About Me And The Blog

Short version: Travelling the world since 1992, currently in Mexico. 98 countries visited - explored extensively. Content Creator!

2020:
I've been on the road since January 6. I travelled down through France during the month-long strike, took a boat to Tunisia, flew to Senegal. Backpacked my way to Mali and Ivory Coast. I flew to Kenya and then spent 105 days in Naivasha as the world locked down.
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I took a 1000$ evac flight to Amsterdam and went straight to Serbia. I have been in the Balkans since June 28. Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia. I am just finishing up 14 days of isolation having been in contact with someone who tested +ve for Covid-19.
Escape the maddening scene there and few to Mexico. Holed up on a beach on the Pacific coast.


About Nomadic Backpacker: There are no affiliate links or paid promotions. All mentions of hostels and any other businesses are done entirely with no financial compensation. I have always paid the normal rate! though my hostel reviews have some times been worthy of a free beer or two.

This blog focuses on my present journey, from January 2020, with occasional reposts from my old blog which was hacked in 2016. Which is a big shame as I had lots of crazy stories from West Africa.
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All images are mine. I do not believe in using stock images. I'd rather post my sometimes mediocre photos than use someone else's.

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Map of Countries Visited

​Last updated:  December 2020

​Alphabetical List of Countries and Territories Visited (shows year of first visit):

​Last updated: January 2021
  1. Abkhazia 2015
  2. Albania 2019
  3. Armenia 2010
  4. Australia 1992
  5. Austria 1999
  6. Azerbaijan 2013
  7. Belarus 2018
  8. Belgium 1993
  9. Bosnia & Herzegovina 2011
  10. Brunei 2003
  11. Bulgaria 2010
  12. Cambodia 2011
  13. Canada 1992
  14. China 2011
  15. Croatia 2011
  16. The Czech Republic 2008
  17. Denmark 1999
  18. Egypt 2010
  19. Estonia 2018
  20. Ethiopia 2015
  21. Finland 2018
  22. France 1993
  23. The Gambia 2013
  24. Georgia 2010
  25. Germany 1999
  26. Greece 2002
  27. Guinea 2013
  28. Guinea-Bissau 2013
  29. Hong Kong 2011
  30. Hungary 2008
  31. India 2010
  32. Indonesia 2001
  33. Ireland 2013
  34. Israel 2010
  35. Italy 1994
  36. Ivory Coast 2020
  37. Jordan 2010
  38. Kazakhstan 2015
  39. Kenya 2016
  40. Kosovo 2020
  41. Kyrgyzstan 2015
  42. Laos 2003
  43. Latvia 2018
  44. Lebanon 2010
  45. Lesotho 2016
  46. Liberia 2013
  47. Lithuania 2018
  48. Luxembourg 1999
  49. Malawi 2016
  50. Malaysia 2001
  51. Mali 2020
  52. Mauritania 2013
  53. Mexico 2020
  54. Moldova 2013
  55. Montenegro 2019
  56. Morocco 2008
  57. Mozambique 2016
  58. Myanmar 2004
  59. Nagorno Karabakh
  60. Nepal 2011
  61. The Netherlands 1990
  62. New Zealand 1998
  63. North Macedonia 2020
  64. Norway 1999
  65. Pakistan 2011
  66. Philippines 2005
  67. Poland 2010
  68. Portugal 2019
  69. România 2010
  70. Russian Federation 2014
  71. Senegal 2013
  72. Serbia 2011
  73. Sierra Leone 2013
  74. Singapore 2001
  75. Slovakia 2010
  76. Slovenia 2011
  77. South Africa 2016
  78. South Korea 2014
  79. Spain 2007
  80. Sri Lanka 2016
  81. Sudan 2015
  82. Sweden 2005
  83. Switzerland 1998
  84. Syria 2010
  85. Taiwan 2013
  86. Tajikistan 2015
  87. Tanzania 2016
  88. Thailand 2001
  89. Transnistria 2019
  90. Tunisia 2020
  91. Turkey ​1999
  92. Ukraine 2013
  93. United Arab Emirates 2016
  94. The United States 1992
  95. Uzbekistan 2015
  96. Western Sahara 2013
  97. Vietnam 2000
  98. Zimbabwe​ 2016

Timeline

​Last updated: January 2021
2021 - The year continues from Zipolite in Mexico

2020 - The year starts with a bang. London to Paris to Marseille and onto Tunis, Senegal, Mali and Cote d'Ivoire. Lockdown in Kenya. Escaped to Serbia then to Kosovo, Albania, ended up in isolation for 14 days in North Macedonia and then went to Turkey. And onto Mexico. Ended the year on a beach in central Mexico.

2019 - Working as much as I can in the UK. A quiet year on the travel front. Work aside, pretty much a recluse. But squeezed in a trip to Lisbon, Portugal and Moldova/Transnistria + Albania, Montenegro, Croatia but ended the year by quitting my job thus preparing the way to be back on the road.

2018 - Working in the UK as a postman. Travels to Belarus, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Denmark. 

2017 - Malaysia, Philippines, Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan - hostel volunteer, Romania. Back to the UK ending 1423 days on a single journey. Working in the UK.

2016 - Cairo to Cape Town - Overland: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, ending 7 months Cairo to Cape Town. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan - hostel volunteer, UAE, Malaysia.

2015 - China, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia. Began Cairo to Cape Town - Overland: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia.

2014 - New Year's Eve at the revolution in Kyiv, Ukraine. Trans-Siberian from Moscow to Vladivostok, South Korea - travelling + hostel volunteer 2 months, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Sumatra, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, China, Hong Kong

2013 - London to Monrovia - West Africa - Overland: Marrakesh, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Paris, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan. Living and working in Switzerland Summer 6 months. Began a trip which lasted 1423 days. Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova

2012 - Down and out in the UK. desperate times. Working in County Clare, Ireland as a waiter, 6 weeks. Living and working in Switzerland, 6 months. Began London to Monrovia - West Africa - Overland: France, Spain, Morocco.

2011 - India, Nepal, SE Asia  - Singapore to Islamabad, Pakistan w/o flying. Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Czech, German, to the UK after 18 months 549 day on a single trip. 

2010 - Working in Switzerland, Winter. Began a 549-day trip. Holland, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, India.

2009 - Working in Switzerland, Winter + Summer. Travels in Spain, Morocco.

2008 - Working in Switzerland, Winter and Summer. Travels in Spain, Morocco, Germany, Czech, Hungary and India

2007 - Working in Switzerland. Travels in France, Spain, Corsica.

2006 - Working in Switzerland. Travels in the Philippines, Borneo and Indonesia

2005 - Working in Switzerland. Travels in Borneo and Philippines

2004 - Working in Switzerland. Travels in Borneo and Burma

2003 - Working in Switzerland. Travels in Borneo, Brunei and Laos

2002 - Working in Switzerland, travels in Greece and Germany. Living in the UK.

2001 - Travels in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, East Coast Australia, Working in Switzerland

2000 - Working in the UK, Living 2 months in Switzerland. Travels in Vietnam

1999 - Working in the UK, Travels in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Luxembourg, Switzerland. Hiking in the Alps. Germany, Austria, Italy

1998 - Travels in New Zealand and Switzerland. Working in the UK.

1997 - Working in the UK. Travels in Australia. 2nd trip as a backpacker.

1992/1993 - 1st trip as a backpacker, Australia and Canada.

1990 - Walked Lands End to John O'Groats. 1700 km. Trip to Holland.

​1983 - First trip out of the UK. School trip to Boulogne, France.

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