The Story So Far ...

We said farewell to our work friends at the RSPCA and BBC on 14 September, farewell to our families on 3 October, and set off for Africa to save cheetahs, decorate school buildings, and look around a bit. After a trip home for Christmas, we headed for South East Asia on 6 January -- where we were stunned by Qatar and Cambodia, taught novice monks in Laos, and acted as security guards at an Elephant Festival. It was back home for four weeks to look after John's dad, before we tangoed our way through five South American countries in fifteen days. We then snooped our way through New Zealand, dipped our toes into Fiji, drove-thru California and were home from home with family in Vancouver.

Now, we are home itself. Fulfilled, happy, and ready to earn the respect of our friends and family by knuckling down and earning some money once again ...

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

The Rule of Lists

They taught me at Journalism School that there is a Rule of Threes.  Three facts in an on screen tv graphic work better than two.  Three statements are more likely to be understood than seven.  Three voices in a news report are more manageable than nineteen.  That sort of thing. 

I must now add the Rule of Lists.  When about to embark on a Big Trip, for every one item one cheerily strikes from the To Do List, three shall be added.  That, at any rate, seems to be today's multiplication factor -- on Departure Date Minus Five.
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