Profession: Secretary
Birthplace: UK, but live in Vienna
Languages: English, German, French
Interests and Hobbies: Travel, aerobics, walking, cooking, eating out, good wine
Favourite Music: Billy Joel, Bryan Adams Phil Collins, anything good to dance to i.e. 70s, 80s music, sloppy romantic songs, Barry Manilow
Favourite Movie: Pretty Woman, Gone with the Wind
Favourite Quote: As one door closes, another one opens
The most amazing moment in my life so far: Spending time with the lip plate people in Ethiopia
One thing I want to do before I die: See the Silver Back gorillas - I've tried three times, but something always happens 2 mins before I arrive!
My friends describe me as: A paradox, one minute all serious and professional at work dressed in bright colours and painted finger nails and the next rufty tufty overland gear digging pot holes in Zaire!
I have posted 449 photos and 260 entries in 16 travel blogs.
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| Pinkkaz's Travel Blogs (16)
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Dec 31, 2007 to Dec 31, 2007
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Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia  32
Dec 08, 2007 to Jan 05, 2008
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 3,912 kms Xian-Kathmandu via Tibet 17
Aug 04, 2006 to Sep 03, 2006
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9,117 kms plus 1,200 kms boat ride down the Amazon, Caracas to Rio 18
Nov 09, 2005 to Dec 23, 2005
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14,094 kms Ashgabat in Turkmenistan to Beijing 43
May 08, 2004 to Jul 21, 2004
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8,377 kms Quito to Santiago with an 8 day trip to Galapagos 35
Nov 27, 2002 to Jan 29, 2003
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Oman 13
Oct 09, 2000 to Oct 22, 2000
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14,022 kms South Africa Encompassed, Harare to Cape Town and Cape Town to Harare full circle anticlockwise 35
Sep 09, 1999 to Nov 18, 1999
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6,329 kms Harare - Nairobi, Africa East and South 26
Jun 07, 1999 to Jul 11, 1999
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12,542 UK-Ghana. More overlanding through West Africa, sand, sand and more sand. 39
Mar 01, 1999 to May 03, 1999
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16,142 kms Nairobi-Cairo-Tunis via Ethiopia. Another adventure packed trip to include my 'National Geographic moment' with the Lip Plate people in Ethiopa (Thanks to Mark and Jane for photos) 47
Oct 19, 1998 to Jan 24, 1999
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5,961 kms Seattle-Arctic Circle through Canada and Alaska for what must be some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. 10
Jun 12, 1998 to Jul 22, 1998
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13,578 kms Accra - Nairobi. Fasten your seatbelts for the adventures of Dragoman through Equitorial Africa with a huge unplanned 5,000 kms diversion through Gabon, P.R. Congo and former Zaire. 28
Nov 17, 1996 to Feb 07, 1997
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Public transport from Kathmandu to Bali and then on to Oz for some free travel Sydney to Cairns. 26
Dec 27, 1989 to Mar 16, 1990
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UK to Kathmandu on a retired ex London double decker bus. 55
Oct 05, 1989 to Dec 26, 1989
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24 states in 7 weeks. NY to LA south, and LA to NY north. A full Contiki Greyhound bus takes 45 excited passengers full circle around the USA 25
Jul 14, 1983 to Aug 28, 1983
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