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| Below are our individual journeys in chronological order - to see an alphabetic list of countries click  here.To jump to our 'Seven Wonders' and our 'Grand Tours', click here. |
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| Date | Countries Visited | Summary and Link to Trip (click the arrow) |
| 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, 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-Jun | 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 coast to coast from Bombay to Pondicherry via temples, hill stations and a vineyard |
| 2022 Sep-Oct | Gibraltar, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara | Across Morocco by boat, train and bus from Gibraltar to Western Sahara |
| 2022 Aug | 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 islands 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 (East Timor), 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 (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
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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), 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, across Turkey and through the Caucasus 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, and a visit to Port Blair and Havelock Island
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| 2012, Oct | Nepal | A trek on horseback up the Himalayas, to the medieval walled city in the kingdom of Lo Manthang
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| 2012, March | Guam, Palau, Micronesia Federated States (Yap), Mariana Islands (Saipan) and South Korea | Visits to 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 (Udaipur, Jaisalmer and 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
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| 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 and 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 (an outpost of France)
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| 2009, Jan-Feb | India and 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
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| 2007, March | Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Serbia, Slovenia, Germany | Our drive all around the Balkan countries and into Greece
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| 2006, Nov | India and 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
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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
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| 2003, Oct | Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina | A big 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 big 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
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| 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
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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) | A drive round New Zealand and visits to 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 and 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, 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 big 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 big 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 on the way
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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
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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 | 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 travels in 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 and 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
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| And finally ... | ... our own 'Seven Wonders of the World' ... and because we like India so much, a separate page for our 'Favourites of India' |
| And ... | ... our 'Grand Tours' and other odysseys, 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*  Our Travels in the Middle East*  ... and ... Our Collection of Mediterranean Islands * - map only, no commentary, use your 'back' button to return. |
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