Most people buy a car within a short drive of home. Usually within the same state, and certainly within the same country. I flew to…
Read the story ↗Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”
After finishing school at seventeen, I wasn't sure what to do, so I set off around the world. I've been travelling on and off ever since. I've visited more than seventy countries, and much of my spare time is spent staring at maps figuring out where next.
I've had some epic adventures. In 2016 I travelled alphabetically through Europe, visiting a new city each fortnight. Fifty-two weeks, twenty-six letters. Amsterdam, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh...
In 2018 I drove a converted school bus through the USA and Mexico until the money ran out — and then a pandemic made sure I couldn't go back to finish it. I learnt some lessons, and I'm determined not to make the same mistakes.
Now I'm tackling my biggest adventure yet — overland from Southeast Asia to Europe.
