Maiden Voyage Travel Blog

13/01/2026

My 2026 GROUP TRIPS are now confirmed, come join me somewhere you probably should not this year.

These days, I really only do three kinds of group trips.

1. Places you do not tell your mum about until you are home, alive, and eating proper food again.

2. Charity trips through my foundation, where most of the profit goes straight into things that matter like water, schools, playgrounds and basic dignity. We have 4 this year.

3. Events that quietly change the direction of your life, where you suffer a bit, question your decisions, and come out the other side stronger. Mountains, ultramarathons, long cycles, cold, heat, exhaustion. The good stuff. Like the and the

This is how 2026 is shaping up.

February 2026
-Borneo and Brunei with the orangutans
-Libya
-Siberia and the coldest place on earth, Oymyakon

April 2026
-Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. The highest peak in the country and a proper jungle experience

May 2026
- Papua New Guinea tribes
- Nauru and Tuvalu add on (2 least visited countries on earth!)

June 2026
- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Big landscapes, long roads, proper Silk Road travel

August 2026
- Mount Elbrus group climb. the highest mountain in Europe and one of the seven summits!
- Komodo and East Timor later in the month

October 2026
- Turkmenistan Highway to Hell ultracycle
- Turkmenistan gates of hell trip (without the cycle!)
- Mongolia Eagle Festival

November 2026
- Mauritania iron ore train trip
- Eye of the Sahara ultramarathon. Join our 3 ultras in 3 days from the Eye of the Sahara to civilisation

These are not package holidays. They are not for everyone. Spaces usually go quicker than people expect.

If one of these trips makes you nervous, that is usually a good sign. If you have been following my stuff for years and thinking “one day”, this is probably that day.

Details are below. Questions welcome. Mum approval still optional.

26/01/2024

TIME FOR ANOTHER FREE WEBINAR FOLKS.... Come learn blogging FOR FREE!

I'm going LIVE online to talk about making money blogging for the third and FINAL time this Tuesday, 30th January.

I may also talk a little about the South Pole, 7 summits etc too. You just try and stop me! Haha.

TIME:
- 9am PST (LA etc)
- Midday EST (New York etc)
- 5pm GMT (UK, Ireland etc)
- Midnight Thailand time (ICT)

TOPIC:
I'll be covering how I make money blogging, but then more depth in HOW A BLOG BECOMES SUCCESSFUL but working out which blog posts to write, how to do the keyword research quickly and cheaply etc. And I'll also probably be bragging about my recent completion of the Ultimate Explorer's Grand Slam for a minute or two too!

HOW TO JOIN:
Click the link that I put in the comments below. That'll pop-up a safetywing page, and you whack your email in there. They'll then email you a link to a zoom or googlemeet. Then load that up at the timezone you're in. See you on Tuesday!

IS IT REALLY FREE?
Yes I promise. 100% free. I'm not selling anything. Just like last time, SafetyWing already paid me. So you guys don't have to pay aaaaaanything. Come join me and live the dream!

18/12/2023

If you wanna know how I managed to make $3,000,000 where other travel bloggers struggled to make a living, I'm revealing the simple secret this week online. Come and watch it live only!

Mark it in your calendars folks, my 100% FREE webinar (just register and watch for free live) is coming this WEDNESDAY!

YOU HAVE TO REGISTER TO WATCH IT, SEE THE LINK BELOW

TIME:
- Wednesday, December 20th @ 11.59AM EST
- That's 9am, Dec 20, PST time
- That's 5pm, Dec 20, for UK people (GMT)
- That's MIDDNIGHT December 20th for people in Thailand

If you wanna learn how I do it, and you want to learn how you can do it too, REGISTER BELOW HERE (for free):

https://webinar.safetywing.com/seo-link-building-and-how-to-10x-your-revenue

After registration, you'll receive a link where you can come and join me online and watch me talk about step by step how to be a blogger and make money blogging :)

It's 100% free, with nothing to sell, I promise! See you on Wednesday :)

Johnny

20/11/2020

Wow!

So, we're running 188KM from Chiang mai to Chiang rai for COVID in November 2020. Help us fund 3000+ meals for families in Thaliand.

19/06/2019

My Mum’s Parkinson’s Diagnosis, and climbing Mount Fuji at 70 My Mum the Travel Fanatic My mum is now an official travel fanatic, and has visited more than 50 destinations, including Tibet, Hong Kong, Norway, Cambodia, Iraq, Bolivia, and Vietnam, and gives tips on her blog, Geriatric Traveller. ...

20/12/2017

Packing tips for this Christmas? we got ya!

http://maiden-voyage-travel.com/packing-tips-travel-holidays/

20/08/2017

Millennials are reinventing travelling and the way it's done with the aim to live the experience and share it. Find out more about the way 20-something people are changing the travel market.

We all know people from the Gen Y consume a lot of alcohol. But how and when do they drink? What are their habits and the latest trends?

20/08/2017

Travelling might seems easy, but it requires quite a few skills. Read here about the 17 skills every 20-something should have.

You got this.

19/08/2017

Being young most of the times means having a tight budget. So, here you have some advice from 20-somethings that travel with less money.

We’re big fans of budget travel here at TFD, and we’ve written a number of articles about how you can travel more efficiently and cheaply. Personally, I feel that the biggest key to unlocking affordable travel is being flexible. When you open yourself up to different dates, locations, times, flights...

18/08/2017

Nowadays, many women choose to go solo and travel alone. Feeling safe when travelling is key, so here are 5 of the best destinations where you can enjoy solo travelling.

Whether it's because you want to be on your own schedule or see the world solo, here are 5 places to consider if you're a female traveling alone.