My favourite travel experiences

The Americas

  • Exploring the heights of Peru and the wilds of the Amazon river

  • Spending a year in Vail, Colorado and skiing one of the best terrains in the world

  • Orca whale watching in the Georgia Strait, Canada

  • Sailing in Zihuatenejo, Mexico

  • Camping through the Canyonlands of Utah

  • Coming face to face with the black bears of Colorado

  • Hiking the Cascade Mountains, Pacific North West USA

  • Music festivals in Austin, Texas

  • Alcatraz, San Francisco

  • Pike Place Market - Seattle

  • The Kaanapali coastline of Kauai, Hawaii

  • Scaling the pyramids of Mexico

  • Guatemala

  • Iguazu Falls

  • Asado experience in Buenos Ares

Europe

  • Living like a local - having spent 20 years in the UK

  • Walking the halls of Trinity, Dublin

  • Provence & the French Riviera

  • Over 10 visits to Malta - beautiful Mediterranean island

  • Troodos Mountains, Cyprus

  • Pamukkale, Turkey

  • Paris - and all of it's romance

  • The Cotswolds, Bath and Stonehenge

  • Walking in the Yorkshire Moors and the Lake District

  • Cycling in the Peak District

  • The southern coast of Spain

  • Punting on the Thames, Oxford

  • River cruise along the Rhine

Asia/ Africa

  • Kayaking – Andaman Sea Thailand

  • Cycling down Mt Agung, Bali, Indonesia

  • The Bund, Shanghai

  • Canoeing in a mokoro through the Okavango Delta, Botswana

  • Feeling the Smoking Thunder of Victoria Falls

  • Elephant safari in Zimbabwe

  • Camel riding in the Sahara

  • Tunisia in all of it's original beauty

  • Observing orangutans in their natural habitat in the depths of Borneo

  • The nontangs of Shanghai

  • Singapore and it’s incredible Gardens by the Bay

  • South Korea - Seoul & Busan

  • Japan - loved everywhere but my favourite spot was Takyama and Hakuba

Australasia / South West Pacific

  • Air safari over Lake Eyre

  • Bungle Bungles & the Olgas

  • White-water rafting on the Tully, Far North Queensland

  • Hot-air balloon rides in Far North Queensland

  • Horse riding in the Kimberley

  • El Questro National Park, Kimberley WA

  • Luxurious Lizard Island

  • Whitsunday Islands

  • Snorkelling the Great Barrief Reef

  • Margaret River & Adelaide Hills

  • Oysters from Coffin Bay, SA

  • Snorkelling to the real Castaway Island in Fiji

  • Family holidays in beautiful Fiji

  • Heli ride over Kings Canyon

  • Uluru