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Marie Cleland

Gender:

Female

If you must know:

I'm taken

Travel status:

Traveling soon

Hometown:

Auckland, New Zealand

Currently in:

London, England

Traveling Next:

Switzerland and France snowboarding

Favorite places I've been:

Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Amazon (Peru), Cordillera Blanca (Peru), Nimes (France), Paris (France), Marrakesh (Morocco), Egypt, Phuket (Thailand), Scottish Highlands, Amantani Island (Peru), Curonian Spit (Lithuania), Berlin (Germany)

Places I want to go to:

The Urals in Russia, the Arctic, Antarctica, Spain, Rwanda, the Seychelles, Brunei, Irian Jaya, Italy, Ukraine, Belarussia, the Khyber Pass, the Himalayas

About me:

I have a degree in Egyptology, I have worked in journalism for six years as a sub-editor and writer, my two heroes are Gerald Durrell and Indiana Jones, I like knitting and cross-stitch, I want to learn to free dive, I have dived with sharks in Australia, I have swung from a vine in the Amazon

Profile URL:

http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/marie-cleland

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I'm fired up on:

Exploring the underwater world, seeing animals in the wild, photographing people, going to places that few have been before, reading about people going to places few have been before, making cakes for my boyfriend, trying to speak foreign languages

Tunes I rock out to:

Everything from the Beatles to the Red Hot Chili Peppers to classical music to Billi Holiday to Rogers and Hammerstein soundtracks to a fat hip hop track

Travel style:

I like to explore off the beaten track, get out of the cities and into the wilderness. But I like a hot shower and a hot chocolate after a few days of roughing it.

Quote:

"I took the road less travelled by and that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost

Sports I do:

yoga, snowboarding, running, horse riding

Favorite artist(s):

Annie Liebovitz

Favorite books:

Anything by Gerald Durrell, Bruce Chatwin, Michael Ondaatje, Ranulph Fiennes

Who I'd like to meet on my travels:

Michael Palin

I want to make a difference by:

treading lightly on the earth and helping to protect animals

Languages spoken, other than English:

Does Ancient Egyptian count?

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when:

I was peeling potatoes for a pot of quinoa soup in Olga's mud-walled kitchen on Amantani Island in Peru; I was sitting in a pub at Malin Head at the northern tip of Ireland drinking Baileys on the rocks

Why I travel:

To broaden my horizons and to make a living exploring the world

Ideal place to watch the sunrise:

On the beach in Gisborne, New Zealand, on the first day of the new year

Ideal place to watch the sunset:

After galloping along the beach at Mancora, Peru

Before I die I'd like to:

Write for National Geographic, write a book, learn to freedive, compile scrapbooks of all the amazing adventures I have had over the course of my life, see a Kiwi in the wild,

Let's collaborate:

I'm a travel writer looking to make freelance my full-time job and work with the world's best travel publications

My links:

www.nationalgeographic.com