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Valery Collins

Click for full story Lawyer to Travel Writer   Just when it seemed I was going to spend my whole working life as a lawyer a career break resulted in an opportunity to travel the world as a tour manager. It was an interesting experience particularly as I was used to dealing with books and individual queries rather than groups of people all with different demands.   However, it was a good opportunity to travel and once I had learnt the job leading groups in Europe...
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The skipper wasn't optimistic about seeing a humpback. We were too late in the season, he reckoned. With the approach of the wet season in the Buccaneer Archipelago, the air was sticky and the water a "cool" 29C. Then, on the horizon, a faint splutter. With the twin-engine in full throttle, we sped in pursuit. For minutes, nothing. Then a gleaming black-and-white humpback torpedoed out of the water, landing on its back with a loud smack. There is nothing like a close encounter with a 35-ton whale for an intoxicating high.

Claire Scobie The Buccaneer Archipelago The Daily Telegraph, 4 April 2008
 

 

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