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 |
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| 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 |
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| 2022 August |
Faroe Islands |
A
short visit to the Faroe Islands in the stormy Atlantic Ocean |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 2013, Sept |
Turkey, Georgia, Armenia,
Azerbaijan |
From
the Black Sea to the Caspian
by bus and train |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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!) |
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| 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 |
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| 2009, Aug |
Canada and St Pierre
et Miquelon |
Canada:
Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, St John's and a ferry to St Pierre |
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| 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, Jan-Feb |
India |
South
India part 1: Temples and
beaches in Tamil Nadu South India part 2: 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 |
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| 2007, March |
Switzerland, Italy,
Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia,
Greece, Serbia, Slovenia, Germany |
Our drive around
the Balkan countries |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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, to complete
the journey that was interrupted last year |
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| 1999, Oct-Nov |
Hong Kong, China,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand |
Overland from Hong
Kong to Bangkok: Part 1, Vietnam and Part 2, Cambodia |
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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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 1995, Apr-May |
New Zealand, Fiji,
Tonga, Western Samoa, American Samoa, Cook Islands,
Polynesia - French (Tahiti) |
New Zealand and
seven South Pacific islands |
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| 1994 to 1997 |
Ireland and UK (Northern
Ireland) |
Several drives
around Ireland (covering
most of the country) |
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| 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 (Riyadh to London) |
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| 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 |
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| 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!) |
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| 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 |
Singapore, Taiwan,
USA |
A very quick
trip round the world anticlockwise |
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| 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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| 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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