Smugmug is another animal altogether. Very well organized.

Both the sites allow people to order prints of my photos, and I make a profit out of each print sold.

Just my 2 cents

You can always do both.    That's what I do.  I do other things besides photography so my website gives me a place to post my non-stock and older photos as well as my artwork and online store information.  I use my blog to keep family and friends updated on what's going on in my life... although I don't update it very often here lately.  Both my blog and my website are about to get a major (and much needed) overhaul in the next week or two.  I agree that the website will take more work/knowledge to update so that might not be your best choice.  The blog, on the other hand, should be very user friendly, depending what type of blog you choose.  Good luck to you, we'd love to see it when it's done. 

Blogs are maintenance-free and very handy for sharing infos in the present, very volatile though.  But if you don't have a permanent base while traveling, it is a convenient way to store on a daily basis, although you may check if you can keep everything at high resolution.

Websites are more grounded but require personal attention.

If you opt for a website:

- if you plan to sell your pictures, go for something already formatted online.

- if you don't plan to sell but would still like an online family album presentation, I would recommend to get a web name (GoDaddy is cheap), use a software like Adobe GoLive (I like it personally, very transparent approach), and create your own website with your own server at home (have it on a separate computer for security reasons).  This way you don't have to pay an outsider host and your work remains in your hands.  You can share it with your family with some passwords, or you can keep it totally public.  Your choice.

Mostly, choose what corresponds to your own needs and expectations.

Well if you would venture across the waters, and come to this side of the world i would consider it very seriously... I think you should scoot across the ocean up by greenland, come across to ireland, then norway and float down to italy and such.

Thanks IR, I guess I'd better discuss this further with my IP (son)

Leaf wrote:   "scoot across the ocean up by greenland"

Nah, like Jimmy Buffett wrote "going where the weather suits my clothes" 

I don't think shorts and t shirts will work in the northern clime all year long.  Last time I came back to CA it took me a month to get used to frigid 75 degree weather

Although, I did live 6 years in Spain and really miss the Med.

Website And Blog. ;-)

You can go to Freewebs and create a website. It allows you to have a blog in the same website. You can take a look at my website but i never added a blog cos i aready have  a blog at VOX (really good blog site!)