National Geographic Traveller (UK)

Alex Bescoby

What sparked your interest in travel and adventure?

As a kid, I was a real dreamer and a big reader. I spent a lot of time buried in history books and fell in love with stories of great journeys. When I was at university, I won a scholarship to study Thai and Burmese history in Thailand and Myanmar, and it blew my mind. The experience transported me to new cultures, languages and ways of thinking. From then

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