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I have been travelling since 1984: Nepal and trekked the Annapurna Circuit. (September 1984)
Besisahar, Bhulbhule, Pisang, Yak Kharka, Thorong La, Tatopani, Gorepani & Poon Hill, Naya Pul & Pokhara

India/Nepal (December 1985/January 1986)
Mumbai, Ajanta and Ellora, Mandu, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Fatehpur Sikri, Jaipur, Agra, Bandhavgarh, Khajuraho, Varanasi, Chitwan, Kathmandu

East Africa /Zimbabwe /Tanzania / climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro (December 1988/January 1989)
Harare, Dar es Salaam, Kuduchi Beach, Arusha, Lake Manyara, Moshi, Ngorongoro, Olduvai Gorge, Serengeti, Lake Victoria,

China (December 1989/January 1990)
Beijing, Guangzhou

Thailand/Burma (December 1990/January 1991)
Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Kanchanaburi, Rangoon,

Europe/Malaysia (February/July 1991)
London, Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Venice, Florence, Pisa, Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Avignon, Siena, Padstow, Tintagel, St. Ives, Oxford, Woodstock, Canterbury, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca,

Indonesia (December 1991/January1992)
Jakarta, Surabaya, Pandaan, Malang, Bromo, Tengger, Semeru, Surakarta, Borobudur, Semarang, Solo, Yogyakarta, Mt. Merapi, Sewu Hills Karst, Bandung,

Middle East: Israel, Egypt and Jordan (December 1992/January 1993),

Europe – (December 1993 Hong Kong Stopover /January 1994 San Francisco stopover)
London, Pairs. Amsterdam, Birmingham, York,
Brother Juniper's Restaurant opened on Haight Street in San Francisco near the Hotel Carlton

Vietnam (December 1995/January 1996)

United States of America/Canada/Europe (December 1996/January 1997)
Bath, Stonehenge, Salisbury,

South America: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru -walked the Inca Trail (December 1997/January 1998)

Turkey/Greece (December 1998/January 1999)

Laos/Cambodia/Thailand (December1999/January 2000)

Uzbekistan - University of Sydney's Archaeological Site (September/October 2000)
- Archaeological sites at Kazakl'i-yatkan and Tash-k'irman-tepe in Western Uzbekistan

Mexico, Belize, Guatemala (December 2001/January 2002)

Middle East - Egypt, Syria, Lebanon & Jordan. (December 2002 - January 2003)

Pella, Jordan University of Sydney's Archaeological Site (February - March 2003)
Israel March 2003

Sri Lanka (January 2004)

Southern India (December 2005/January 2006)

Morocco (December 2007/January 2008)

Pella, Jordan University of Sydney's Archaeological Site (November -December 2008)
Israel December 2008, Qatar December 2008

Mongolia – University of Pennsylvania’s Archaeological site in Western Mongolia (June-July 2010)

Pella, Jordan University of Sydney's Archaeological Site (January 2011-February 2011)

Thailand – Bangkok stopover February 2011

Jordan – GARP volunteer with the University of Bristol November 2011
UAE Stopover December 2011
My travels have been related to my studies and vice verse.



I have completed a Master of Arts in Ancient Art and Architecture at Macquarie University
I have completed a Bachelor of Arts - major: Asian Studies, second major: Anthropology and Sociology,
I have completed three Post Graduate Diplomas: Early Christian and Jewish Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Islamic Studies and Ancient History.
In between all of this I was involved in a pedestrian accident in May 1989 and suffered a fractured skull. As a result I have been diagnosed with a short term memory loss and greatly reduced cognitive skills. Since this was a Worker's Compensation case I was down graded in my work in the NSW Public Sector. In September this year I was offered and I accepted a promotion in the Office of Protocol and Special Events – NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet. I am now the same classification – Clerk and a higher grade than at the time of the accident – grade 4.
In January I return to Jordan to volunteer with the University of Sydney Pella Project -– see http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/neaf/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=18&Itemid=39 for details. It relates to my current studies for a Master of Arts in Ancient History and Architecture I am undertaking at Macquarie University as a part time student since I am working full time.

My travels have been related to my studies and vice versa.

travel, ancient history, archaeology, ancient cultures, anthropology, Formula One car racing,