Catch the Travel Bug

As well as studying and working in the United Kingdom, the author has spent the majority of his working life overseas, including in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Oman, the UAE, Mauritius and Malaysia.This is probably where he caught the 'travel bug'.



It was whilst traveling that he subscribes to the adage: "My home is where my toothbrush is". He retired in Malaysia in 1999, and enjoys traveling with Lian, his Malaysian wife.



The world is a big place; so let the author transport you to the far corners of the world from the safety of your armchair. This book includes trips to:China and Tibet, Nepal, Oman, Tanzania, Rwanda. Peru, Easter Island, Malaysian Borneo, India and Sikkim, Indonesia, Madagascar, Argentina, Antarctica, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, and Russia. Each chapter is self-contained and covers a different trip.



Experience some of the dangers and humour in travelling to parts that are often well off the beaten track followed by most tourists. The reader can feel that they have shared the experience of the trip being described,and participated all from the safety of their armchair.