Nomadic Backpacker - About Me

My travels have taken me across 105 countries, travelling solo as a long-term low-budget traveller backpacker since 1992.


Former racing cyclist, mountain runner, electronic technician, waiter, postman, now a full-time traveller, with a passion for long, overland journeys.

Current location: Mexico


I have catalogued most of the highlights of my life on an updated post, A Life Of Travel, so make sure you check it out.

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Overland Journeys:

 I have a passion for long overland journeys​:

  • ​London to Beirut (Lebanon)
  • Singapore to Islamabad (Pakistan)
  • London to Monrovia (Liberia)
  • Istanbul to Baku (Azerbaijan)
  • London to Seoul (South Korea)
  • Hong Kong to The Aral Sea (Uzbekistan)
  • Cairo to Cape Town
  • Dakar (Senegal) to Grand Bassam (Ivory Coast)
  • Belgrade (Serbia) to Sanliurfa (Turkey)
  • San Salvador to Panama City
  • Panama City to Mexico City

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

​Last updated: October 22, 2022
  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. Belize 2022
  10. Bosnia & Herzegovina 2011
  11. Brunei 2003
  12. Bulgaria 2010
  13. Cambodia 2011
  14. Canada 1992
  15. China 2011
  16. Costa Rica 2022
  17. Croatia 2011
  18. The Czech Republic 2008
  19. Denmark 1999
  20. Egypt 2010
  21. El Salvador 2022
  22. Estonia 2018
  23. Ethiopia 2015
  24. Finland 2018
  25. France 1993
  26. The Gambia 2013
  27. Georgia 2010
  28. Germany 1999
  29. Greece 2002
  30. Guatemala 2021
  31. Guinea 2013
  32. Guinea-Bissau 2013
  33. Honduras 2022
  34. Hong Kong 2011
  35. Hungary 2008
  36. India 2010
  37. Indonesia 2001
  38. Ireland 2013
  39. Israel 2010
  40. Italy 1994
  41. Ivory Coast 2020
  42. Jordan 2010
  43. Kazakhstan 2015
  44. Kenya 2016
  45. Kosovo 2020
  46. Kyrgyzstan 2015
  47. Laos 2003
  48. Latvia 2018
  49. Lebanon 2010
  50. Lesotho 2016
  51. Liberia 2013
  52. Lithuania 2018
  53. Luxembourg 1999
  54. Malawi 2016
  55. Malaysia 2001
  56. Mali 2020
  57. Mauritania 2013
  58. Mexico 2020
  59. Moldova 2013
  60. Montenegro 2019
  61. Morocco 2008
  62. Mozambique 2016
  63. Myanmar 2004
  64. Nagorno Karabakh
  65. Nepal 2011
  66. The Netherlands 1990
  67. New Zealand 1998
  68. Nicaragua 2022
  69. North Macedonia 2020
  70. Norway 1999
  71. Pakistan 2011
  72. Panama 2022
  73. Philippines 2005
  74. Poland 2010
  75. Portugal 2019
  76. România 2010
  77. Russian Federation 2014
  78. Senegal 2013
  79. Serbia 2011
  80. Sierra Leone 2013
  81. Singapore 2001
  82. Slovakia 2010
  83. Slovenia 2011
  84. South Africa 2016
  85. South Korea 2014
  86. Spain 2007
  87. Sri Lanka 2016
  88. Sudan 2015
  89. Sweden 2005
  90. Switzerland 1998
  91. Syria 2010
  92. Taiwan 2013
  93. Tajikistan 2015
  94. Tanzania 2016
  95. Thailand 2001
  96. Transnistria 2019
  97. Tunisia 2020
  98. Turkey ​1999
  99. Ukraine 2013
  100. United Arab Emirates 2016
  101. The United States 1992
  102. Uzbekistan 2015
  103. Western Sahara 2013
  104. Vietnam 2000
  105. Zimbabwe​ 2016

Map of Countries Visited

​Last updated:  October 2022
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Timeline

​Last updated:  October 2022
2022 - Starting the year in Mexico City and in January, flight to Country 100, El Salvador. San Salvador Suchitoto, Santa Ana, Lago de Coatepeque. Returned to England. Then Back to Mexico!! Then back to El Salvador and into Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and then heading north again, overland, inc Honduras and Belize.

2021 - The year continues from Zipolite in Mexico and on to Oaxaca and an extended stay in Mexico City and San Cristobal. Crossed to Guatemala. And in early August, returned to Mexico. Day trips in and around Mexico City, ending the year in Ziploite 

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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