When I was six, I first dreamed about Africa, and I decided I wanted to be a “nurse adventurer”, healing the sick and exploring the pyramids. My childhood dream became reality when I was 21. Cameron (my then boyfriend, now husband) and I visited Egypt during an epic journey across the Middle East to London. Afterwards, I stayed on in the UK, working as a nurse. And as soon as I could afford a plane ticket I flew to Senegal, where I joined an overland expedition, travelling across Africa in the back of an old truck.
That was my first overseas trip and, far from quenching my love
