There is more written down in the world than can be read in a person’s lifetime. Is that a scary thought? For me the answer has to be "no," as a vast majority of the worlds texts are not worth reading. Sure, this is a judgment call, but everyone has to draw a line somewhere. Something is only worth reading if it serves a purpose, it is intelligently written, and is easily accessible. To know that there are enough books alone to meet these criteria IS awe inspiring- as a habitual student (or a person with a learning addiction – call it what you will) I feel I want to read and maybe study the best of this vast body of work. Thankfully, a three-month cruise will give me the perfect opportunity to do a lot of reading and hopefully I will learn a lot too.
The reason I am concerned about the extensive supply of ‘reading material’ is because anyone Internet literate is likely to have come across the term ‘blog’ – it is a growing phenomenon and people start new blogs every day. I started my blog yesterday and hope that this particular chapter can be closed successfully in just over a year, but what is most important to me is the fact that what I am doing is worthwhile. Hundreds of people ramble on, and while I admit to being verbose, I hope that my blog is proving worth reading. I am painfully aware that it is only day two of my blog and I already have a half a dozen posts in place. I have no intention in keeping up this intensity of postings but there is so much that I have done already about the cruise it is going to take me a while to get up to date!
I do however feel that it is about time I stated my aims for this blog they are as follows:
The blogs main aims are:
a) to keep people up to date with what I have been doing on the trip (and include a selection of the latest photos)
b) to act as a place for people to contact me - it is possible to post messages on any of my log entries
c) to act as a reference point for me on the trip with links to useful pages about each destination/embassies etc.
The blogs secondary aims are:
d) to enable people to keep a track of where I am in the world and where I am going
e) to act as a diary for myself during the run up to the trip – and therefore as a prompt of things I need to remember both before I go and while I am away
f) to act as a place for me to let of steam at the complexity of organizing such a big holiday
g) if it is informative to act as a reference point for anyone else thinking about taking a cruise - to give them cause for thought
h) if I am very lucky to act as a source of income to help finance the trip through an ad my blog (will be paid only if people click on the link)
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