About 90% of these countries were traveled overland as journeys across continents.
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2023
New Zealand – (1st pandemic-era family visit)
China – Jiaxing
Thailand
Indonesia (islands of Bali, Gili Meno, Flores, Komodo, West Timor, Sumba, Bali)
Thailand
2022
Thailand
China – Linyi + Tencheng
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 visits + Shaxi village long-stay
2018
China – Henan, Liaoning, Hebei provinces + mountain-stay in Mengshan
New Zealand (family visit).
China – 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
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
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 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
Central America trip: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Honduras
2009
Central America trip: Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala (+ long-stay at Lake Atitlan), Mexico
Japan (Tokyo)
South Korea – based in Gwangyang
2008
Philippines + Hong Kong
South Korea + Gwangyang
Thailand
New Zealand
Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, 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 + Thailand
2006
South Korea + Seoul
New Zealand
Cambodia – based in Phnom Penh (+ Bangkok)
2005
Cambodia – 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 – living at Victory Beach, Sihanoukville
India – living on Diu Island
Thailand – Koh Chang Island
2003
New Zealand
South America trip: Peru, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil (staying at Jeri), Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay
2002
Antarctica & South America trip: Argentina, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia (stay in Sucre), Chile
Easter Island + Tahiti
New Zealand
East Timor
2001-2000
East Timor life + travels working for the United Nations in different districts every 6 weeks for 2 years + ‘holiday leave’ travels to:
Australia (Darwin x8), Singapore, Bangkok (x6), Myanmar, Laos, Sri Lanka, Australia (Sydney), New Zealand, Philippines
1999
Indonesia – drifting the islands of Alor, Flores, Bali, Java, West Timor, Papua, Banda, Java. Based in Jakarta
Singapore
Malaysia – Penang, and across to Indonesia – Sumatra + Java islands
1998
Bahrain – work + study
England (Bournemouth, staying in Folkestone, London) + Wales
Turkey + Greece
1997
New Zealand – down and out in Nelson + hitching 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
London
1991–1990
India trip: India, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Yugoslavia (North Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro), Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium
London
1990–1989
Middle East trip: Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Israel
London
1989
London
France
London
Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam
1988
Edinburgh + Scotland
Amsterdam
Arrived in London from New Zealand, age 21
Links to some of the 127 countries + territories traveled
Albania Algeria Armenia Bangladesh Bulgaria Cambodia Chile China Colombia Culture Darkside East Timor Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Georgia Guatemala Guinea-Bissau India Indonesia Iran Iraq Journeys Kenya Laos Mali Mexico North Korea Pakistan Peru Romania Russia Senegal Sierra Leone Somaliland South Korea Sudan Syria Thailand Uzbekistan VanLife Vietnam Wonders Yemen Zimbabwe
