Arto's Blog

In an effort to get rid of a nasty bug which forces me to use dirty tricks when posting to my blog I just upgraded the blog software to the latest version. Unfortunately it didn't fix the bug (which seems to be somehow related to the set of software running at my web host, because I cannot reproduce it on my own computer) but brought a few other small improvements.

It is now again possible to leave comments on the posts, but I will need to approve the comments before they get published. The reason for that is to prevent comment spam (there was a lot of it when it was fully open), not censorship. Otherwise, not much should have changed. If you notice that something is broken, please drop me an email and I'll try to fix it as soon as possible.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

— Robert Frost, part of The Road Not Taken

In August 2005 I made a decision to travel. The trip will begin in June 2006. I have traveled before, I've even lived abroad, but this time will be different. I won't have any obligations to work or study, nor a permanent address. The tour will start in Eastern Europe and continue in Asia, and perhaps include other continents too. Details are still open, but it doesn't matter — I'll have time to figure them out on the road.

At least in the beginning, I'll travel by bicycle. If at some point I feel I've had enough of cycling, then I'll switch to more traditional backpacking. I initially plan to travel for about one year, but I don't want to commit to any specific time or route too much in advance. I have more detailed plans for the first month or two, more about that later.

This blog will be used to post my travel news and other random thoughts.