I’m an avid reader. I read all the time. I used to go through at least one book a week. I would sit on the way to school, on the way home, after I’d done my homework, and read. I still love to read, but I’ve started, instead of reading fiction or narratives, reading Lonely Planet guides to the destinations I want to go to at the end of year 12. I haven’t actually bought all those guidebooks myself, I’ve only bought South East Asia on a Shoestring, Europe on a Shoestring and Japan, but my parents have a collection of about a dozen (mostly the UK and continental Europe, but also Egypt, Africa, etc) and the school library has a very interesting collection. They even have a second edition of South East Asia on a Shoestring. Now if only i could find a copy of “Across Asia On The Cheap”…
Anyway, as I read these books, I jot down anything important or useful, like a place I definitely want to go, an important tip, etc, etc. And with all this information, I’ve been slowly, ever so slowly, planning my trip. I’ve been doing a few things to try to cut back on spending as well, like brining lunch when i go to work (or trying to remember to bring lunch…).
I’ve been setting up and working on a website or two as well, which will hopefully bring in a little bit of money to go towards those savings…
Anyway, the point of this post is…I’m obsessed. Everything I do is somehow related to or will somehow influence my travels…I just had to let it out.