I did not set out to write a travel book. Instead I started, many years ago, to blog daily idiocentric observations to a small, dedicated group of online readers while travelling the equivalent of 100 times around the globe on business and at leisure.

Over time it became apparent that losing my luggage was going to be a major feature of my travels occurring more than 30 times to date, so I have taken a keen interest in recent developments to reduce this irritating inconvenience with the use of radio frequency technology.

A selection of consolidated daily travel blogs has been put together as the basis of this publication, written in a rough and ready format while on the road, commenting on the comic, the absurd, the thought-provoking and the downright surprising aspects of exploring the ways of the world in more than 130 countries around the world.