Travelling ‘Round The World’ can mean many different things. To some it simply means circling the globe, and maybe breaking a record on the way. To me it means visiting as many different countries, on as many of the world’s continents, as possible. With that ambition in mind, planning a route became a real challenge. So my approach was to think hard about where I wanted to go, then plan the best route to achieve those aims.

I definitely wanted to go to Russia, which led to the realisation that there’s a ferry from there to Japan. But Japan’s a dead end so it became clear that freighting the bike would be necessary unless I was going to re-ride my wheel tracks. The next decision therefore, was to transport my bike the longest possible distance by air, giving me the greatest benefit from crating and freighting it. That meant South Korea to New Zealand.  An added advantage was to answer that other travellers’ conundrum, the weather. I left the cold, snowy north and arrived in the warm, sunny south.

My route then adopted the logic of my location, which was to ride north and then west, back towards Europe via Oceania and Asia. When I finally get to Southern Europe the logical next place is Africa. After that it will be another ocean crossing to South, then Central and finally North America.

Will that be the end of my travels? It’s impossble to say. I’ve been on the road for over eleven years now, and anticipate travelling for many more. Only time will tell. And that’s what I love about this life. The route, apart from a general plan, is unknown.  Events will unfold as time goes by and in ways that are as unknown to me as the road I’ll ride or the people I’ll meet. And that’s exactly how it should be. Follow the blog to see what happens.

Meanwhile, I’ll keep adding maps as and when relevant.

July 2024 to May 2025

A new bike was bought and a new route was planned. Across from England to central Europe, then south through the Balkans. Across Turkey and into Iran. That was followed by Iraq and then the Levant. Finally, the Arabian Peninsular

August 2023 to November 2023

My bike was shipped from Mumbai to Istanbul. From there I toured around Western Turkey, then ‘ferry hopped’ across Southern Europe and back to England.

February 2020 to August 2023

The first thing you’re likely to say is, “That’s a long time Geoff”. And I’d agree. But Covid got in the way of my travels, as it did with everything else, so it took me a long time to cover this area. Mind you, it’s a pretty big area anyway. Having obtained a new visa in Dhaka, I came back to India. This map is of India west of Bangladesh, as well as Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

October 2019 to February 2020.

Following my accident in Laos in January 2019, I didn’t resume my travels until October 2019. I left from Pattaya, Thailand, and I rode to the north of Laos, then around the north of Thailand. From there it was to Myanmar, NE India and finally Bangladesh.

January 2018 to January 2019.

After Indonesia, the next country northwards was Malaysia. From there I wandered around Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

August 2017 to December 2017.

Having arrived in Timor Leste, from Darwin, Australia, it was a journey of many ferries as I island hopped from east to west through Indonesia.

May 2015 to July 2017

A total of twenty six months to tour Australia, including a necessary long break in the middle. It ended in Darwin and the bike was shipped to Timor Leste.

 December 2014 to April 2015

I spent four months enjoying the varied delights of New Zealand. I started and finished in Auckland, from where I shipped the bike to Brisbane.

 April 2014 to December 2014

My route across Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, to Vladivostok. Then a tour round Honshu Island, Japan. This section of the journey ended in Seoul, South Korea, from where I air freighted the bike to New Zealand.