Wanderlust

Back in HK after my little Beijing jaunt and I find myself more restless than ever, itching to get out, do more travelling, have less of a routine and a lot more adventure.

HK is an incredibly materialistic place. Everything here is either about making money or spending it, neither of which interests me greatly and i'm in no doubt that this environment is fueling my desire to escape. However with my current volume of work leaving little or no time for recreational travel my only option is to escape digitally, which is why I find i'm spending a fair amount of my available time online researching potential next trips.

Of course if I was really saavy i'd be reasearching ways in which to become freelance and lead a subsistance lifestyle working only when necessary, or working from wherever I find myself. Unfortunately i'm not incredibly commercially minded and as such selling myself doesn't come naturally. I do still hope that one day someone somewhere will offer me good money for reviewing literature; new fiction, history, biography... I figured i'd just need an address to which they could mail the books, a small notebook and pencil to jot down comments and the odd remote beach or mountain hideaway with an internet connection on my route from which to submit my work. My level of freedom would be infinitly higher, whereas my stress levels and overheads considerably lower, enabling me to either work, or earn less. If theres anyone out there that can open up channels for me to get me moving in this direction i'm ready to pay for their services.

In the meantime I sit and plan, and for the first time ever I made a list of journeys yet to be made; Alaska, Peru, Uganda, Mongolia, Ethopia... Treks and train rides feature heavily, but I found that the more research I did the longer the list became. It was starting to look like my next job title would be 'World Traveller / Hobo' (interesting fact: there is a National Hobo Convention in the US each year), but I have decided instead to pick 1 country and aim for there (to start with).

And so I've targetted Argentina as my next stop.
Sandwiched between the Andes and the Atlantic with Beunos Aires as its captial in the North and the wilds of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego to the South and offering mountains, beachs, great hiking and dodgy train services it seems like a suitable place to make a start on South America.

All I have to do now is stay focused enough on this project in HK to see it to completion, pick up a visa and book a ticket. In the meantime those of you with Argentinian friends, families and experiences, or literally world contacts please post your comments below and we'll get this show on the road.

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