As I sit at the departure gate in Dubai, waiting for my flight to the Seychelles to be called, I’m starting to feel a wee bit lonely.
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Wendy Smith
Wendy Smith
I have worked in the travel industry for 23 years and with Intrepid for the last 8.5 years. I’m based in Melbourne, Australia. My most life-changing travel experience (other than Antarctica) was 15 weeks on the back of an overland truck from Kathmandu to London in 1990. I lived and worked in Scotland for 15 years and call Glasgow my second home. When not working, travelling or mothering, I like to see live bands and often have to fit travel in around concert dates (Dave Grohl comes before everything!).
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