Hey guys,
Thanks for the feedback and sorry it's taken me so long to respond. I've kinda had my head down. Quite nerve wracking having 'strangers' read what's on your mind in the form of a book.
Anyhow,
Apologies Herby for causing you so many reckless thoughts. I'd say don't ask my advice. If you did I'd say as did in the book; do it only if you can afford to lose the things you might lose along the way. Otherwise be wary. In my opinion, from forums such as these, it seems increasingly that there's a lot of lonely men on motorbikes traipsing the world in search of something but aren't quite sure of exaclty what. Answers probably. But I didn't find any. So I'd say don't join them unless you have.
And thanks for the feedback K1W1. I'd agree with both points. It did need more words, easily another 30 pages, but sadly that's not how it works. You get a word limit and a page allowance and that's your lot. Though maybe in a way the last few chapters mirror reality, in that I didn't care or give consideration to anything those last few weeks. Just wanted to get home. And so I didn't have any detail to give. But you're not the first person to point it out. Maybe next time.
As for the pics, I totally agree. In fact, when I look at the book I can't help but feel it does quite do justice to the trip. I'm content with the words. But in terms of presentation and interaction and scale, yeah, I feel a bit disappointed. Needs more pics and colour and thickness to it. If anyone's seen the book From Here to THere by that Melbourne radio bloke you'll know what can be done with a book about a trip like this. I liked the layout of that book a lot.
Ah well... glad you fellas liked it, and most of all, thanks for buying a copy. I appreciate it.
Nathan.