The big trips — a month or more on the road, many countries at a time.
Tours are the journeys where I’ve been lucky enough to travel for weeks or months at a stretch, weaving together many countries into a single adventure. Here they are, first to most recent.
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1st tourFirst year of university complete, and the lads took full advantage of the great-value European Inter Rail pass. We ventured forth into the unknown — and after this tour I was hooked: exploring was wonderful.
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2nd tourAnother crazy Inter Rail tour of Europe — initially with girlfriend and sister, then separating to join Braz for an unforgettable exploration of the Iberian peninsula.
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3rd tourFiona and I decided to hit Greece and the islands, using the Inter Rail pass as the low-cost way to get there. On the spur of the moment we added Turkey — and I loved the feel of such an exotic place.
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4th tourBraz and I quit our jobs to spend a year travelling the world — the best decision of my life. After the planned first six months, we simply followed our noses for six more.
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5th tourThe one-month Guerba tour of South-West Africa was my first taste of Sub-Saharan Africa. The sights were amazing, and watching the wildlife in Etosha was truly special.
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6th tourThe one-month Dragoman tour of Central America was confronting — it fell during Hurricane Mitch, and the poverty many lived in was hard to witness.
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7th tourPete and I toured Eastern Europe by train for a month, with the ultimate aim of seeing a total solar eclipse in Romania. We started in Poland and headed south through Slovakia, Hungary and finally Romania.
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8th tourThe six-week Dragoman overland tour began for me in Accra, Ghana. A challenge: most on board were halfway through a London–Cape Town adventure, so slotting in socially took some doing.
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9th tourI joined the inaugural one-month Dragoman tour of Central Asia, well prepared by reading about the Great Game and Timur. These were young republics, only ten years separated from the USSR.
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10th tourAnne and I set off on our so-called Odyssey. It was meant to last six months; we made it a year — exploring astonishing places like Mongolia, the Altai Mountains of Russia and Ethiopia.
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11th tourFern, Braz and I spent a fun 15 days on an Exodus cycle tour of four Balkan countries. Great terrain, local food and drink, and the company of Guy, Steve and John. We cycled 586 km and climbed 7,301 m.
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12th tourFern, Braz, Blackie and I explored a hot eastern Europe by cycle; it was wonderful to see how cycling is being embraced.
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