I started travelling in 2002 and haven't stopped since. Instantly hooked on the travel life I decided to make my ambition in life “To Eat a Bowl of Flakes in Every Country in the World” and 13 years later I have travelled around 77 different countries from 5 different continents having collected a whole host of amazing memories.
If you need convincing to explore my travels further - over the years I've slept in a Mosque, in a barn, up mountains, in the desert and outside Venice with 200 dogs. I've visited ancient sites such as Angkor, Gobekli tepe, Machu Pichu, a lost city in the Colombian jungle and excavated pyramids in Bosnia. I've hang-glided over Rio, Hot-air ballooned over the Valley of the Kings, white water rafted in Ecuador and para-glided in Argentina. I've come across a huge variety of animals like hippos, baboons, condors, llamas, desert foxes, bears, Komodo dragons, loads of different monkeys and an anteater. I've been diving with sharks, manta rays, turtles, seahorses, dolphins and ridden camels and an elephant. I've received random acts of kindness from shopkeepers, people on buses, an evangelical Christian and a guy in Mauritania even lent me his house. I've seen huge salt flats, the Sahara, the jungle, walked on glaciers, taken boats down the Amazon, the Nile and the Mekong and also cycled over 13500 miles through 22 European countries (including crossing the Alps). I've modelled in a fashion show, been interviewed on Peruvian radio (in Spanish), searched for UFOs in the desert, flown over the Nazca Lines, been to a music festival in the Sahara and was almost kidnapped by Al-Qaeda.
Modern Explorer Trips
We've been on Road-trips to make films about ancient ruins and various eco-friendly projects
My Books
Featuring diary extracts which detail my favourite moments from my first 10 years travelling.
"Travelling leaves you speechless then turns you into a storyteller" - Ibn Battuta
"Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God" – Kurt Vonnegut
"Travelling is like flirting with life" – Lisa St Aubin de Teran
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page" – St Augustine
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" – Mark Twain
"I feel truly wealthy when my bank account is empty and my head full of travel memories" - Mick Hobday
My Intro and Latest News
COUNTRY 74 – Blog and Video Release
. Botswana – My Latest Country Cornflakeified – . . A film about my 8 day trip through Botswana, the 74th country I have visited on my Corn Flake Mission.This was in the middle of a 3 month tour of Southern Africa during which we drove over 30,000km exploring this section …
NEW Diabetes.org.uk Blog Post
My latest Blog post ‘To cure or not to cure?‘ . for diabetes.org.uk . . . Click for links to my other blog posts . .
NEW ARTICLE – in Travel Africa Magazine
. . Take a look at an Article written about me for the Travel Africa Magazine (Click For Their Website) . . Click on the image to see a full size version . . . .
NEW Diabetes.org.uk Blog Post
My latest Blog post ‘Diabetes and Body Clocks‘ . for diabetes.org.uk . . . Click for links to my other blog posts . .
A Couple of New Films
My Latest Videos . . . . .
COUNTRY 75 – Blog and Video Release
. Namibia – My Latest Country Cornflakeified . . . . .
NEW Modern Explorers Film
. . The latest video I made with the Modern Explorers – “Urban Greening in Johannesburg” . . . A really cool inner-city permaculture project we visited during one of our visits to Johannesburg at the end of 2014. Music – Amaryoni, Rokia Traore, Jazz-tic and Rodriguez . .
NEW MAGAZINE ARTICLE
. . Take a look at an Article written about me for the Chucktown Magazine . . . . . . .
NEW MODERN EXPLORERS FILM – Megaliths of the Spanish Pyrenees
. . The latest video I made with the Modern Explorers . . . . .
DIABETES BLOG – Two New Posts
Take a look at my latest Blog posts . . for diabetes.org.uk . . . Click for links to my other diabetes blog posts . .
