22 February 2007

Priorities

Here we are in late February. Already this year I've been in Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing, and Philadelphia, the last being by far the most exotic to me. Since I last posted here I've also been in England, in Alba and Asti (Italy), somewhere near Chambery (France), and on a train over the Rockies from Vancouver to Banff. I'm about to go to England, Libya, Egypt and Jordan (on a separate trip), and possibly to Poland. Later in the year I'll go to Montreal, and an extensive provincial park outside Toronto.

This is already starting to sound like Marco Polo with his endless dull lists in The Travels.

But with conflicting deadlines for contributions to three different books, and a constant stream of article deadlines, not to mention the endless administration involved in getting this year's trips set up, where would you put your priorities? Not forgetting time spent preparing tax materials for the accountant, although at least rather limited travel last year meant fewer different scripts and languages to deal with.

And surely you must have got the idea by now? Travel writing is an exhausting and frustrating way of making a living.

Still not convinced?

Well I'll do my best to give more examples this year then.
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