Adventure & discovery
New surroundings make me pay attention and test what I can do.
TRAVEL & DISCOVERY
A few journeys.
A wider perspective.
I travel for the adventure, the people and the chance to see familiar assumptions differently.
Some journeys stretch across countries; others start with a conversation or an unexpected turn. This is a small selection from my travels, with more stories on the blog.
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WHY I TRAVEL
More than a destination.
Travel takes me outside the familiar. I enjoy its uncertainty, the challenge of adapting and the encounters that happen when I leave room for a little wandering.
Read my reasons for travelling ↗People & perspective
Conversations and everyday experiences help me understand life beyond my own routines.
Room for the unexpected
Unplanned moments often become the stories I remember most.
Something to bring home
Photographs, memories and a different way of looking at things.
A person needs new experiences. … Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens.
MY TRIPS ABROAD
Journeys through the years.
From longer overland adventures to shorter visits, a collection of my travels, with the most recent first.
2019
A road trip to Austria
A European road trip, this time to Austria. Travelling by road offers room to explore along the way, with the journey becoming part of the experience.
2017
Andalusia, Spain
A journey to Andalusia in southern Spain. Its history, architecture and landscapes offer different ways to explore a region and the stories behind it.
2017
A road trip to Switzerland
Exploring Switzerland as part of a European road trip. Mountain scenery and the freedom of travelling by road make a natural pairing for this part of the collection.
2014
Istanbul, Turkey
A visit to Istanbul, a city where different periods of history sit alongside everyday life. It connects with my interest in the places where cultures and ideas meet.
2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A visit to Amsterdam, with its canals, streets and distinctive architecture. It’s another part of my European travels, alongside the longer journeys further afield.
2009
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
A journey to Sharm El Sheikh on Egypt’s Red Sea coast. This is a different setting from my earlier Beirut-to-Cairo journey, showing another side of the country.
2007
Paris, France
A visit to Paris, adding another chapter to my travels around Europe. The city brings history, architecture and everyday street scenes together in a way that offers plenty to notice.
2003–2004
London to Sydney overland
What began as a plan for a year away became almost two years of travel across 26 countries. Following the old Silk Road formed part of a journey that also included teaching IT skills to Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala.
2002
Bali, Indonesia
A journey to Bali, part of my travels in Indonesia. Islands, landscapes and different ways of life are part of what draws me to exploring beyond familiar surroundings.
2001
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A visit to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It forms part of my wider travels in the Middle East, a region that helped develop my interest in geopolitics and history.
2001
Bahrain
A journey to Bahrain, another part of my travels in the Gulf. It belongs alongside the other Middle Eastern journeys that feature in this collection.
2001
Prague, Czech Republic
A visit to Prague in the Czech Republic. Its historic streets and architecture connect naturally with my interest in the stories behind the places I visit.
2000
Thailand
A journey to Thailand, adding to my experiences of travelling in Asia. Discovering unfamiliar surroundings and different perspectives is an important part of why I travel.
1999
Corfu, Greece
A return to Corfu, where my first Interrail journey had ended unexpectedly following a diving accident. This later visit belongs to a different chapter of my travel story.
1998
Rajasthan & Ladakh, India
A journey taking in Rajasthan and Ladakh, two very different regions of India. It brings together the cultural and geographical variety that makes a longer journey so interesting.
1996
Frankfurt, Germany
A visit to Frankfurt, one of the German destinations in my travel collection. Shorter journeys like this sit alongside the longer overland adventures and cultural exchanges.
1995
Camp America, USA
I took part in a cultural exchange programme as a camp counsellor at Camp Blue Ridge. Afterwards, I travelled extensively across the United States, from Key West to California, including San Francisco.
1994
Beirut to Cairo
After spending several months in Beirut, I travelled through Jordan, Israel and Egypt. Reading Ang Swee Chai and Robert Fisk had helped inspire my interest in Lebanon and the lives of people there.
1993
West Bank & Gaza Strip
I took part in work camps in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Cultural exchange offered a way to spend time with local people and better understand the challenges their communities faced.
1992
Kibbutz, Israel
I spent time working on a kibbutz in Israel. It was one of the experiences abroad that combined travelling with participating in the daily life of a community.
1991
Interrail, Europe
My first trip abroad took me through France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Austria before reaching Corfu. The journey ended unexpectedly after a diving accident, but it was the beginning of a much wider travel story.
Destination thumbnails from the trips archive on my blog; these are representative images, not necessarily photographs taken during each journey.
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My journeys on the map.
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Travel through my lens.
Photography gives me a way to notice, remember and share the places I visit.
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