About Me And The Blog

Short version: Travelling the world since 1992, currently in Albania. 96 countries visited - explored extensively.

About Nomadic Backpacker: There are no affiliate links or paid promotions. All mentions of hostels and any other businesses is 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.

Running costs are helped by DONATIONS and I just set up Buy Me A Coffee, a fun way to support my blog.

Map of Countries Visited

​Last updated:  September 2020

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

Last updated: September 2020
  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. 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. Moldova 2013
  54. Montenegro 2019
  55. Morocco 2008
  56. Mozambique 2016
  57. Myanmar 2004
  58. Nagorno Karabakh
  59. Nepal 2011
  60. The Netherlands 1990
  61. New Zealand 1998
  62. Norway 1999
  63. Pakistan 2011
  64. Philippines 2005
  65. Poland 2010
  66. Portugal 2019
  67. România 2010
  68. Russian Federation 2014
  69. Senegal 2013
  70. Serbia 2011
  71. Sierra Leone 2013
  72. Singapore 2001
  73. Slovakia 2010
  74. Slovenia 2011
  75. South Africa 2016
  76. South Korea 2014
  77. Spain 2007
  78. Sri Lanka 2016
  79. Sudan 2015
  80. Sweden ?
  81. Switzerland 1998
  82. Syria 2010
  83. Taiwan 2013
  84. Tajikistan 2015
  85. Tanzania 2016
  86. Thailand 2001
  87. Transnistria 2019
  88. Tunisia
  89. Turkey ​1999
  90. Ukraine 2013
  91. United Arab Emirates 2016
  92. United States 1992
  93. Uzbekistan 2015
  94. Western Sahara 2013
  95. Vietnam 2000
  96. Zimbabwe​ 2016

Timeline

​Last updated: September 2020

2020 - The year starts with a bang. London to Paris to Marseille and onto Tunis, Senegal, Mali and Cote d'Ivoire. Lock down in Kenya. Escaped to Serbia then to Kosovo, Albania

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 UK ending a 1423 days on a single journey. Working in 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 Years Eve at the revolution in Kiev, 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 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 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 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 UK.

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

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

1999 - Working in 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 UK.

1997 - Working in 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 UK. School trip to Boulogne, France.

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