Darren Assey had his first taste of travel at the age of five when he left India for Australia. On the way he picked up the travel bug and has not shaken it since.

After finishing his degree in Industrial Chemistry, Darren realised two things: one, being clumsy and playing with chemicals will always be a source of amusement, and two, once you have been bitten by the travel bug there is no cure. By his final year at university it was not uncommon to see Darren spacing out and drooling contentedly every time a plane flew over chemistry building.

Instead of fighting it, he gave in and after he graduated, filled with an unquenchable thirst for adventure and European beer, he left Australia to take on the world.

He has since returned to his Sydney home, where he is planning his next holiday, writing his next book, and continuing to play with chemicals, much to the amusement of his workmates who always have a video camera handy.

Read his blog here.