50 years of travelling in
obscure parts of the world
| Date |
Countries visited |
Link to the travel page, with
pictures and writeup. |
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| 2023 Nov-Dec |
Comoros, Mayotte, Madagascar, South Africa,
Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana |
A
visit to wildlife reserves in Madagascar,
with stopovers in the Comoro Islands, Cape Town, the Victoria Falls and a safari in Botswana |
|
| 2023 May-June |
Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia,
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Fiji,
New Zealand |
A
visit to Borneo and some Pacific islands
with orangutans, a walk across the equator and some lesser-known islands |
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| 2023 Feb |
India |
India
from coast to coast from Bombay to Pondicherry via temples, hill stations and a vineyard |
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| 2022 Sept-Oct |
Gibraltar, Spain, Morocco,
Western Sahara |
Across
Morocco by boat, train and bus from Gibraltar to Western Sahara |
|
| 2022 August |
Faroe Islands |
A
short visit to the Faroe Islands in the stormy Atlantic Ocean |
|
| 2020 March |
USA |
A
big drive up the USA's east coast
2,000 miles from Miami to New York. |
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| 2019 Oct-Nov |
India, Myanmar (Burma),
Thailand |
Overland
across Burma - from India
to Thailand with a side trip up the Himalayas to a Tibetan monastery. |
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| 2019 Feb-Mar |
Cayman Islands, Jamaica,
USA |
Our
last two Caribbean countries
and a big drive around the American South from Miami to New Orleans via Savannah and Memphis. |
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| 2018 Nov |
India |
South
India in the monsoon A visit to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep at the wrong time of year. |
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| 2018 Jan-Feb |
Colombia, Bahamas,
Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico |
Colombia
and some Caribbean islands By bus to some old cities in Colombia and flying to some islands in the Caribbean. |
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| 2017 Oct-Nov |
Indonesia, Timor-Leste,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia |
From
Thailand to Timor Across some Indonesian islands to Timor-Leste, then some Ankor-era temples in Laos and Cambodia. |
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| 2017 Feb |
India |
Return
to India - revisiting some favourite places in south India |
|
| 2016, Oct-Nov |
French Guyana,
Suriname, Guyana, Curacao, Bonaire, Aruba,
Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Haiti |
Not
a normal Caribbean holiday - the Guyanas, the ABC islands and Hispaniola island |
|
| 2016, Feb-March |
India, Bangladesh |
India's
north-east states hill villages, tea plantations and a rhino in a wildlife park. |
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| 2015, Oct-Nov |
Argentina,
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia |
Our
third big South American
bus ride from Buenos Aires on the Atlantic via Lima on the Pacific to Cartagena on the Caribbean. |
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| 2014,
Oct |
Georgia,
Azerbaijan and the 'Stans': Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
and Kazakhstan |
Central
Asia - Across the
Caspian Sea and along the Silk Road with a side excursion to where the Aral Sea used to be |
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| 2014, March |
India |
Temples
and Bathing ghats:
Daman and Udaipur (old favourites),
Delhi (traces of the Raj), temples
and bathing ghats: Vrindavan, Gwalior, Orchha,
Kajuraho, Chitrakoot and of course Varanasi,
then ending in Kolkata |
|
| 2013, Sept |
Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan |
From
the Black Sea
to the Caspian by bus and train |
|
| 2013, Feb |
India, Nepal |
Across
India and Nepal
and on to the Andaman Islands: from
Mumbai via Daman, Udaipur, Delhi, Lucknow,
Lumbini, Pokhara, Kathmandu, Patna and Bodhgaya
to Kolkata, followed by a visit to Port Blair
and Havelock Island |
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| 2012, Oct |
Nepal |
A
trek up the Himalayas to the medieval walled city of Lo Manthang |
|
| 2012, March |
Guam, Palau, Micronesia Federated
States (Yap), Mariana Islands (Saipan) and
South Korea |
Some
North Pacific islands
and a stop in Korea on the way back |
|
| 2011, Sept |
India |
Travels
in the mountains:
Kashmir, Ladakh, Manali, McLeod Ganj/Dharmsala, Shimla, Mussoorie, Rishikesh and Haridwar |
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| 2011, March |
India |
Wine
tasting and other
favourites: Mumbai, Sula vineyard
at Nasik, Champaner world heritage site,
Rajasthan favourites (Udaipur, Jaisalmer &
Jodphur) and Delhi |
|
| 2010, Oct-Nov |
Brunei, Solomon Islands, Nauru,
Kiribati, Fiji, Wallis, New Calidonia, Vanuatu
and Australia |
A
selection of seven
South Pacific islands, with stopovers
in Brunei and Australia on the way (seven new countries
added to the list, almost a record!) |
|
| 2010, Feb-Mar |
India |
Temples
in Maharashtra
and Palaces in Rajasthan: Mumbai, Ajanta,
Ellora, Mandu, Sanchi, Bundi, Chittorgarh,
Udaipur, Pushkar, Jaipur, Amber, Fatehpur
Sikri, Agra with the Taj Mahal of course, and Delhi |
|
| 2008 to 2012 |
Kosovo, Cape Verde, Italy, Belgium
and Luxembourg |
Some
weekends away: Kosovo after independence, Cape Verde islands, Sardinia, Ghent and Luxembourg |
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| 2009, Nov |
Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts,
Nevis, Sint Maarten, St Martin, St Eustatius,
Anguilla, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin
Islands |
A
selection of nine
Caribbean islands |
|
| 2009, Aug |
Canada and St Pierre et Miquelon |
Canada:
Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, St John's and a ferry to St Pierre |
|
| 2009, Jan-Feb |
India, Pakistan |
India and Pakistan, from Mumbai to Islamabad.
Part
1, Mumbai and Gujerat Part 2, Rajasthan and Punjab Part 3, Pakistan |
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| 2008, Feb |
India |
South
India part 1, the
Coromandel coast: Temples and beaches in Tamil
Nadu South India part 2, the Malabar coast: Backwaters and palaces in Kerala and Karnataka |
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| 2007, June |
Poland, Moldova, Transnistria,
Ukraine, Czech Republic, Germany |
Our
drive to Odessa
on the Black Sea, via Wroclaw, Krakow,
Kamyanets-Podilsky, Chisinau and Tirasopol,
then back through Prague and the Romantischerstrasse |
|
| 2007, March |
Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia,
Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Greece,
Serbia, Slovenia, Germany |
Our
drive around the
Balkan countries |
|
| 2006, Nov |
India, Bhutan |
A journey across India from Bhutan
to Bombay: Part 1, Kolkata, Bhutan, Sikkim, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Puri and Konorak Part 2, Hyderabad, Bijapur, Hampi, Goa and Mumbai |
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| 2006 May-June |
Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia,
Estonia and Ukraine |
Some
drives around Eastern Europe including the Baltic States and
Lviv, Ukraine |
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| 2005, Oct |
Belgium, Belarus, Russia, Mongolia,
China |
Our
big Trans-Siberian
train ride from London to Shanghai (which
completes the overland journey from
London to Singapore!) |
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| 2004, Sept-Oct |
China, Laos, Thailand |
Our
overland journey
from Beijing to Bangkok through Xian, Sichuan, Yunnan and Laos |
|
| 2003, Oct |
Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina |
A
South American
bus ride from Lima to Buenos Aires, via Machu
Picchu and the Atacama Desert |
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| 2002, Oct |
Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay | A
South American
bus ride from Santiago to Buenos Aires, via
Asuncion, Iguazu Falls and Fray Bentos |
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| 2001, Nov |
Cuba |
A short
visit to Cuba ..... |
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| 2001, Nov |
Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras,
El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama |
...
and a long bus
ride through Central America from Cancun in Mexico to Panama City.
|
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| 2001 and 2002 |
USA, Iceland, Bermuda |
Some
drives round the eastern USA, including New York, Boston, Denver,
Cincinnati, Nashville and Chattanooga, with stopovers in Reykjavik and
Bermuda |
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| 2000, Nov |
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam |
Our
return to Vietnam
via Laos, to complete the journey that was interrupted last year |
|
| 1999, Oct-Nov |
Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Cambodia,
Thailand |
Our
journey through Vietnam and Cambodia, overland from Hong Kong to Bangkok |
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| 1998, Nov |
Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso |
Our
overland journey to Timbuktu;
from Dakar via Bamako and Mopti to Ouagadougou
by train, bus and riverboat. |
|
| 1997, Nov |
Syria, Lebanon |
A stopover
in Damascus and a shared
taxi to Beirut, on the way to Sanaa |
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| 1997, Nov |
Yemen |
A drive
around the Yemen;
motoring with Mohammed |
|
| 1996, Oct |
Tibet, Nepal, India, Bangladesh |
Our
journey from the Roof of the World to the
Bay of Bengal, down the Himalayas from Lhasa to Dhaka. |
|
| 1995, Apr-May |
New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Western
Samoa, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Polynesia
- French (Tahiti) |
New
Zealand and seven
South Pacific islands |
|
| 1994 to 1997 |
Ireland and UK (Northern Ireland) |
Several
drives around
Ireland (covering most of the country) |
|
| 1993 to 1996 |
USA |
Some
drives around the
western USA, including canyons in Utah and
Arizona, Las Vegas, Yellowstone, Monument
Valley and Mesa Verde Colorado |
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| 1992, Aug-Sept |
Sri Lanka, Maldives |
A
tour round Sri Lanka
and a visit to the Maldives |
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| 1991, July-Aug |
Japan, Australia, Laos, Thailand |
Round the
world clockwise;
a visit to Japan, Australia, Laos and Thailand |
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| 1990, July-Aug |
Canada, Trinidad, Grenada, St Vincent,
Barbados, St Lucia, Martinique, Dominica,
Guadeloupe, Antigua and USA |
Canada
and nine Caribbean islands (ten new countries added to the list,
a record for one trip!) |
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| 1989, July-Aug |
Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda,
Kenya |
A
circular tour
of East Africa, with a steamer-boat ride
on Lake Tanganyika and a journey through
Rwanda a year before the civil war started and
Uganda ten years after Idi Amin left |
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| 1987, Mar-Apr |
Thailand, Indonesia |
A
journey through
Indonesia from Jakarta to Bali |
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| 1986, Mar-Apr |
Andorra, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar |
A
drive around Iberia
via Andorra, Madrid, Lisbon, Gibraltar, Granada,
Barcelona and points in between |
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| 1985, Aug |
West Germany, East Germany, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania,
Yugoslavia |
Behind
the Iron Curtain;
a drive round Eastern Europe before the
Wall came down |
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| 1984, Mar-Apr |
Egypt, Greece |
A
tour round Egypt,
with stopovers in Crete and Corfu |
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| 1982, Apr |
Thailand, Burma, Soviet Union |
A
visit to Burma,
with stopovers in Bangkok, Moscow and Leningrad |
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| 1981, Aug-Sept |
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey,
Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Italy, Switzerland,
France |
Our
long drive home from work from Riyadh to London through the Middle
East |
|
| 1979 to 1981 |
Saudi Arabia |
We lived
in Riyadh for two
years and explored the city and the
sights in the desert nearby |
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| 1979 to 1981 |
Saudi Arabia |
We
drove all around Saudi Arabia, including Madain Saleh and the Hejaz railway,
Jeddah, Taif,
Najran, Jizan, Qatif and Jubail |
|
| 1980 to 1981 |
UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman
and Sudan |
We
travelled around
the nearby Middle Eastern countries, by
plane, car and dhow! |
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| 1980, Feb |
Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong,
Macau, China, Malaysia, Singapore |
A
tour of the Far East, including the train from Bangkok to Singapore
(the 'start' of the overland journey from London!) |
|
| 1980, Oct |
Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South
Africa, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles |
A tour
of East Africa
and some Indian Ocean islands |
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| 1980, Nov |
Taiwan, USA |
A
very quick trip
round the world anticlockwise |
|
| 1979 and 2004 |
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland,
Germany, Netherlands |
Scandinavia
overland (and sea) By car and train to Stockhom and Oslo, and ferry to Helsinki |
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| 1979, Jan |
Kenya, Ethiopia |
A visit
to Kenya with a stopover in Addis Ababa
on the way back |
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| 1976, Apr |
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria |
A look at Colonel
Gaddafi's Libya,
and Tunisia and Algeria |
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| 1975, May-June |
Albania |
Enver
Hoxha's communist
paradise - Albania in 1975 |
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| 1974 |
Italy, San Marino, Vatican City,
Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Monaco |
We lived
in Milan, and explored north Italy and
the surrounding countries |
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| 1973, May |
Cyprus |
Cyprus before partition
- Famagusta and
drives all around the island |
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| 1969, 1970 |
Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey |
Visits
to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, separate countries
according to ISO. |
|
| Lots! |
And finally, Our own 'Seven Wonders of the World' and because we like India so much, a separate page for our Favourites of India. |
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| Lots! |
And our 'Grand
Tours' - composite maps of our journeys
with lists of the places we visited highlighting
our favourite sights, hotels and meals
- Our Grand Tour of India Our Grand Tour of south-east Asia Our Grand Tour of China Our Grand Tour of South America Our Collection of Mediterranean Islands |
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