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40 years of travelling in obscure parts of the world To jump to our 'Seven Wonders' and our 'Grand Tours', click here. Here are our individual journies....... Date Countries visited Theme (with link to the travel page) . 2020 March USA A big drive up the USA's east coast 2,000 miles from Miami to New York. 2019 Oct-Nov India, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand Overland across Burma - from India to Thailand with a side trip up the Himalayas to a Tibetan monastery. 2019 Feb-Mar Cayman Islands, Jamaica, USA Our last two Caribbean countries and a big drive around the American south 2018 Nov India South India in the monsoon A visit to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep at the wrong time of year. 2018 Jan-Feb Colombia, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico Colombia and some Caribbean islands By bus to some old cities in Colombia and flying to some islands in the Caribbean. 2017 Oct-Nov Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia From Thailand to Timor Across some Indonesian islands to Timor-Leste, then some Ankor-era temples in Laos and Cambodia. 2017 Feb India Return to India - revisiting some favourite places in south India 2016, Oct-Nov French Guyana, Suriname, Guyana, Curacao, Bonaire, Aruba, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Haiti Not a normal Caribbean holiday - the Guyanas, the ABC islands and Hispaniola island 2016, Feb-March India, Bangladesh India's north-east states hill villages, tea plantations and a rhino in a wildlife park. 2015, Oct-Nov Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia Our third big South American bus ride from Buenos Aires on the Atlantic via Lima on the Pacific to Cartagena on the Caribbean. 2014, Oct Georgia, Azerbaijan and the 'Stans': Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan Central Asia - Across the Caspian Sea and along the Silk Road with a side excursion to where the Aral Sea used to be 2014, March India Temples and Bathing ghats : Daman and Udaipur (old favourites), Delhi (traces of the Raj), temples and bathing ghats: Vrindavan, Gwalior, Orchha, Kajuraho, Chitrakoot and of course Varanasi, then ending in Kolkata 2013, Sept Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan From the Black Sea to the Caspian by bus and train 2013, Feb India, Nepal Across India and Nepal and on to the Andaman Islands : from Mumbai via Daman, Udaipur, Delhi, Lucknow, Lumbini, Pokhara, Kathmandu, Patna and Bodhgaya to Kolkata, followed by a visit to Port Blair and Havelock Island 2012, Oct Nepal A trek in the Himalayas to the medieval walled city of Lo Manthang 2012, March Micronesia: Guam, Palau, Yap & Saipan, and South Korea Some North Pacific islands and a stop in Korea on the way back 2011, Sept India Travels in the mountains : Kashmir, Ladakh, Manali, McLeod Ganj/Dharmsala, Shimla, Mussoorie, Rishikesh and Haridwar 2011, March India Wine tasting and other favourites : Mumbai, Sula vineyard at Nasik, Champaner world heritage site, Rajasthan favourites (Udaipur, Jaisalmer & Jodphur) and Delhi 2010, Oct-Nov Brunei, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Kiribati, Fiji, Wallis, New Calidonia, Vanuatu and Australia A selection of seven South Pacific islands , with a couple of stopovers on the way (seven new countries added to the list, almost a record!) 2010, Feb-Mar India Temples in Maharashtra and Palaces in Rajasthan : Mumbai, Ajanta, Ellora, Mandu, Sanchi, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Pushkar, Jaipur, Amber, Fatehpur Sikri, Agra with the Taj Mahal of course, and Delhi 2008 to 2010 Kosovo, Cape Verde, Italy and Belgium Some weekends away : Kosovo after independence, Cape Verde islands, Sardinia and Ghent 2009, Nov Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts, Nevis, St Maarten, St Eustatius, Anguilla, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands A selection of nine Caribbean islands 2009, Aug Canada and St Pierre et Miquelon Canada : Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, St John's and a ferry to St Pierre 2009, Jan-Feb India, Pakistan Mumbai to Islamabad. Part 1, Mumbai and Gujerat Part 2, Rajasthan and Punjab Part 3, Pakistan 2008, Jan-Feb India South India part 1 : Temples and beaches in Tamil Nadu South India part 2 : Backwaters and palaces in Kerala and Karnataka 2007, June Poland, Moldova, Transnistria, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Germany Our drive to Odessa on the Black Sea , via Wroclaw, Krakow, Kamyanets-Podilsky, Chisinau and Tirasopol, then back through Prague and the Romantischerstrasse 2007, March Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Serbia, Slovenia, Germany Our drive around the Balkan countries 2006, Nov India, Bhutan A journey across India from Bhutan to Bombay: Part 1, Kolkata, Bhutan, Sikkim, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Puri and Konorak Part 2, Hyderabad, Bijapur, Hampi, Goa and Mumbai 2006 May-June Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine Some drives around Eastern Europe including the Baltic States and Lviv, Ukraine 2005, Oct Belgium, Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, China Our big Trans-Siberian train ride from London to Shanghai (which completes the overland journey from London to Singapore!) 2004, Sept-Oct China, Laos, Thailand Our overland journey from Beijing to Bangkok 2003, Oct Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina A South American bus ride from Lima to Buenos Aires , via Machu Picchu and the Atacama Desert 2002, Oct Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay A South American bus ride from Santiago to Buenos Aires , via Asuncion, Iguazu Falls and Fray Bentos 2001, Nov Cuba A short visit to Cuba ..... 2001, Nov Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama ... and a long bus ride through Central America 2001 and 2002 USA, Iceland, Bermuda Some drives round the eastern USA , including New York, Boston, Denver, Cincinnati, Nashville and Chattanooga, with stopovers in Reykjavik and Bermuda 2000, Nov Thailand, Laos, Vietnam Our return to Vietnam , to complete the journey that was interrupted last year 1999, Oct-Nov Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand Overland from Hong Kong to Bangkok: Part 1, Vietnam and Part 2, Cambodia 1998, Nov Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso By boat to Timbuktu ; from Dakar via Bamako and Mopti to Ouagadougou 1997, Nov Syria, Lebanon A stopover in Damascus and a shared taxi to Beirut , on the way to Sanaa 1997, Nov Yemen A drive around the Yemen ; motoring with Mohammed 1996, Oct Tibet, Nepal, India, Bangladesh Our journey down the Himalayas from Lhasa to Dhaka (use browser 'back' button to return here) 1995, Apr-May New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Western Samoa, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Tahiti (French Polynesia) New Zealand and seven South Pacific islands 1994 to 1997 Ireland Several drives around Ireland (covering most of the country) 1993 to 1996 USA Some drives around the western USA , including canyons in Utah and Arizona, Las Vegas, Yellowstone, Monument Valley and Mesa Verde Colorado 1992, Aug-Sept Sri Lanka, Maldives A tour round Sri Lanka and a visit to the Maldives 1991, July-Aug Japan, Australia, Laos, Thailand Round the world clockwise ; a visit to Japan, Australia, Laos and Thailand 1990, July-Aug Canada, Trinidad, Grenada, St Vincent, Barbados, St Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua and USA Canada and nine Caribbean islands (ten new countries added to the list, a record for one trip!) 1989, July-Aug Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya A circular tour of East Africa , with a steamer-boat ride on Lake Tanganyka and a journey through Rwanda a year before the civil war started and Uganda ten years after Idi Amin left 1987, Mar-Apr Thailand, Indonesia A journey through Indonesia from Jakarta to Bali 1986, Mar-Apr Andorra, Spain, Portugal A drive around Iberia via Andorra, Madrid, Lisbon, Granada, Barcelona and points in between 1985, Aug West Germany, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia Behind the Iron Curtain ; a drive round Eastern Europe before the Wall came down 1984, Mar-Apr Egypt, Greece A tour round Egypt, with stopovers in Crete and Corfu 1982, Apr Thailand, Burma, Soviet Un...