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For many years people would tell me I should write. A blog, a book – it didn’t matter; ‘just get your experiences down on paper’, they’d say encouragingly.
Of those voices telling me to pick up the pen, none so were louder than that of my best friend and frequent travel partner; Emilija Grigaite. Sadly however, such bursts of enthusiasm for me to document our travels together fell on deaf ears. Until at least, one fateful night spent with a lovely pair of Canadian couchsurfers (Liz and Nate), in our cockroach infested apartment in Taiwan.
Suddenly, beer fuelled persuasion techniques levelled at me by Liz, Nate, and Emilija, resulted in the metaphorical penny dropping in my head and I could see the benefit in not only putting our experiences into word, but opening myself up to the public and sharing information relating to the fact that I was aiming to travel the entire world in my wheelchair.
My reluctance to actually commence writing may have come from a lack of experience. I was worried that whatever I managed to muster wouldn’t quite be good enough, and that people would laugh at my writing style and my distinct lack of understanding when it comes to spelling and grammar.
I was also concerned that I may come across as a bit of a fraud. Despite being disabled myself, I knew little in the way of accessibility – other than what I needed myself to get by in life. If I was going to become this ‘disability travel guru’ that people kept pinning their hopes on for me to achieve, I was going to need to brush up on a lot of things. What’s accessible for me might be hellish for someone else – and vice versa.
Anthony William
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