Comments on: Planning them plans and scheming them schemes

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:30:56 +0000

With the benefit of hindsight (and the enthusiasm of your “Bear Shaped” fan Eileen) I know that you are now on the road and I am a latecomer to your exciting travel log… I’m looking forward to catching up and following your wonder-filled route! Cheers to Adventure!

By: Lisa Paul

Lisa Paul — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:06:15 +0000

You must read “Dark Star Safari” by Paul Theroux chronicling his journey (mostly by bus, train and foot) from Cairo to Cape Town. And please don’t stop listing your “fantastical plans”. They are as fun to follow as your actual journeys.

I sure which I could step in and do the Ethiopia adventure. A secret travel wish of mine.

By: eileen

eileen — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:08:55 +0000

Perish the thought! I’m off to the states for a visit/work/conferences and time with my niece and nephew and their family. I’ll be there around five weeks, and should be back in time to suffer through just a little more antipodean winter before spring sets in. Will await your updates with baited breath, and curiously wonder why the washing machine lives in the kitchen. Mine’s in the bathroom. Which come to think of it, could house the fridge, too, but even I’m not that kooky.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:07:20 +0000

@joe
I have little doubt that the moment I step on a bus, an ordeal of amazing frustration will result. An ordeal which no amount of reading material or inflatable pillow thingies will ever mitigate, but which will ultimately be fondly remembered. Also, given the breakneck pace at which I will need to generally keep moving in order to get there in under 50 days, the luxury of long periods of relaxation will be denied me as well. I think that the main motivation for wanting to do it is to meet one of those challenges that, if you succeed, you can remember fondly for the rest of your life.

@eileen
My kitchen is the same. The washing machine got in first, took the only decent spot and then made doe eyes at the fridge when it arrived. Sort of a “Oh, you want a space? That’s terrible” kind of look. So the fridge went into the living room to cry and never really came back. Are you off to the US for proper, or is it just a visit to catch up with friends/family/rest of the universe?

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:23:39 +0000

It sounds completely awesome. The thought has started a war in my brain. One part is excited, while my memory centre has leapt forward and it trying to strangle that part with memories of our bus/train trek from Bangkok to Hong Kong. You’re a brave man!
I have always wanted to do a trip like this, but was never the type to get excited by people’s plans to drive it in a 4×4. The bus plan is terrifying, but at the same time brilliant.

By: eileen

eileen — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:23:32 +0000

Sounds like a great undertaking, and can’t wait to hear more about it as it gets closer. My next greatest leap is to the United States, and I’m guessing it won’t be as interesting as your journey. Also, my fridge lives in the living room as well. It’s a tight squeeze for one person in my kitchen. Putting the fridge in there would mean never entering myself. Somehow that seemed like a bad idea.