Izzie's Traveler Profile
- Username
- Izzie
- Hometown
- Chester, UK,
Australia
- Member Since
- Apr 1, 2005
- Currently
- Offline
About Izzie
- Profession
- Marine biology/zoology graduate, overland expeditions tour leader, professional nomad, wearer of silly hats
- Favourite music
- Pretty eclectic - from Fleetwood Mac to Fever Ray, via Chase & Status and John Williams
- Birthplace
- UK
- Favourite movie
- Inception, LotR, Crash, Cave of the Yellow Dog
- Languages
- English, slight smatterings of others
- Favourite quote
- Watching Mama Mia is like being smacked round the head with a piece of Ikea furniture. It hurts, but you've got to admire the workmanship.
- Interests and hobbies
- Travelling, scuba diving, writing, taking pictures
- One thing I want to do before I die
- Travel the Congo River
- Favourite book
- Angry Wind - Jeffrey Tayler
- My friends describe me as
- never home?
- The most amazing moment in my life so far
- Sleeping under the stars in various deserts across Africa. Or rescuing a sloth from a road in Brazil.
So, the other day I calculated that I've spent over a third of my adult life travelling. Thankfully, I then got a job which paid me to do it, and well-meaning relatives weren't so inclined to suggest I get a "normal life", whatever the heck that is.
Trips marked with * are ones that might not happen.
Trips marked with * are ones that might not happen.
Travel Blogs by Izzie
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The Peter Pan Club: Cape to Cairo
Oct 23, 2009 to Dec 29, 2010 335 entries 0 pictures
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India less travelled - Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Assam.
Feb 07, 2008 to May 06, 2008 77 entries 95 pictures -
The Indian Himalaya -- the mountains and valleys of Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh -- me, my impacted wisdom tooth and I.
Jul 02, 2007 to Aug 03, 2007 38 entries 41 pictures
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Woohoo! Shanghai with Lonely Planet - a week in the life of a (maybe) travel writer!
May 14, 2006 to May 21, 2006 10 entries 4 pictures -
To Madagascar! - the unexpected trip
Aug 29, 2005 to Sep 21, 2005 27 entries 118 pictures -
Merrily down the Rift Valley
Jun 08, 2005 to Aug 18, 2005 84 entries 370 pictures -
Bangkok to Bali by any means possible!
Jun 10, 2004 to Aug 10, 2004 70 entries 83 pictures -
Leaving my Home Away from Home: A solo
adventure in Mozambique
Jul 06, 2003 to Jul 20, 2003 15 entries 2 pictures -
Short But Sweet - escaping the tension of South Africa and disappearing into Swaziland for a week!
May 21, 2003 to May 27, 2003 7 entries 1 picture -
Snot Management: 8 months in Benoni (Johannesburg) working with street kids at Kids Haven.
Jan 13, 2003 to Sep 01, 2003 32 entries 1 picture
