Hi, the journey that this travel diary describes started in July 2003 and finished in October 2004. Since then I've started a new diary, Suitcasing, but there are a lot of good stories here in No Place As Home - my trip took in North America, Central America, Asia and then a return home to London.

Some highlights:

My favourite story of the lot is probably "Homosexuals, bisexuals and small children", describing my trials learning to cook in China's Sichuan province. It is, I should warn you, very long (c.5000 words), but I like the way it captures the loneliness and uncertainty of travelling as well as the marvels and joy.

Other good pieces are maybe:

Into the rainforest, describing my trip into a Borneo nature reserve with a Orangutan research team.

A popular early story was about the fiesta in the Guatemalan mountains, where six or seven people were killed over a weekend and the police fled town. I also wrote a shorter and maybe better version of these events for Escape from America magazine here.

Some funny stories are: my meeting with Chiang Mai's horny shaman; studying Thai boxing in Bangkok; my hour impersonating Steven Spielberg; and surviving a night in America's nowhere.

There's a few general country descriptions: on China, on Malaysian politics (this began a rather tense debate between my Malaysian readers), and my guide to London.

My favourite photos on the site are probably of Langmusi and Songpan in north west China, and Varanasi in India.

I wrote some how-to advice for would be travellers here - the tone is a bit superior in places, I think now, but see if there's anything useful for you. I still like an older piece I wrote about the travelling life - sometimes you see clearest early on.

I wrote about what coming home felt like in "Foreign Eyes".

Best wishes with any travel plans of your own, hope you will read my new blog Suitcasing, and if you'd like to use any of these stories please contact me at noplaceashome @ yahoo.co.uk.

Cheers!

Daniel