Travel C.V. JC

The world according to JC

Mountain/Desert/Ocean/Jungle... which one are you?
Hopefully up a mountain, looking down at the world

What was your first great travel experience?
Travelling up the east coast of the USA with my family when we were kids

What has been your favourite journey?
Pakistan to China along the Karakoram Highway

What are your Top 5 places worldwide?
Kandy, Sri Lanka; Darjeeling/Sikkim; Burma; Luang Prabang; Botswana

Recommend a special place to stay
Planet Baobob, a brilliant budget option (in otherwise exclusive camps territory) in the Kalahari nr Botswanas saltpans

Which three items do you always pack?
Journal, scarf and camera

Which passport stamp are you proudest of?
Kazakstan, for comedy value

Which passport stamp would you most like to have?
Bolivia

Where or what is your guilty travel pleasure?
Sampling way too much local food

Member experiences

• My 100-word experience: A close Burma shave (from an email home)

  
  

  I found out in Mandalay you can ONLY get money in Rangoon (12 hours away!) Abysmal planning, I know. I traipsed around the city until finally a wonderful man (who must remain nameless) helped hatc

• My 100-word experience: Arriving in Kandy’s bus station

  
  

  I step down into a frenzy of bellowing voices, blaring horns and buses bursting with people clinging onto the sides. All around are mounds of exotic fruits and cries of 'lychees', 'mangosteins'. F

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