Travels

Introduction

A very brief overview of Continents and Countries I’ve had the great pleasure of travelling to. Some of which I lived and worked in for for several years (marked with an asterisk.)

Africa

I spent over three years living in South Africa. I stayed with my parents in Mpumalanga at their Boondocks estate situated between Barberton and Nelspruit.

Using that as a base I travelled extensively out into surrounding countries. I also visited Kruger Park on many occasions.

The other African highlights were the Pyramids in Egypt and Victoria Falls (on the Zambezi River) in Zimbabwe / Zambia.

• 🇧🇼 Botswana
• 🇪🇬 Egypt
• 🇸🇿 Eswatini
• 🇱🇸 Lesotho
• 🇲🇼 Malawi
• 🇲🇿 Mozambique
• 🇿🇦 South Africa^*
• 🇿🇲 Zambia
• 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Asia

This was all mainly part of one long (year plus) trip working part time remotely (an early Digital Nomad.) The primary country was India which I circumnavigated.

Highlights include the Annapurna Trek in Nepal and spending three days in the Thar Desert. Oh and yes, I did get to see the Taj Mahal.

• 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
• 🇮🇳 India^*
• 🇲🇾 Malaysia
• 🇳🇵 Nepal
• 🇸🇬 Singapore
• 🇹🇭 Thailand

Indian States: Andhra Pradesh, Delhi (NCT), Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal.

Australia

My Sister and her family (Husband & Son) lived in Melbourne for a few years. I visited for two weeks during the Christmas of 2000. Highlight… the penguins at Wilsons Promontory.

• 🇦🇺 Australia

States: New South Wales,Victoria.

Europe

Lived in Portugal (Alfama, Lisbon) for two glorious years and been across Western Europe many MANY times from backpacking & hitchhiking to staying in some pretty fancy 5 star places for business. Highlights include the amazing cities of Sintra in Portugal and Pompeii in Italy.

• 🇦🇹 Austria
• 🇧🇪 Belgium
• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England^*
• 🇫🇷 France
• 🇩🇪 Germany
• 🇬🇧 Ireland^* (North)
• 🇮🇪 Ireland (South)
• 🇮🇹 Italy
• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
• 🇳🇱 Netherlands
• 🇵🇹 Portugal^*
• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland^*
• 🇨🇭 Switzerland
• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales

Middle East

Thanks to a friend I had a unique opportunity to see, travel and experience quite a bit of the ME. Highlights were the Old City sections of Damascus and Jerusalem. I also got to see lots more, from the stunning lost city of Petra to Roman remains all over including Palmyra.

• 🇧🇭 Bahrain
• 🇮🇱 Israel
• 🇯🇴 Jordan
• 🇱🇧 Lebanon
• 🇵🇸 Palestine
• 🇶🇦 Qatar
• 🇸🇾 Syria

North America

I’ve been three times, twice in the 90’s for business and pleasure visting New York, Chicago and San Francisco. Returned in 2024 to visit family & friends in Seattle and Spokane.

• 🇺🇸 U.S.A.

US States: California, Idaho, Illinois, New York & Washington.

How much of the world have I visited?

I’ve been to 38 (19.5%) of the world’s 195 countries, with plenty left to explore.

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