I'm John Marsden
I just want to give you some idea of my "experiences" so that you know I am not a novice when it comes to travel-in fact I have been travelling for nearly 45 years!
I started in 1964 with a trip to Europe by the good ship Canberra-then the Pride of the P & O Fleet- hitch hiked through Europe and UK and returned home by air through USA staying and travelling with people I had met in Europe. During this trip I crossed through Checkpoint Charlie between West & East Berlin under the guns of very suspicious East German border guards.
In 1976 I took my family to Europe for a 12 months campervan tour of Europe, but this was cut short by family circumstances which needed us to return home after only 3 months.
In 1981 we did return and complete our 12 month campervan trip.
1989 -a few days in LA followed by a 1 month campervan trip through England, Scotland and Wales.
1994- a 1 month trip by air and car through parts of USA
1997 Bali for a week
2000 2 weeks around Tasmania
2001 5 weeks by air and car around Australia
2003 a 3 months Retirement trip, covering a number of European countries not seen before and returning via USA.
2004 Fiji 1 week Plus Norfolk Island for a quick look and Noumea for a week
2005 China 4 weeks going out to Kashgar which is close to the border with Pakistan
2006 Canada- 3 weeks on the western coast
2007 South America & Antarctica-I've put my foot on that white continent.
2009 In May this year I spent 9 nights camping from Perth to Adelaide, even sleeping on the Nullarbor Plain a couple of nights. Totally out of my comfort zone! But it was wonderful. You can read about it in my blog.
And in between a number of trips around Australia and New Zealand.
I've now passed 65-which used to be RETIREMENT and a gold watch-and I want to help others who want to travel the world.
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