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| Paul Theroux, a grumpy old git |
When Paul Theroux wrote his masterpieces, we all know it's an exaggeration, we all know he changes reality to make himself look articulate, quick witted and bold, but we don't mind (I don't anyway) because its funny, entertaining and tantalizing. And before I started my travels, I saw myself as a writer with the same qualities (Paul Theroux also being an arrogant fucktard).
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| An assortment of Chinese Hot Pot ingredients, fried in filthy Chinese street food oil. Yum! |
But now I realize that traveling and successfully running a travel blog are incompatible, unless your some sort of superman like nomadic Matt. Real travelers just don't have that sort of time, life gets in the way, and to be honest, the great firewall of China doesn't really help.
Well sorry for wasting you time. I guess this rant is an apology to myself for running my blog into the ground, for losing most of my page views (from 200 a day to 20) and for being a lazy bastard. I promise at least two new posts a month from now on, there's so much to blog about!
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| Feng Jie (Sister Feng), widely considered the most beautiful woman in China. Her ambition is to marry Barack Obama. I wonder what the first lady will think of dear old Sister Feng? |
Again, apologies, next time you visit my blog, you will be captivated by a flurry of poetic words with will sweep you away to a land beyond the horizon, to land of communists and dragons, to a place of filthy noodles and blind dates.
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14 comments:
You make a really good point here.
In almost three years I've traveled 300,000 miles for my blog. I take a plane once a week on average. I visit at least two countries per month to eat. Less than half of my adventures make it to the blog, and believe me, I've had some crazy adventures! I'm using the rest of the year to live/document the travel/foodie life, then I'm taking a bit of a break and working on my first book, "Off the Beaten Plate." - with 62 countries under my belt (literally, in my stomach) - it's time to put my feet on the ground and write.
wow! I dont think we're in the same league, it seems your blog is your life, mine is just a hobbie. Let me know when youve finished writing your book, id love to read it!
My blog is also my hobby and woefully mistreated at times, it also doesn't help that I now work 9-5 as well (still abroad still travelling) and while I write during my work day I until recently didn't have internet at my desk, I now do and it will be abused. But yes I have always found the life/blog balance hard, which is why I guess I don't profit from it.
I'm glad im not alone george! I've started my own business, started a new job as a lecturer at a uni and had blinkering vpn access to the free internet. At the moment my blog is falling apart as the template i use has a few new bugs, urgh, and no time to work them out! Anyway rant over, good luck with your awesome blog george!
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