Founder – Director

Seasoned Traveller
& Travel Planner

I am Kevin Brown, 58, – British born in Swindon, England. Swindon is a major railway junction and a key town for the development of the railway network, known for its historical importance in the development of railways.

I grew up in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, the capital of England 700 years before London, and home to the UNESCO sites of Avebury & Stonehenge Stone Circles.

I have lived and worked in Denmark since 2003, having lived immediately prior in Germany, on the border with Luxembourg.

I now live in, and run Esatos Travel from, Egense Hjørnet in North Jutland, in Denmark.

I have sought, & found, adventure for as long as I can remember

As a child, the yearly overland family travels to the English South Coast, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France or Italy were the highlight of my year. At 15, I began taking solo trips – initially to France, the Netherlands & Germany. At 16, I interrailed around Eastern & South-Eastern Europe with a friend, and at 17 a train & cycling trip to the French Alps & the Côte d´Azur. At 18 I was back interrailing again, this time solo to Spain, Portugal and Morocco.

I got my first taste of living ‘abroad’ in the 3rd year of a Language & Business studies bachelor at Lancaster University, where I worked in Roubaix, France for an academic year, followed by a summer studying at the Università per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy.

I was bitten…and left England again in 1991 to take a 2 year Master of Business Administration at IMEA in Besancon, France. Following completion of the MBA, I got a job at the European Commission in Luxembourg, so did not, and have never, returned to live in the UK.

I feel European, have done as long as I can remember, and as a consequence of Brexit, and now after 10 years or more living and working in Luxembourg & Germany, a year in Portugal, and 20+ years in Denmark – in total 35 years of living in the EU – I took Danish nationality, in addition to my British nationality.

Additionally, I have over the years also lived & worked for longer or shorter periods, in East Africa, China and the USA.

Over these years I have planned, organised & taken many Solo Overland Trips. I have a special passion for travelling by train, and East & West Africa are closest to my heart – especially Ethiopia & Senegal.

An especially memorable trip in another region was the Trans-Siberian Railway, part of a train and ferry overland journey from Denmark to Beijing via Sweden, Finland and Russia. In China, I initially worked as a cultural exchange English teacher, before travelling, partially overland, within China. Western China in particular stole my attention – Xinjiang and Gansu are truly magnificent.

My mother tongue is English and, through studies, work, and life experience, I am fluent in French & Danish, speak and understand German & Italian well, and have a modicum of knowledge of Mandarin Chinese & Spanish.

Personal Motto: To Travel Is To Experience To The Full

Esatos Motto: The Adventure of The Journey