Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent is a travel writer, TV producer and director of Edge Expeditions. She's written three books, penned numerous articles for magazines, set an unlikely Guinness World Record for driving a tuk tuk 12,500 miles from Bangkok to Brighton and filmed in remote locations from Bolivia to Borneo and beyond. Her latest book, Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains: A Journey Across Arunachal Pradesh – India's Forgotten Frontier. Show notes Living in Bristol and growing up in Norfolk Being inspired by her parents and her grandmother Family holiday Going straight to University and using her holidays to travel Deciding to drive a tuk tuk from Bangkok to London in 2006 "Ting Tong" the bright pink tuk tuk and raising £50K for the charity MIND Quitting her job, planning the trip, and raising the funds! Getting ill in Bangkok Taking a month to cross China How the trip changed her perceptions of herself Adjusting back to real life after the trip The Ho Chi Minh Trail adventure and how it evolved Loving the history and the research behind the trips Travelling by herself & being terrified The day that stands out in her mind Having a scary day in the Cambodian Jungle… Treating writing like a job Being a self motivated person and being consumed by what she does Her latest book…. Money -how she funds her trips… Getting to the remote parts in India Getting drunk with the nuns! How happy and content the people seemed Her routine while travelling Missing her boyfriend & hot baths while being away Edge Expeditions Future expeditions Wanting to go to Pakistan Advice and tips for travel Talk on 2nd Feb - London - Destinations Website Social Media Website - http://www.theitinerant.co.uk

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