I wasn't going to comment on - and thus give more publicity to - the guidebook writer who wrote a tell-all book about the business of guidebook writing and then gave an interview flaunting his bad boy antics followed by a damage-control interview downplaying his misdeeds in what was an impressive effort - sort of like an attempted double play off a slow grounder - to keep both readers AND reputation.

But he got me thinking about the proverbial iceberg tip, and wondering if eventually we're going to hear that:

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, is still happily married to her first husband.

Rory Stewart walked across Andorra, and just pretended it was Afghanistan.

Paul Theroux has never actually met V.S. Naipaul.

In her heart of hearts, Patricia Schultz thinks there are only 34 places you ought to see before you die.