In anticipation for my trip, I couldn’t get the 1984 Alphaville hit “Big in Japan” out of my head. However, little did I know how apt it would be for my trip to The Land of the Rising Sun. Within
Andy aka Japandy
Author: Pauline Duffin
Pauline joined the travel industry in 1986 by sheer accident having had no other experience of holidays outside of caravanning on a beautiful Donegall beach. She began her career with a small independent travel agency and then with Student travel. In 1991 she grabbed her backpack, passport, a one way ticket to Bangkok and armed with not much more than an inquisitive mind she let the world open itself up to her. She travelled overland throughout Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Nepal and India and soon realized that her life would change forever.
She joined Travelwise in 1995 and relished the fact that her clients were as enthusiastic and adventurous about travel as she was. Within her time here she managed to take two sabbaticals, one in 1997 she worked in India with a tour company where she gained an unrivalled knowledge of the country. In 2001 she travelled extensively through Indo China, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Zealand before returning in 2002 permanently. The backpack has been exchanged for a suitcase and shorter stays in some of the top hotels and lodges throughout the world.
She has been to some amazing places as diverse as the Galapagos Islands to the wide open spaces of Patagonia. A number of cities within America, the great Canyonlands and the desert of Utah and Arizona plus driving highway one on the Californian Coast. She has enjoyed some unique safaris, searched for tigers in India, the big five in Southern Africa which quite recently included two trips to Botswana, a country which has become one of her personal favourites and offers an incredible safari experience.
She has of course visited a number European countries and cities and is always on the lookout for family hotels and great beaches within a 2-3 hour flight for that easy summer escape. Recently she took a trip to Svalbard, 800 miles from the North Pole, and found herself snow mobiling across incredible glaciers and frozen fjords.
Have a look at some of Pauline’s favourite trips.
Luxury Journey Through Northern India
Luxury Journey Through Northern India
First Class Journey Through India
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