A map named Asia

We're the proud new owners of a map named Asia. Its a thing of beauty, and its not just its size ( it's length is just shorter than the width of our double bed) or the bright colours; or the twin expanses of Russia and China through the middle. No, the brilliant piece of art, which had me idling in bookstores with the weight of it in my hand trying to justify the spend, this map stretches East from Ireland past England all the way to the tip of Australia. Yes it covers Asia, but the clever mapmaking boffins who designed it don't let Asia sit in isolation.


The reason this is so exciting is not just because of my fetish for cartography. Next year we hope to be lucky enough to be travelling some of that by bicycle and while we've been plotting things we want to see on our trip on googlemaps sometimes the big picture is worth looking at as well.

Even if its just to remind ourselves how big things are.