2019 Round-Up: $250k made, $100k donated, 64 flights and 19 countries!

2019 Round-Up: $250k made, $100k donated, 64 flights and 19 countries! Sorry for the belated round-up, if you’ve been following me on instagram.com/onestep4ward you’ll see I’ve been up South America’s highest mountai...

The Best Digital Nomad Insurance (now covering COVID-19 too!); SafetyWing insurance Review

The Best Digital Nomad Insurance (FOR COVID TOO!); My Safetywing Insurance Review UPDATE JUNE 2023: Safety Wing IS NOW COVERING COVID INSURANCE TOO! If you’re an ex-pat, a digital nomad or a long-term traveler, you need travel health...

2018 Review; Travels, Charity, Money, Fitness, Mental Health

2018 Review; Travels, Money, Fitness, Mental Health So 2018 has been and gone. Wow. I turned 35 in December 2018, where does the time go? I’ll tell you where, the same damn place it goes for everyone. We all share 24 ho...

Goal Diggers. What’s your Everest?

Goal Diggers. What’s your Everest? My sister warned me. After I finished such a big goal, there’d be a lull, a time when I felt a little lost. And there it was staring me in the face. I was back ‘home’ in Bangkok...

My 2017 Review; Life, travel, finances

My 2017 Review; Life, travel, finances It’s important to reflect on how we failed, how we succeeded and what we experienced in the year gone past, as we ramp up for new goals for 2018. I’m super guilty of always focussing on the...

Sooo, We Built a School in Myanmar!

We Built a School in Myanmar with GiveBackGiveAway.com! 2 guys who knew nothing about charity, NGOs, architecture, engineering nor playgrounds. They know very little about owning tour companies, or being responsible for the well-being of a...

Help Us Build A Playground For the Burmese Kids in Thailand!

HELP US BUILD A PLAYGROUND IN THAILAND IN 2017! Time for something pretty epic! Those of you legends who follow my travels to every country in the world on either FaceBook.com/onestep4ward, Instagram.com/onestep4ward, Twitter.com/onestep4wa...

Motivational Monday; Advice from my 33 year old self to my 23 year old self

It’s 5am, the sun is rising beside me as I’m writing from the rooftop of an Indian fishing boat after an epic 4 day trip through the Arabian ocean to finally see the Dragon Blood Trees of Socotra, Yemen. As I stand on the cusp...

Visiting Socotra, Yemen; My 1st Experience & How I Did It

Visiting Socotra, Yemen; My Experience and How I Did It EDIT 2020: YOU CAN JOIN ME ON A TOUR TO SOCOTRA IN JANUARY 2021. CHECK THE LINK HERE. There are very few places in the world that can put forward a genuine, warranted claim to be the m...

Travel to Somalia; How I Traveled to Mogadishu

Travel to Somalia; How I Traveled to Mogadishu I’ll admit it, I was scared to travel to Somalia properly, and even back in 2010 during my overland trip from South Africa to Syria by public transport stint, when I had the chance to vis...

How Not To Visit Every Country In The World. My 5 Failed Attempts At Yemen…

How Not To Visit Every Country In The World. My 5 Failed Attempts At Yemen… 197 countries in the world, it’s taken me 10 years to reach 195. Aside from a year teaching English in Chiang Mai, Thailand and a year in Sydney, Austra...

My 2016 Review – 30 countries, $200k+, 64 flights!

My 2016 Review – 30 countries, $200k+, 64 flights! As the new year bounces in with all too familiar hangovers and false promises, I think it’s important to take a while and reflect on our previous year. Too often, we get caught...