because our transport was also our home, a Recreational Vehicle (RV) (a
motor home). We named this our ‘Tin Can’, because we were convinced that
we would spend 13 weeks squashed inside it like sardines.
As you read on you will discover, perhaps unsurprisingly, that this book is
about our travels. I spent about an hour each night making notes about
everything we had done that day, although for the purposes of this book I
have changed the names of everyone we met. This is for protection of the
individuals concerned...and to avoid being called to court for slander.
Throughout the story you will notice that I follow the American
convention of assuming that people have very little general knowledge about
where places are. So, for example, I will write Orlando, Florida, rather than
just Orlando. You may find this at best trying and at worst irritating, for which I
offer no apologies. We had to endure this practise for three months, so why
shouldn’t you?
David Thomas
York, England, The World