> Jump back to the beginning in 1988
2023
Nepal – Kathmandu Valley + based in Pokhara
Malaysia
Indonesia (Sulawesi)
New Zealand (family visit)
China – Jiaxing
Thailand
Indonesia (islands of Bali, Gili Meno, Flores, Komodo, West Timor, Sumba, Bali)
Thailand
2022
Thailand
China – based in Linyi + Tancheng (= pandemic blues)
2021
China – Linyi; Promo trips to Moganshan; Litang and Tibetan Sichuan; Hainan Island; and continuing van life in the provinces of Yunnan & Sichuan
2020
China – van life in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai provinces + village house-sitting in Yunnan + van life of 7000 km across the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou
2019
China – van life begins: 10,000 km in Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shandong provinces + Tianjin & Beijing + based in Yunnan in Shaxi village for a long-stay
2018
China – Henan, Liaoning, Hebei provinces + mountain-stay in Mengshan
New Zealand (family visit).
China – based in Weihai
2017
China – Beijing + provinces of Liaoning & Shandong
Europe trip: Ukraine, England, Georgia, Azerbaijan
China
North Korea
China – based in Shenyang
2016
China
New Zealand (family visit)
Asia trip: Indonesia, India, Kuala Lumpur, Cambodia, Thailand
2015
China – based in Linyi
Eastern Europe trip: Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Republika Srpska, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Trans-Dniester Republic, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria
2014
China – Linyi + Shandong
New Zealand (family visit)
Thailand, Cambodia, Thailand
2013-2014
Africa trip: South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt
China – based in Hangzhou
2012
China – Hangzhou in Zhejiang province + Shanghai
Cambodia + Thailand
Armenia + Georgia
2011
Central Asia trip: China (Qinghai & Xinjiang provinces), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Armenia, Georgia
China – Taian + Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong provinces
2010
China – based in Taian
South-East Asia trip: China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Anhui provinces), Vietnam, Laos, Thailand
New Zealand (family visit)
Central America trip: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Honduras
2009
Central America trip: Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala (+ long stayed at Lake Atitlan), Mexico
Japan (Tokyo)
South Korea – based in Gwangyang
2008
Philippines + Hong Kong
South Korea + Gwangyang
Thailand
New Zealand (family visit)
Thailand, Cambodia, Laos (+ staying in Savannakeh), Thailand
Ghana, Togo, Benin, Togo
2007
West Africa trip: Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco
South Korea – based in Seoul
New Zealand (sister’s wedding trip) + Thailand
2006
South Korea + Seoul
New Zealand (family visit)
Cambodia – based in Phnom Penh (+ Bangkok)
2005
Cambodia – based some months on Lakeside in Phnom Penh
Middle East trip: UAE, Oman, Yemen
Eurasia trip: England, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark (+ Malmo, Sweden), Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, China
2004
Cambodia – based months at Victory Beach, Sihanoukville
India – based 6 months on Diu Island
Thailand – Koh Chang Island
2003
New Zealand (family visit)
South America trip: Peru, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil (based at Jeri), Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay
2002
Antarctica & South America trip: Argentina, Antarctica, Argentina, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Argentina (BsAs stay), Peru, Bolivia (stay in Sucre), Chile
Easter Island + Tahiti
New Zealand (family visit)
East Timor
2001-2000
East Timor life + travels working for the United Nations in different districts every 6 weeks for 2 years and based in Dili + ‘holiday leave’ travels to:
Australia (Darwin x8), Singapore, Bangkok (x6), Myanmar, Laos, Sri Lanka, Australia (Sydney), New Zealand (family visit), Philippines
1999
Indonesia – drifting the islands of Alor, Flores, (based in Bali), Java, West Timor, Papua, Banda, Java – based in Jakarta
Singapore
Malaysia – Penang, and across to Indonesia – Sumatra + Java islands
1998
Bahrain – based in Manama + Ali
England (based in Bournemouth, staying in Folkestone, London) + Wales
Turkey + Greece
1997
New Zealand – down and out + based in Nelson, and hitchhiking trips around the South Island
1996–1995
New Zealand – based in Wellington, writing my 2nd travel book
1994-95
Asia trip: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet provinces), Nepal, India
East Africa trip: Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Egypt, Israel
1993–1992
New Zealand – based in Wellington, writing my 1st travel book
1991
Africa trip: Nigeria, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, Algeria – hitching the Sahara, Morocco, Spain, France
UK – based in London (Dulwich)
1991–1990
India trip: India, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Yugoslavia (North Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro), Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium
UK – based in London (Camden Town)
1990–1989
Middle East trip: Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Israel
UK – based in London.
1989
UK – based in London
France – Normandy + Brittany trip
UK – based in London (Streatham Common)
Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam trip
1988
UK – based in Edinburgh (Tollcross) + trips around Scotland
Amsterdam trip
Arrived in London from New Zealand, age 21
