I know I should be telling you more about my wonderful little ebook. (Well, I think it's wonderful - it cost enough in terms of angst to get this far.)
I should be telling you about the challenges of catching buses in Cuba. Well, to be fair, catching the buses was fine; it was buying tickets that could be a bit random. I should be telling you about the vagaries of the casa particular system - a connected system of homestays. Once you have organised a stay in one (a process not without its challenges) your host or hostess will fix the next one. Which means you'll always have somewhere to stay - hurrah!! But you never quite know what it's going to be like till you get there ...
I should be telling you about the music ... and the waterfalls ... and the horse-riding ... and the vultures ...
But what I really want to do - what I always want to do at this point, with the ebook sent on its way - is think about another trip.
So I'll convince myself that if you're wondering whether to buy the book you might like to check out the pictures on my website here (follow the travel links to Cuba), and if you're not - well, me going on and on isn't going to change your mind.
Instead I'll ask you where you would go next, if you were me?
Would you retrace your steps in somewhere you've been before, and if so, where? Would you tramp back into the mountains of Nepal, with their breathtaking views and a cyclone or two? Would you head further east, back to Malaysia, or Cambodia, or Vietnam? Would you tiptoe back into the temples of India? Or maybe west, another road trip in America?
Or venture somewhere new? If I put my mind to it I might have usable Spanish by the winter, which opens more possibilities. So, South America? Somewhere in Africa maybe?
I'm so looking forward to reading your book, Jo. Having some eye-strain problems at the moment which means limited periods in front of a screen, but it's there, ready and waiting. No…where would I go? I have a desire to go to Tasmania, although it's a bit far - alternatively island hopping in the Adriatic.
ReplyDeleteDidn't get to Tasmania - but you never know. Have done the island-hopping thing, and it's fab!!
DeleteAnd I know you'll get to the book as and when, Val - more important that you look after your eyes!!
I'd ask how well you know the UK.... So many people travel hundreds of miles to find something different when they don't even know what's on their own doorstep.
ReplyDeleteYou're right - I go far away in the winter, when travelling in the UK can be unpleasant, or even hazardous. But it's a great question, so might give it a whole blogpost answer!!
DeleteI'm looking forward to reading that blogspot. What would it be like to write about your own country? How would that differ from describing a country in which you're an outsider? Would it be harder to pick out the parts worth mentioning?
DeleteI think you should tour Scotland and stop off at Glasgow for some tea and shortbread, scub that....cream cake!
ReplyDeleteScotland - now there's a thought. Though maybe not in January!!
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