Hey Bulldog!

Some kind of happinness is measured out in miles
What makes you think you're
something special when you smile

Hey Bulldog - The Beatles

Yes. It is. I frequently check my mileage status, it's like wealth to me. I'm like Scrooge McDuck counting his pennies every day.
But there's something else, something deeper. I'm pretty sure my happiness will someday be measured in miles. Miles spent. Not the airline miles but miles spent travelling on my motorcycle.
I've made up my mind and my happiness will be measured in miles around the world. The date is June 2011, the first day of the month, maybe before if all goes well. That day I will be leaving my appartment with nothing but clothes for a week, my camera, my computer and my motorbike. I'll take some money with me so as not to starve on the way to happiness.
From that day and for at least one year I have decided I will tour the world. I'm still planning for it and haven't decided much but I've made my backward planning and set my critical path.
Not many things are clear yet. Big bike or small bike? China or not China? Apparently it's quite difficult to enter with a foreign vehicle. Full world, only Eurasia, Eurasia and back on a different route? Long stays, short stays? One year or rest of my life?
Such are the questions that keep me busy when the job doesn't, which is most of the time.