Countries I Have Visited

Armenia, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Botswana, Burma (Myanmar), Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria (where I was born), Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe

Colin's Adventures

Cycling adventures

Sri Lanka
Karakorum Highway from China into Pakistan
Leh to Manali in India (One of the hardest journeys I have done)
Scotland to Australia
Perth to Sydney via Adelaide and Melbourne
Passau to Vienna
Vienna to Prague
Burgundy, Alsace, Dordogne and the Jura mountains in France
Group cycles around Nepal including up to Mukthinath and to Phaplu
Lhasa in Tbet to Kathmandu via Everest Base Camp

Walking and trekking

Tatra mountains of Poland and Slovakia
Everest base camp trek in Nepal (4 times by different routes)
Annapurna Circuit in Nepal
West Highland Way in Scotland
Mountains to the Med in the Pyrenees

Mountain expeditions

Mustagh Ata – China (Camp 1)
Mt Blanc – France (summit)
Wildspitze – Austria (summit)

Other journeys

Trans Mongolian train from Beijing to Helsinki (in winter)
Trans Siberian train from Moscow to Vladivostok
Four week tour around Mongolia

Short adventures

White water rafting on the Murray, Mitchell and Tully Rivers in Australia
White water rafting on the Zambesi in Zimbabwe
Mountaineering course in New Zealand
Heli-skiing in New Zealand
Sea kayaking around the Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand

Part time employment

Ground crew for a hot air balloon company in Melbourne and in Rutherglen.
Teaching travel to aspiring travel consultants

Trips I have led

Trans Asia Overland Expeditions
Everest base camp trek Nepal (3 times)
West Highland Way (4 times)
Three weeks mountain biking around Nepal
Tatra Mountains