Unfortunately my African and South East Asia trip planned for October 2014 to January 2015 has to be postponed / cancelled. In the current work environment with huge redundancy programs and the targeting of senior officers for reductions this means it’s not a great idea to take extended leave unless I want a permanent holiday!…

Yesterday, having just turned 40, got me thinking You Only Live Once! – time to book flights for my 2014 world trip. However in trying to book flights for my 2014 Africa trip I realised that the easiest way to come back to Australia from Kenya is via Bangkok which got me thinking about doing…

Since the one year anniversary of my 2012-2013 World Trip I’ve been actively planning the next places to visit in the amazing world. Fellow travellers gave me some great ideas, India, North Korea, Vietnam, Turkey and Croatia among them. In the end I thought it was time to go back to Africa having previously only…

I guess I’ve always known that goals help focus me. It’s not like I achieve them all, running a half marathon is looking unlikely, but as they say its the journey that really matters. Well a colleague got me thinking the 100 country club, basically visiting 100 countries. I travel because I want to see…

Between 1999 and 2013 I have been fortunate enough to visit 50 different countries and see some really amazing things. Yesterday I was asked what was my favourite place and it took my a while to gather my thoughts but I enjoyed the trip down memory lane so I decided to make a top 5…