The beginning would be a good place to start

Unfortunately, the beginning was a very long time ago and I seemed to have forgotten most of the important things that happened. I guess that makes perfect sense since I wasn't around for most of that time. You would think that that would make me quite young, but the fact that I forgot much of the stuff that happened since "my own" beginning would indicate otherwise.

So the beginning isn't a very good place to start after all. Perhaps I should then start with something worth writing and go from there, but I doubt either of us want to wait around that long. Now there was a time, no long ago when I did have something to write about. A time when anything was possible, so long as it remained in the realm of possibility. I was to begin a travel adventure unheard before...except from those who already did it and even managed to write guides to tell me what to see and do (because I wasn't really qualified for that sort for thing). Even more importantly, these guides gave something to focus my anger and disdain should things not turn out the way I had not planned but hoped would turn out anyway.

This sort of safety net would not be possible if I went at it alone. So on the course of this trip I wrote back to select few on a rather regular basis. These emails were long-winded and cost me a fortune in Internet cafe fees. These emails were quite insulting to most people involved in the venture; fellow travelers, local culture, I think I even take a few pot-shots at the flora and fauna. But foremost, I think these emails insulted the reader by stealing from them precious minutes from their boring lives they will never get back again. And this is what I plan to give to you free of charge.

So although this is original material, it is not new; more like a re-release. Think of a forgotten, scratchy old record re-issued in CD format and for all it's digital remastered wizardry, it's still bad. But like the old records from the past, I'm hoping that all the people that could possibly sue me due to the content or send some rather nasty gents to visit me with form-fitting cement shoes, would have either forgotten....or died.

I realise that this is not the standard way for posting content to a blog, but well it's my blog, so, um, there.

OK...at some point I'll get around to actually posting the first installment of the trip.