Chapter 1. India - Delhi to Pushkar

Chapter 2. India - Arambol to Fort Cochin and back again

Chapter 3. Singapore, Thailand & Laos - Singapore to Bangkok

Chapter 4. Thailand, Malaysia & Indonesia - Koh Phangan to Pangadaran

Chapter 5. Indonesia, Singapore & Western Australia - Yogyakarta to Exmouth

Chapter 6. Eastern Australia - Adelaide to Brisbane

Chapter 7. Eastern Australia & New Zealand - Noosa to Mount Maunganui

Chapter 8. New Zealand & USA - Auckland to Home





If you want to know what it's really like to backpack around the world, you're in the right place.

On January 16th 2007 I set out on the greatest adventure of my life. For the first time and at the age of 44, I was going to spend the next ten months backpacking around the world, visiting nine countries and covering over thirty five thousand miles.

This is my story about following a dream, the highs and the lows, the people and the cultures of our beautiful planet. I wrote it to look back on in future years and to inspire others to travel, as well as helping those thinking of backpacking by including lots of essential and practical tips about life on the road. This is the first time I had been long haul, the first time backpacking and the first time away from home for more than two weeks, but I didn't feel anything except hugely privaledged to have the opportunity of a lifetime and I couldn't wait to dive in.

From sipping chai on the night trains of India to swimming in the turquoise waterfalls of northern Thailand, diving at the Ningaloo reef in Australia to ice hiking on the glaciers of New Zealand, this is a journey through India, South East Asia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

If you are thinking of going backpacking I hope this website will help you.