Welcome to The Daily Explorer! I want to thank you personally for visiting this site and hope that you enjoy what you find. I am very fortunate to have assembled one of the best online teams in blog history and am very grateful to my Editor and his team of journalists from around the world for producing The Daily Explorer on my behalf. Please spend a while looking at the Current Issue, or take a look back over the last four years in our Previous Issues. And by all means, let us know what you think and tell us how we can make this site a place where you genuinely feel excited to return to.
Above: Global explorer Ray Martin (right) at Siem Reap, Cambodia in 2006. “Having lived in London most of my adult life, I left England in November 2005 to travel, gain more experience of the world and broaden my perspective of our planet. I sold everything – my house, my possessions and my business. If you would like to know more about the circumstances that led me to make this decision, then take a look at Man of a Thousand Days – How it All Began. I was not sure how long this journey of discovery would last – I thought maybe 6-12 months at first. However, I have been living nomadically for nearly four years and am still enjoying it as much as I did on day one!”
Choosing to experiment with life, I have decided to live outside of any convention for a while so I can maintain my sense of freedom and mobility and feel unattached about where I am or what I am doing at any given point in time. This will also allow me to experience as many different parts of the world and cultures as possible. Wanting to share my personal journey with fellow nomads and explorers, I recruited one of the foremost online editors, Mozzie Byte, to assemble a team of top class journalists and compile ‘The Daily Explorer’, keeping you up to date with everything that happens as I discover different places. Mozzie and the team love feedback, so please give them your comments as often as you like. You can send an email to him at: mozzie@thedailyexplorer.com
Right now, I am in Chiang Mai, Thailand training hard to get ready to run in the New York Marathon on 1st November. Running a marathon is something I have always wanted to do and it is a huge personal challenge – I have never been a runner before over any distance! It also opens up a fantastic potential opportunity (with your help!) to make a hefty financial contribution to three very worthy causes. Our “Calling All Angels” marathon fundraising campaign was launched on July 4th. Please take a couple of minutes watch my video appeal, and then if you feel inspired, please make a donation! By getting involved now, you will be helping me create additional funds for some less fortunate people around the world who really need our support.
Many Thanks
Ray Martin
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