Travel

Like a lot of people, I have a great passion for travel, which goes well with my passion for photography. But perhaps unlike a lot of people, I’ve been fortunate to travel to many dozens of countries, especially as a child, youth, and young adult. I was born in England, and grew up there and in Ghana, Australia, and then Canada, and became a Canadian citizen as a teenager. Since then I’ve lived in the United States and Canada, and again in England. My wife is Japanese and we travel there too. Countries I’ve visited include the following:

    • Australia

    • Austria

    • Belgium

    • Bosnia and Herzegovina

    • Burkina Faso

    • Canada

    • Croatia

    • Denmark

    • Egypt

    • France

    • Germany

    • Ghana

    • Greece

    • Hong Kong

    • India

    • Iran

    • Israel

    • Italy

    • Japan

    • Kosovo

    • Lichtenstein

    • Luxembourg

    • Mali (yes, I’ve actually been to Timbuktu)

    • Mexico

    • Montenegro

    • Netherlands

    • Niger

    • Nigeria

    • North Macedonia

    • Norway

    • Philippines

    • Serbia

    • Singapore

    • Slovenia

    • Sweden

    • Switzerland

    • United Kingdom

    • United States

    • Yugoslavia


To me, though, more important than all the places one has visited is the attitude of being a tourist in your own back yard (in every good respect), in the spirit of “Going Nowhere.” In that sense, I always try to make the most of every nearby travel opportunity as passionately as opportunities that are much farther afield. That being said, I do have a few distant locations that I’d still badly like to visit:

    • Alaska

    • Easter Island

    • Egypt (again)

    • Galapagos

    • Ghana (again)

    • Iceland

    • Ireland

    • Israel (again)

    • Morocco (and Gibraltar)

    • New Zealand

    • Peru

    • Turkey


I’d also love to go skiing in the following locations (in addition to the many places I’ve already skied in North America and Europe—see “For the Love of Skiing”):

  • Dubai (indoors)

  • Japan

  • Lebanon

  • Muana Kea (Hawaii)

  • New Zealand

  • Okay, anywhere I haven’t already skied!


See also a list of countries in which my writing has been published.