Travel C.V. Alan Taylor

The world according to Alan Taylor

Mountain/Desert/Ocean/Jungle... which one are you?
Ocean - but I really prefer places where people have left their mark

What was your first great travel experience?
University field trip to Bosnia and MontenegroYugoslavia in 1969, especially

What has been your favourite journey?
Any number - but I'll say my first visits to Brazil and Ethiopia because I made new friends who enhance my life and help me revisit the memories.

What are your Top 5 places worldwide?
1. Home - I am always happy to return there 2. Ethiopia - I love the land and people 3. Italy - especially Lucca 4. Brazil - it's such fun, especially during carnaval 5. Crete - sun, sand, stones, wine ...

Recommend a special place to stay
Hotel de Casas de la Juderia, Seville

Which three items do you always pack?
Boring! - medicines, passport, return ticket

Which passport stamp are you proudest of?
Proud? Well the Uzbekistan visa is the most flamboyant

Which passport stamp would you most like to have?
I was beginning to think about Syria - but that's on hold for the time being

Where or what is your guilty travel pleasure?
Any quiet beach with warm water, a good book and nothing to do for a couple of hours

Window or aisle?
Window - you get to see some of the places you don't get to go to.

Member experiences

• Going to Edinburgh

  
  
  Is to travel hopefully a better thing than to arrive?

• Damned by a 27-year old famine

  
  
  Ethiopia has moved on

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