Travel

I love to visit other countries and cultures, and am fortunate to be able to. Travel opens up the mind. It makes me realise how much it means to live in a peaceful part of the world, where there is freedom of speech and an open democracy, although my own country has been through difficult and turbulent times.

I’ve spent a lot of my free time backpacking and travelling through lots of countries. A few years ago, I travelled around the world for an entire year. You can my read top 20 highlights from that trip at Round the World.

Between my round the world trip and other travels over many years, I have visited many countries. Here is a list of them: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Chile, China, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, most European countries and several U.S. states.

In 2012, I will be travelling to Burma, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and one of the most secretive and isolated countries in Asia. The people there have suffered terrible human rights abuses and have faced great hardship.