Why so much 'Where in the world?' of late?

Recently, there has been quite a blitz of pieces in my strand about this strange and wonderful country in which I now live. I think I should offer an explanation.

Well, partly, I think, it's just a case of making up for lost time. I was away from here, and not posting much, for nearly 5 weeks - so perhaps you're just getting 2 months or so of 'Where in the world's in the space of 1 month.

And yes, there's a general problem of me being too prolific for my own - or your - good this month, because I am without regular employment.

And perhaps the myriad petty vexations of life here are bearing down on me more than usual at the moment because I am feeling so vulnerable, so emotionally depleted.

The chief reason, though, is that I am planning to discontinue this series next month. YES - make the most of it, because it will all be over in another 8 or 9 days. I've kept up this insistence on anonymity for 6 months now, and it is, I admit, a somewhat odd pretence, a very artificial sort of 'game' - since almost all of my regular readers are friends of mine (many of them living here in The [still, for now] Unnameable Country with me) and know perfectly well where I live; and for any casual readers who don't know me, I think it is probably extremely easy to guess (at least, it is if you've ever been here!).

There are reasons why I have chosen to talk about my country of residence in this oblique way; reasons which I shall expound at a later date.

I choose now to abandon this policy not because I am regretting it or growing tired of it (I think it has many advantages when discussing life in this country, and I feel the 'Where in the world am I?' pieces have often been some of the best posts on this blog), but mainly because I am finding it rather limiting over on my other blog, Round-The-World Barstool Blues - I would like to be able to talk rather more fully and openly about some of my favourite bars and restaurants here on that blog, and the 'anonymity' policy is a bit of of an obstacle to that.

If you really don't know where I'm living, and are curious, watch out for the moment of revelation early in April!!