Sarah Irving

35 yr. old
Female
from London

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If you must know I'm:

I'm happily married

Travel Status:

Traveling soon

Travelling Next:

Adelaide

Writing, environmentalism, social justice, chocolate, good wine, single malt whisky, my cats (and most other people's cats too), sculpture, good bread

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by busycorner | 2010/04/26

Ever heard of Austronesian Migration. Lets just put it this way. Because of west to east voyaging and discovery beginning 8,000 years ago, every indigenous person bounded by Taiwan, Hawaii, Rapanui, Tahiti, Aotearoa, Papua New Guinea including the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia and coastal people of Southeast Asia are related linguistically, culturally and through DNA sequencing. Whew!

This is a story not told. Matador has the collaborative power to tell it. Start here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O77q8fjPIE

From Pago Pago, American Samoa

John

by Arwa1 | 2010/02/04

I loved your piece on the food- that meal we had in Tishreen in Nazareth was just amazing.. and vegetarian-friendly too!

by Michael_Alpe | 2010/01/21

Hi Sarah

This thing is snowballing, so I'll be blogging, tweeting and god knows what else. I'll be trying my hand at writing for STATravel buzz for the duration of the trip. Do you have any tips on writing on the road? During my month in Europe in December i wrote a diary on the back of postcards, that seemed to suite me quite well. Which trans route are you taking? Nice to meet you

happy trails

Michael

by Sarah Irving | 2010/01/16

Just been reading this article: http://thetravelersnotebook.com/notes-on-writing/dancing-with-chains-notes-on-iranian-translation/ on Travelers Notebook - which sort of sums up what I like about Matador sites. They're not straight travel sites, they're about the whole rich diversity that comes with travel and internationalism - meeting new people, learning about new cultures and experiences.

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03/01

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Matador articles: Green Guide to Manchester: http://matadorchange.com/green-guide-to-manchester 8 Travel Products with Dodgy Ethical Records: http://matadorgoods.com/8-travel-products-with-dodgy-ethical-records/ Top Five curry-and-a-pint combos in Manchester, June 2010: http://matadornights.com/top-five-curry-and-pint-combinations-in-manchester/ From Moses to Modernity: Passover with the Samaritans, April 2010: http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2010/04/01/from-moses-to-modernity-passover-with-the-samaritans/ Modern Art in Amman, March 2010: http://matadornights.com/modern-art-in-amman-jordan/ Being Literary in Paris, March 2010: http://matadortrips.com/how-to-be-literary-in-paris What to eat and drink in Palestine, Feb 2010: http://matadornights.com/what-to-eat-and-drink-in-palestine-and-where-to-do-it/ Travelling in the West Bank, Jan 2010: http://matadortrips.com/how-to-travel-safely-in-the-west-bank-palestinian-territories

Other travel articles: Dumfries & Galloway, 'Cornwall of the North': (Simonseeks June 2010) http://www.simonseeks.com/travel-guides/dumfries-and-galloway-cornwall-north__166749 London for Vegetarians (Simonseeks May 2010) http://www.simonseeks.com/travel-guides/london-vegetarians__166289 Reflections on a 'writing holiday' (SheWrites, April 2010) http://www.shewrites.com/profiles/blogs/reflections-on-a-writing Andalucia for Muslim travellers - 2-part miniguide (Islamonline October 2009) http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-ArtCulture%2FACELayout&cid=1256034108123 The Alpujarra (Islamonline October 2009) http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-ArtCulture%2FACELayout&cid=1256033901448 Siena: Tuscan Treasures (SimonSeeks, March 2009) http://www.simonseeks.com/travel-guides/siena-tuscan-treasures__110926 Cordoba: City of Caliphs and Kings (SimonSeeks, February 2009) http://www.simonseeks.com/travel-guides/cordoba-city-caliphs-and-kings__110597 Akka and Haifa (SimonSeeks, February 2009) http://www.simonseeks.com/travel-guides/forgotten-cities-and-golden-beaches-northern-israel__111098 Granada (The Arab, September 2008) http://www.sarahirving.net/culture/culture.php?page=granada Ethical buyer's guide to travel around the UK (Ethical Consumer magazine, May 2008) http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/FreeBuyersGuides/traveltransport/travelintheUK.aspx Ethical buyer's guide to travel from the UK to Europe (Ethical Consumer magazine, May 2008) http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/FreeBuyersGuides/traveltransport/travelintheUK.aspx Ethical buyer's guide to Hotel chains (Ethical Consumer magazine, January 2007) http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/FreeBuyersGuides/traveltransport/hotels.aspx

Travel style

With a purpose and knowing where's good to eat...

Ideal place to watch the sunset

Prestatyn, believe it or not. From my Gran's old house.

Ideal place to watch the sunrise

Mount Sinai, or on a train pulling into Santa Lucia station in Venice

Before I die I'd like to

Get a passport stamp from a Free Palestine

Sports I do

When hell freezes over

Fired Up On:

Blogging

Cooking

Literature

New Cultures

Photography

Politics

Recycling

Social Justice/Activism

Sustainability

Writing

Favorite Quote:

"To be useful was the best thing the old men ever hoped for themselves, and to be aimless was their worst fear." [Gilead, Marilynne Robinson]

Favorite Places:

Nablus, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Wadi Rum, Petra, Sinai, Provence, Venice, Siena, some very specific bits of Paris, the wineries of the Barossa and Clare Valleys (especially Skillogalee...)

Places I Want To Go:

We'll see when I've got to Australia...