50 years of travelling
in obscure parts of the world
| Date |
Countries visited |
Link to the travel page, with
pictures and writeup. |
. |
| 2024 Oct-Dec |
Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia |
Travels
in Borneo and Sumatra, meeting orangutans and proboscis monkeys with interludes re-living the Raj in Malacca and Penang, and RnR in Bali |
|
| 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 |
|
| 2023 Feb |
India |
India
from coast to coast from Bombay to Pondicherry via temples, hill stations and a vineyard |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 2018 Nov |
India |
South
India in the monsoon A visit to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep at the wrong time of year. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 2006 May-June |
Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia,
Estonia and Ukraine |
Some
drives around Eastern Europe including the Baltic States
and Lviv, Ukraine |
|
| 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!) |
|
| 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 |
|
| 2002, Oct |
Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay | A
South American
bus ride from Santiago to Buenos Aires,
via Asuncion, Iguazu Falls and Fray
Bentos |
|
| 2001, Nov |
Cuba |
A short
visit to Cuba ..... |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 1992, Aug-Sept |
Sri Lanka, Maldives |
A
tour round
Sri Lanka and a visit to the Maldives |
|
| 1991, July-Aug |
Japan, Australia, Laos, Thailand |
Round the
world clockwise;
a visit to Japan, Australia, Laos and
Thailand |
|
| 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!) |
|
| 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 |
|
| 1987, Mar-Apr |
Thailand, Indonesia |
A
journey through
Indonesia from Jakarta to Bali |
|
| 1986, Mar-Apr |
Andorra, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar |
A
drive around
Iberia via Andorra, Madrid, Lisbon, Gibraltar,
Granada, Barcelona and points
in between |
|
| 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 |
|
| 1984, Mar-Apr |
Egypt, Greece |
A
tour round
Egypt, with stopovers in Crete and Corfu |
|
| 1982, Apr |
Thailand, Burma, Soviet Union |
A
visit to Burma,
with stopovers in Bangkok, Moscow and
Leningrad |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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! |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 1979, Jan |
Kenya, Ethiopia |
A visit
to Kenya with a stopover in Addis
Ababa on the way back |
|
| 1976, Apr |
Tunisia, Libya, Algeria |
A
look at Colonel
Gaddafi's Libya, and travels in Tunisia and
Algeria |
|
| 1975, May-June |
Albania |
Enver
Hoxha's communist
paradise - Albania in 1975 |
|
| 1974 |
Italy, San Marino, Vatican City,
Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Monaco |
We lived
in Milan, and explored north Italy
and the surrounding countries |
|
| 1973, May |
Cyprus |
Cyprus
before partition
- Famagusta and drives all around the island |
|
| 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 travels in Africa - map only, no commentary (use your 'back' button to return). Our travels in the Middle East - map only, no commentary (use your 'back' button to return). and ... Our Collection of Mediterranean Islands |
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