Stephen "Walker" Malone was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1951.  He is the son of a legendary Irish walker, J.B. Malone, who pioneered waymarked walking trails around the country.  Having studied in Ireland, Spain and Italy, Stephen was ordained a priest in 1982 and worked as a missionary within the jungles of Yucatan, Mexico.  Having returned to secular life in 1988, Stephen worked as a journalist in Rome and then as an English teacher in Japan.  He has lived in Thailand since 1992, where he teaches Western Literature at Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University in central Thailand and at Mae Sot on the Thai-Burmese border.  He is married to Pensri, who originates form Surin, Thailand.  Together they have two young daughters Tanthawan and Stella.  Steve has continued his extensive mountain climbing in Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia and New Zealand.  He has walked the "Camino de Santiago", the famous medieval pilgrim route across France and Spain, a total of seven times.  Now he is ready to face the challenge of walking around the world.

"The plan calls to walk the circumference of the globe, in two month stages.  I departed Ireland on 1 April 2006 and am trekking through Europe, Asia, Australia and America, completing the journey in the year 2011. The idea is to raise funds for selected AIDS charities, including that of Father Joe Maier’s Mercy Centre in Bangkok, Thailand and Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund. 

Many thanks for your potential support and God bless all."

                                                 Stephen Malone