About
the camino life
Traveling had always been my passion. After 35 years in the business world I retired in 2013 and began a series of journeys around the world seeking experience and the knowledge that comes with. Once I started, there was no turning back. A sedentary retirement playing golf, drinking beer, and lunching with old friends was not in the cards. I am now in the 8th year of a nomad existence. My only goal was and is to get in flow with the universe and let her take me to places I am supposed to be.
HighlightS
- Trekking in Nepal
- Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
- Ayahuasca Tea Mind Expanding Ceremonies in Ecuador and Peru
- Hanging out with Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees in The Congo and Uganda
- Sailing, Diving, Snorkeling in The Galapagos
- 10 Day Silent Meditation Retreats in Thailand
- Japan 88 Buddhist Temple Pilgrimage
- Proactive Naturopathic Treatments and Fasting at Nature Cure Hospital in Nepal
- Seeking my roots in Ireland
- Ayurvedic Treatments in Kerala, India
- Following the Serengeti Migration in Serengeti and Masai Mara National Parks
- Via Francigena Canterbury to Rome 2,000K Pilgrimage
- Climbing Mt. Kenya and Mt. Meru in Kenya and Tanzania
- Sailing the Nile by Felucca
- Walking with Rhinos in Zimbabwe
- Tall Ship Sailing in Maine
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Overland Trip from Nairobi, Kenya to Cape Town, South Africa
- Camino de Santiago
Camino de Santiago
Upon retirement in 2013 from a career I no longer remember, my first adventure was a Nepal Trek.
I was led by an encounter in a Nepal Tea House to the Camino de Santiago. In Spain. I have found my passion in long distance walking especially the Camino. While I continue to travel the world on a journey within I find walking to be the portal to the soul. Consequently, I am drawn to pilgrimages around the world and especially the Camino. To date I have walked 15 Caminos de Santiago: 11,000+ kms. 450+ days
- Camino Frances: SJPP to Santiago, Finisterre, Muxia. Santiago to Valenca, Portugal 1030K 41 days
- Chemin duPuy: Le Puy en Velay to SJPP, SdeC,F,M. 1657K 63 days
- Portuguese Way: Santiago to Porto 245K 8 days
- Camino Via de la Plata ((VDLP) Seville to Santiago 1,000K 42 days
- Frances: Leon to SdeC,F,M. 421K 17 days
- Camino Primitivo: Oviedo to SdeC,M,F 438K 16 days
- Camino from my ancestral home in Ireland: Tipperary (Killaloe to SFM) 3,000K 111 days
- Camino del Norte: Irun to Santiago 825K 32 days
- Caminos Arles, Aragones, Invierno: Lourdes, France to Pamplona; 303k, Ponferrada to SdC on Invierno, 275K, 25 days
- Camino English/Irish: La Coruña and Ferrol to SdC 143K 8 days
- Camino De Madrid 280K and Frances: 790K…. 42 days
Other Pilgrimages
But the journey within has taken me to other pilgrimages, including:
- Japan 88 Temple and Kumano Kodo: 1,000K, 45 days 2019
- Via Francigena/Canterbury to Rome: 2,000K, 86 days 2020
- Via Francesco/Rome to Assisi: 240K 12 days 2020
- Nepal:
- Annapurna Circuit: 1986, 2003, 2013, 2019
- Annapurna Sanctuary: 2013
- Everest Basecamp: 1994, 2014
- The 3 Passes: 2014
- Masalu/Tsum Valley: 2018
- Langtang/Gosaikunda Lake/Helambu: 2018
- Machu Picchu and Choquequirao Inca Trails: 2015
- Ciudad de Perdida, Columbia: 2015
- Scotland’s West Highland Way: 2020
- Ireland;
- E8 Dublin to Dursey Island, Kerry Way, Burren Way, Dingle Way, Beara Way, Wicklow Way, South Leinster Way, East Munster Way, Blackwater Way, East and Mid Clare Ways.
Giving Back
In hope of giving back, I am happy to provide information to anyone interested to walking on these pilgrimages or traveling to these locations. Below are the 68 countries I’ve visited
- Central America and Mexico 1997, 2016. Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico.
- Europe; France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, England, Wales, Scotland, The Netherlands, Monaco.
- South America; Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina Jan 1-April 28, 2015
- Nepal; 1987, 1994, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Ireland; 1984, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
- India; 1987, 1994, 2020
- Africa; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Congo, Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt. 1986, 1994, 2015, 2017
- Oceania; Cook Islands, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia.
- SE Asia; Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia. 1994, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019
- China; 2003
- Canada; Many times
- Turkey 2020,