Where I've Been: World Travel Page
I have travelled extensively in more than 100 countries that I personally recognise. Here I document the UN-listed ones, the Non UN-listed ones, and countries where I have worked.
Backpacking in Côte d'Ivoire:
I started backpacking, travelling with a backpack, towards the end of 1992, November 23rd 1992 to be precise but of course I was around for 24 years, 7 months and 15 days before I set off on that rather ill-fated trip to Australia.
I have cycled extensively in England. I knew every pothole on every road in a 50 mile radius of Bletchley. I had cycle toured North and Mid Wales, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire.
In 1990 I walked the 1071 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats, that's Southwest England to Northeast Scotland.
The same year I went to The Netherlands with the scouts which was probably the first country out side of the UK where I spent the night.
In 1992 I went to Canada (2 weeks) and the USA (1week).
My first trip abroad was to France with school at 13 years old.
But my solo travelling life with a backpack began with that trip to Australia.
Backpacking in Senegal, 2020:
I have cycled extensively in England. I knew every pothole on every road in a 50 mile radius of Bletchley. I had cycle toured North and Mid Wales, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire.
In 1990 I walked the 1071 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats, that's Southwest England to Northeast Scotland.
The same year I went to The Netherlands with the scouts which was probably the first country out side of the UK where I spent the night.
In 1992 I went to Canada (2 weeks) and the USA (1week).
My first trip abroad was to France with school at 13 years old.
But my solo travelling life with a backpack began with that trip to Australia.
Backpacking in Senegal, 2020:
UN-Listed Countries Visited:
This list has been amended.
After a great deal of thought, I have included the United Kingdom in my country count. After all, for those chasing the illusive 193 would never reach 193 if they didn't include their home country, unless they were born on the moon.
The United Kingdom comprises of Great Britain which is England, Scotland and Wales, and Northern Ireland (which I haven't yet visited but it's on my list).
To be included in my list, I must have slept at least 1 night in the country. I think my shortest stay in all these years has been Denmark where I stayed in 1999 for 24 hours. I arrived on the 8:15 from Oslo and left the next morning on the same train to Hamburg.
I have made a day trip to Palestine but have not included it in my list. I have driven through Liechtenstein but I didn't even get out of the car and I have spent 8 hours in Qatar airport and was in-transit. Maybe 1 day I will get back to these places.
After a great deal of thought, I have included the United Kingdom in my country count. After all, for those chasing the illusive 193 would never reach 193 if they didn't include their home country, unless they were born on the moon.
The United Kingdom comprises of Great Britain which is England, Scotland and Wales, and Northern Ireland (which I haven't yet visited but it's on my list).
To be included in my list, I must have slept at least 1 night in the country. I think my shortest stay in all these years has been Denmark where I stayed in 1999 for 24 hours. I arrived on the 8:15 from Oslo and left the next morning on the same train to Hamburg.
I have made a day trip to Palestine but have not included it in my list. I have driven through Liechtenstein but I didn't even get out of the car and I have spent 8 hours in Qatar airport and was in-transit. Maybe 1 day I will get back to these places.
- Albania
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Canada
- China
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- The Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- The Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Honduras
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- The Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- The United Kingdom
- The United States
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
Backpacking in Kosovo:
Non UN-Listed Countries Visited:
These are, as the sub heading suggests, countries (and territories) I have visited, backpacked and stayed at least 1 night, that are not members of the UN, that I personally recognise.
They are countries, territories, defacto states and autonomous zones:
They are countries, territories, defacto states and autonomous zones:
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
- Kosovo
- Abkhazia
- Nagorno Karabakh
- Transnistria
- Western Sahara
Backpacking the Skeleton Pass in Zimbabwe:
Continents I have visited:
I grew up with North and South America being classed as 1, The Americas. Hard to change habits of a life-time.
- Europe
- Australasia
- Africa
- Asia
- The Americas
Countries where I worked or volunteered outside of England:
Switzerland: I worked 16 seasons as a waiter in Grindelwald Samedan, Val Fex, Grimentz, Mürren, SustenPass and on the GrimselPass
Ireland: I worked 8 weeks a a barman in Lisdoonvarna in 2012
South Korea: I volunteered at a hostel in Seoul for 8 week in 2014
Georgia: I volunteered at a hostel in Mestia in 2016
Kyrgystan: I volunteered at a hostel in Karakol in 2016 and 2017
New Zealand: I volunteered at a hostel on Great Barrier Island in 1998
Ireland: I worked 8 weeks a a barman in Lisdoonvarna in 2012
South Korea: I volunteered at a hostel in Seoul for 8 week in 2014
Georgia: I volunteered at a hostel in Mestia in 2016
Kyrgystan: I volunteered at a hostel in Karakol in 2016 and 2017
New Zealand: I volunteered at a hostel on Great Barrier Island in 1998
Towns, Cities & Villages I have visited (stayed the night):
It was quite easy to document these as I have a good memory for things like this, though I might have missed 1 or 2. And of course there are numerous day trips to places that are not included. Though given a map, I could detail all the places in England I have slept in and all places around the world I have visited but not slept in, but I have better things to do with my time.
Latin America:
Belize: San Ignacio, Hopkins, Orange Walk
Honduras: Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula
Panama: Bocas del Toro, Panama City, David, Santiago
Costa Rica: La Fortuna, San Jose, Cahuita, Puerto Viejo, Quepos, Liberia
Nicaragua: Jiquilillo, León, Esteli, Jinotega, Matagalpa, San Carlos, Rivas, Granada, Ocotal
El Salvador: San Salvador, Suchitoto, Santa Ana, Lago de Coatepeque, San Miguel, Perquin, La Union
Guatemala: Xela, San Pedro, Panajachel, Antigua, Livingston, Rio Dulce, Flores
Mexico: Mexico City, Oaxaca, Zipolite, San Cristobal, Palenque, Campeche, Mérida, Real del Monte, Bacalar, Veracruz
8 Countries, 48 different towns and cities
Belize: San Ignacio, Hopkins, Orange Walk
Honduras: Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula
Panama: Bocas del Toro, Panama City, David, Santiago
Costa Rica: La Fortuna, San Jose, Cahuita, Puerto Viejo, Quepos, Liberia
Nicaragua: Jiquilillo, León, Esteli, Jinotega, Matagalpa, San Carlos, Rivas, Granada, Ocotal
El Salvador: San Salvador, Suchitoto, Santa Ana, Lago de Coatepeque, San Miguel, Perquin, La Union
Guatemala: Xela, San Pedro, Panajachel, Antigua, Livingston, Rio Dulce, Flores
Mexico: Mexico City, Oaxaca, Zipolite, San Cristobal, Palenque, Campeche, Mérida, Real del Monte, Bacalar, Veracruz
8 Countries, 48 different towns and cities
Africa:
Egypt: 2 visits. Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, Port Suez, Port Said, Alexandria, Siwa, Dahab, St Katherines-Sinai
Sudan: Wadi Halfa, Dongola, Khartoum, Meroe, Port Sudan, Kassala
Ethiopia: Metema, Shedi, Gondar, Gorgora, Konzula, Bahir Dar, Addis, Awasa, Konso
Kenya: 2 visits. Moyale, Isiolo, Nanyuki, Nairobi, Mombasa, Lamu, Malindi, Kilifi, Mtwapa, Naivasha
Tanzania: Tanga, Dar es Salaam, Stone Town (Zanzibar), Mbeya, Matema
Malawi: Mzuzu, Nakhata Bay, Likoma
Mozambique: Cobue, Lichinga, Cuamba, Nampula, Ilha da Mocambique, Inchope, Chimoio
Zimbabwe: Matare, Chimanimani, Great Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls
Lesotho: Sani Top, Oxbow
South Africa: Pretoria, Pietermaritzburg, Sani Lodge, Sedgefield, Knysna, Cape Town.
Tunisia: Tunis, Kairouan, Sfax, Douz, Tozeur, El Kef
Morocco: 3 visits. Tangier, Fes, Meknes, Oujda, Figuig, Eroud, Merzouga, Zagorora, Erachidia, Imilchil, Todra, Dadas Gorge, Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Imlil, Rabat, El Jadida, Essaouria
Western Sahara: Dakhla
Mauritania: Nouadhibou, Chinguetti, Atar, Nouakchott
Senegal: 2 visits. St Louis, Dakar, Tambakounda, Ziginchor, Cap Skiring, Kachouraine
Gambia: Banjul, Brindara
Guinea Bissau: Bissau, Gabu
Guinea: Koundara, Labe, Dalaba
Sierra Leone: Freetown, Bo, Kenema
Liberia: Monrovia
Mali: Kayes, Bamako, Sikasso
Cote d'Ivoire: Ferkessedougou, Kong, Yamousoukra, San Pedro, Sassandra, Grand Bassam, Abidjan
22 countries in Africa, overnights in 116 cities/towns/villages, 2 mountain huts, Toubkal and Chimanimani. 3 nights on boats, River Nile cruise, Aswan-Wadi Halfa ferry, Lake Malawi. 4 night trains - Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritania, 4 nights on a camel safari. Night buses: 11 +/-
Egypt: 2 visits. Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, Port Suez, Port Said, Alexandria, Siwa, Dahab, St Katherines-Sinai
Sudan: Wadi Halfa, Dongola, Khartoum, Meroe, Port Sudan, Kassala
Ethiopia: Metema, Shedi, Gondar, Gorgora, Konzula, Bahir Dar, Addis, Awasa, Konso
Kenya: 2 visits. Moyale, Isiolo, Nanyuki, Nairobi, Mombasa, Lamu, Malindi, Kilifi, Mtwapa, Naivasha
Tanzania: Tanga, Dar es Salaam, Stone Town (Zanzibar), Mbeya, Matema
Malawi: Mzuzu, Nakhata Bay, Likoma
Mozambique: Cobue, Lichinga, Cuamba, Nampula, Ilha da Mocambique, Inchope, Chimoio
Zimbabwe: Matare, Chimanimani, Great Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls
Lesotho: Sani Top, Oxbow
South Africa: Pretoria, Pietermaritzburg, Sani Lodge, Sedgefield, Knysna, Cape Town.
Tunisia: Tunis, Kairouan, Sfax, Douz, Tozeur, El Kef
Morocco: 3 visits. Tangier, Fes, Meknes, Oujda, Figuig, Eroud, Merzouga, Zagorora, Erachidia, Imilchil, Todra, Dadas Gorge, Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Imlil, Rabat, El Jadida, Essaouria
Western Sahara: Dakhla
Mauritania: Nouadhibou, Chinguetti, Atar, Nouakchott
Senegal: 2 visits. St Louis, Dakar, Tambakounda, Ziginchor, Cap Skiring, Kachouraine
Gambia: Banjul, Brindara
Guinea Bissau: Bissau, Gabu
Guinea: Koundara, Labe, Dalaba
Sierra Leone: Freetown, Bo, Kenema
Liberia: Monrovia
Mali: Kayes, Bamako, Sikasso
Cote d'Ivoire: Ferkessedougou, Kong, Yamousoukra, San Pedro, Sassandra, Grand Bassam, Abidjan
22 countries in Africa, overnights in 116 cities/towns/villages, 2 mountain huts, Toubkal and Chimanimani. 3 nights on boats, River Nile cruise, Aswan-Wadi Halfa ferry, Lake Malawi. 4 night trains - Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritania, 4 nights on a camel safari. Night buses: 11 +/-
Europe:
United Kingdom: I have travelled extensively in England and Wales, marginally less so in Scotland but sure have seen much more than most people.
Recently I have backpacked my home town of Bletchley, London, Birmingham, Oxford Lichfield and Aylesbury.
France: Dieppe, Paris, Lille, Etretat, Mont St Michel, Rennes, Bordeaux, Perigueux, Mont de Marsan, Pau, Toulouse, Carcassonne, Narbonne, Biarritz, Strasbourg, Lyon, Nice, Marseille, Bastia plus 3 or 4 more on Corsica
Portugal: Lisbon
Spain: 4 times. San Sebastian, Pamplona, Barcelona, Malaga, Granada, Algeciras, Madrid, Seville, Palma
Germany: 4 times. Leverküssen, Berlin, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Dresden, Lübeck, Munich
Belgium: 2 times. Leuven, Brussels
Holland: Amsterdam, Maastricht, Groningen, Vlissingen
Norway: Oslo, Bergen, Fläm, Ålesund, Andlesness, Trondheim, Stamsund, Å, Geiranger
Sweden: Gothenburg, Stockholm
Finland: Helsinki
Denmark: 2 times. Copenhagen
Estonia: Tallinn, Narva, Tartu
Latvia: Riga, Liepaja
Lithuania: Vilnius, Klaipeda
Ireland: Cork, Lisdoonvarna
Poland: 2 times. Gdansk, Warsaw, Poznan, Krakow, Wroclaw, Zakopane
Slovakia: Liptovsky Hradock, Bratislava
Hungary: Budapest. Night train
Romania: 2 times. Sighisoara, Brasov, Bucharest
Bulgaria: Sophia, Plovdiv, Veliky Turnova, Varna, Cape Kaliakra
Luxembourg: Luxembourg city
Switzerland: Bern, Uetliggen, Kirchlindach, Grindelwald, Mürren, Lauterbrunnen, Sustenpass, Grimselpass, Zürich, Basel, Kirchberg, Lausanne, Geneva, Aigle, Grimentz, Zermatt, St Moritz, Val Fex, Samedan, Winterthur, Luzern, Davos, Bellizona?, notable day trips: Neuchatel, Locarno, Engelberg, Biel, Shaufausen, St Gallen.
Austria: Salzberg, Graz, mountain hiking using huts.
Slovenia: Ljubljana
Italy: Milan, Cinque Terre, Pisa, Bellagio, Venice, Tirano, mountain hiking using huts.
Serbia: Nis, Belgrade
Bosnia: Sarajevo, Mostar
Albania: Tirana, Shkodra, Durres, Berat, Gjirokaster, Saranda, Elbasan, Pogradec, Theth, Valbona
North Macedonia: Ohrid, Bitola, Prilep, Skopje
Kosovo: Pristina, Peja, Prizren
Montenegro: Kotor
Croatia: 2 times. Dubrovnik, Split, Rijeka
Czech Republic: 2 times. Prague
Ukraine: 2 times. Lviv, Kyiv, Odesa, Chernivtsi. Night trains.
Moldova: 2 times. Chisinau
Transnistria: Tiraspol, Bender
Belarus: Minsk
Russia: Moscow, Yaroslavl, Suzdal, Vladimir, Kazan, Irkutsk, Vladivostok lots of nights on trains. Ferry to Korea.
Georgia: 4 times. Tbilisi, Batumi, Mestia, Zugdidi, Kazbegi, Sighnaria, Alkhaltsikie, Alvani, Omolo, Dartlo. Night trains.
Armenia: 2 times. Yerevan, Dilijan, Goris, Sissian
Nagorno Karabakh: 2 times. Stepanakert
Abkhazia: Sokhumi
Azerbaijan: Baku, Sheki, Ilisu, Zaqatala
Turkey: 4 times Istanbul, Capadoccia, Trabzon, Ardahan, Canakkale, Fethiye, Kas, Olympus, Ezerun, Kars, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa. Numerous night buses.
Greece: Athens, Crete, Santorini, Akaria, Naxos, Samos. Night boats.
United Kingdom: I have travelled extensively in England and Wales, marginally less so in Scotland but sure have seen much more than most people.
Recently I have backpacked my home town of Bletchley, London, Birmingham, Oxford Lichfield and Aylesbury.
France: Dieppe, Paris, Lille, Etretat, Mont St Michel, Rennes, Bordeaux, Perigueux, Mont de Marsan, Pau, Toulouse, Carcassonne, Narbonne, Biarritz, Strasbourg, Lyon, Nice, Marseille, Bastia plus 3 or 4 more on Corsica
Portugal: Lisbon
Spain: 4 times. San Sebastian, Pamplona, Barcelona, Malaga, Granada, Algeciras, Madrid, Seville, Palma
Germany: 4 times. Leverküssen, Berlin, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Dresden, Lübeck, Munich
Belgium: 2 times. Leuven, Brussels
Holland: Amsterdam, Maastricht, Groningen, Vlissingen
Norway: Oslo, Bergen, Fläm, Ålesund, Andlesness, Trondheim, Stamsund, Å, Geiranger
Sweden: Gothenburg, Stockholm
Finland: Helsinki
Denmark: 2 times. Copenhagen
Estonia: Tallinn, Narva, Tartu
Latvia: Riga, Liepaja
Lithuania: Vilnius, Klaipeda
Ireland: Cork, Lisdoonvarna
Poland: 2 times. Gdansk, Warsaw, Poznan, Krakow, Wroclaw, Zakopane
Slovakia: Liptovsky Hradock, Bratislava
Hungary: Budapest. Night train
Romania: 2 times. Sighisoara, Brasov, Bucharest
Bulgaria: Sophia, Plovdiv, Veliky Turnova, Varna, Cape Kaliakra
Luxembourg: Luxembourg city
Switzerland: Bern, Uetliggen, Kirchlindach, Grindelwald, Mürren, Lauterbrunnen, Sustenpass, Grimselpass, Zürich, Basel, Kirchberg, Lausanne, Geneva, Aigle, Grimentz, Zermatt, St Moritz, Val Fex, Samedan, Winterthur, Luzern, Davos, Bellizona?, notable day trips: Neuchatel, Locarno, Engelberg, Biel, Shaufausen, St Gallen.
Austria: Salzberg, Graz, mountain hiking using huts.
Slovenia: Ljubljana
Italy: Milan, Cinque Terre, Pisa, Bellagio, Venice, Tirano, mountain hiking using huts.
Serbia: Nis, Belgrade
Bosnia: Sarajevo, Mostar
Albania: Tirana, Shkodra, Durres, Berat, Gjirokaster, Saranda, Elbasan, Pogradec, Theth, Valbona
North Macedonia: Ohrid, Bitola, Prilep, Skopje
Kosovo: Pristina, Peja, Prizren
Montenegro: Kotor
Croatia: 2 times. Dubrovnik, Split, Rijeka
Czech Republic: 2 times. Prague
Ukraine: 2 times. Lviv, Kyiv, Odesa, Chernivtsi. Night trains.
Moldova: 2 times. Chisinau
Transnistria: Tiraspol, Bender
Belarus: Minsk
Russia: Moscow, Yaroslavl, Suzdal, Vladimir, Kazan, Irkutsk, Vladivostok lots of nights on trains. Ferry to Korea.
Georgia: 4 times. Tbilisi, Batumi, Mestia, Zugdidi, Kazbegi, Sighnaria, Alkhaltsikie, Alvani, Omolo, Dartlo. Night trains.
Armenia: 2 times. Yerevan, Dilijan, Goris, Sissian
Nagorno Karabakh: 2 times. Stepanakert
Abkhazia: Sokhumi
Azerbaijan: Baku, Sheki, Ilisu, Zaqatala
Turkey: 4 times Istanbul, Capadoccia, Trabzon, Ardahan, Canakkale, Fethiye, Kas, Olympus, Ezerun, Kars, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa. Numerous night buses.
Greece: Athens, Crete, Santorini, Akaria, Naxos, Samos. Night boats.
Asia:
South Korea: Seoul (volunteered 8 weeks), Busan, Jeju, Sokcho, Gyeongju, Samcheok, Gwangju
Taiwan: Taipei, Kaoshiung, Kenting, Tainan
Singapore: 6 times. Singapore
Malaysia:
Sabah 6 times: Kota Kinabalu. Bundu Tuhan, mountain hut 3 times. Sepilok, Uncle Tan Jungle camp 4x,
Sarawak: Miri, Gunung Mulu NP, Batu Niah, Belaga, Bintulu, Sibu, Kuching, Bako NP
Malaysia: 10 times. Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Penang, Jerantut, Taman Negara 5 times, Cameron Highlands 6 times, Kota Bharu, Cherating, Kuala Terrungenu, Kuala Perlis, Kuala Kangsar
Brunei: BSB
Thailand: 4 times. Hat Yai, Ko Jam, Ko Lanta, Krabi, Rannong, Chumphon, Phuket, Prachuap Kiri Khan, Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Sangklaburi, Kanchanaburi, Phitsanulok, Sukothai, Mae Sot, Mae Sarian, Mae Hong Song, Pai, Tam Lod, Chang Mai, Chang Rai, Tha Ton, Mae Salong, Chiang Saen, Chiang Kong, Nong Khai, Khon Kaen
Cambodia: 2 times. Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Battambang, Anlong Veng, Samraong, Banteay Chhmar, Sihianukville, Sra Em, Kampong Cham, Kratie, Strung Treng, Monorom, Ban Lung
Vietnam: 2 times. Hanoi, Sapa, Dalat, Saigon, Na Trang, Dan Nang, Hue, Hoi an, Vinh, Ninh Binh, Cat ba Island
Burma: Yangon, Mandalay, Myitkyina, Bhamo, Katha
Laos: 2 times. Vientianne, Don Det, Champasak, Pakse, Konglo, Lak Sao, Sam Neua, Vieng Xie, Nong Khiau, Nam Nuen, Phonsavanh, Muong Ngoi, Muang Khua, Oudon Xai, Vang Vieng.
Philippines: 3 times. Manila, Cebu, Malapascua, Baguio, Banaue, Bontoc, Sagada, Kalinga, Bohol
Indonesia: Bali: 2 times. Kuta, Ubud, Toyah Bunkha, Kintamani, Lovina, Amed, Turta Ganga
Indonesia: Lombok: 2 times. Sengiggi, Gili Tarawangan, Senaru, Sembalum, Padangbai
Indonesia: Sumbawa Besar: Sumbawa, Sape
Indonesia: Flores: Labuanbajo, Ruteng, Rio, Ende, Moni, Bajawa
Indonesia: Java: Dieng Plateau, Borobudur
Indonesia: Sumatra: Padang, Bukittinggi, Lake Toba, Berastaggi, Bukit Lawang, Banda Aceh
Kazakhstan: 3 times. Almaty, Turkistan
Kyrgyzstan: 3 times. Bishkek, Karakol, Jeti Oguz, Ala Kul hot springs, Song Kul, Osh, Sary Tash
Tajikistan: Karakul, Murghab, Khorog, Khaskhorog, Bibi Fatima, Langar, Ishkashim, Dushanbe, Panjikent, 7 lakes
Uzbekistan: Samarkand, Khiva, Bukhara, Munak, Nuxus, Tashkent
UAE: Ras al Khaimah
Syria: Aleppo, Homs, Damascus, Palmira
Lebanon: Beirut, Tripoli, Bcharre, Baalbek
Jordan: Amman
Israel: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Eilat
China: 2 times. Jinghong, Luchun, Xinjie, Xijiang, Ronjiang, Taitouzhou, Guilin, Yangshou, Guangzhou Shenzen, Yongding, Xiamen, Dengfeng, Luoyang, Xiahe, Tongren Xining, Zhangye, Turfan, Kashgar, Urumchi, Dali, Shangri La, Deqin, Yubeng, Kumming, Shanghai, Tai an, Bejing, Xian Dunhuang,
Hong Kong. 2 times. Stayed for 2 months.
India: 2 times. Mumbai, Benaulim, Patnem, Palolem, Gokarna, Hampi, Ooty, Varkala, Kochi, Mysore, Munnar, Kanyakumari, Madurai, Kodai Kanal, Mamlapurnam, Arambol, Mandrem, Chapora, Anjuna, Aurangabad, Omkaraswhar, Indore, Udaipur, Mt Abu, Pushkar, Jaisalmer, Agra, Varanasi, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Pelling, Gangtok, Checupari Lake
Nepal: Kathmandu, Pokhara, ABC Trek 8 nights
Pakistan: Sost, Pasau, Karimabad, Gilgit, Rawalpindi
Sri Lanka: Kandy, Colombo, Jaffna, Galle, Ella, Adams Peak, Haputale, Matara
Probably missing a few places, especially from 2000/2001 in SE Asia
North America:
Vancouver, Jasper, Banff, Victoria, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, 1000 islands, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine
Vancouver, Jasper, Banff, Victoria, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, 1000 islands, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine
Oceania:
New Zealand: Auckland, Paihia, Thames, Great Barrier Island, Rotorua, Taupo, National Park, Wellington, Opunake, Nelson, Picton, Motueka, Abel Tasman, Queen Charlotte, Punnakikie, Greymouth, Arthurs Pass, Christchurch, Napier, Kaikoura, Akaroa, Dunedin, Invercargill, Caitlins, Queenstown, Wanaka, Glenorchy, Te Anau, Haast, Fox Glacier
Australia: 3 times. Perth, Albany, Bunberry, Rotness island, Augusta, Kalbarri, Carnarvon, Port Hedland, Broome, Kununarra, Darwin, Katherine, Alice, Ayres Rock, Adelaide, Glenelg, Melbourne, Thredbo, Katoomba, Canberra, Sydney, Great Ocean Road, Tamworth, Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, Brisbane, Fraser Island, Cairns, Kurunda, Devonport, Deloraine, Launceston, Stanley, Cradle Mountain, Queenstown Strahan, Lake St Clair, Hobart, Brunny Island, Freycinet, Bicheno, St Helens, Oatlands, Maria Island, Triabunna
New Zealand: Auckland, Paihia, Thames, Great Barrier Island, Rotorua, Taupo, National Park, Wellington, Opunake, Nelson, Picton, Motueka, Abel Tasman, Queen Charlotte, Punnakikie, Greymouth, Arthurs Pass, Christchurch, Napier, Kaikoura, Akaroa, Dunedin, Invercargill, Caitlins, Queenstown, Wanaka, Glenorchy, Te Anau, Haast, Fox Glacier
Australia: 3 times. Perth, Albany, Bunberry, Rotness island, Augusta, Kalbarri, Carnarvon, Port Hedland, Broome, Kununarra, Darwin, Katherine, Alice, Ayres Rock, Adelaide, Glenelg, Melbourne, Thredbo, Katoomba, Canberra, Sydney, Great Ocean Road, Tamworth, Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, Brisbane, Fraser Island, Cairns, Kurunda, Devonport, Deloraine, Launceston, Stanley, Cradle Mountain, Queenstown Strahan, Lake St Clair, Hobart, Brunny Island, Freycinet, Bicheno, St Helens, Oatlands, Maria Island, Triabunna
TimeLine:
2023 - 2023 started pretty quietly despite lots of drama and uncertainty of the future of Long-Term Travel
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. Saw Christmas in Zipolite with Miss CDMX
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.
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. Saw Christmas in Zipolite with Miss CDMX
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.
