I have always had the travel bug, and I embarked upon my first backpacking adventure straight from studying Zoology at university, a little more than 14 years ago. This was your cliché South-East Asia 'banana pancake trail', with endless cheap beers and those elephant pants.​

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Some time after I got trapped in a soulless Sales job, and in between cold-calling and counting the dreary minutes go by, I would daydream of travelling again, but this time properly, to far-off tropical places where mango trees grow, which is where the name of this blog came from. 

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So off I went, starting by spending six months with a volunteer project for orphaned Chimpanzees in Cameroon, followed by traversing most of India solo! Talk about jumping in the deep end! 

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With time, my destinations have become more adventurous. Still, my style of travel has remained the same: budget-friendly, eco-conscious, and with a desire to hang with the locals.

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​In between my travels, I have trained to become a Yoga Teacher and a Sommelier. My adventures are all self-funded; there is no trust fund here! Working as a Sommelier is what has funded my travels so far, and my pattern is to work really hard for a year, save all my money and then travel for as long as I can, and repeat. 

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Even though there are sacrifices that come with this lifestyle, like not owning a home or missing special family events, I just know the 9-5 isn't for me. Give me a juicy mango on some far-flung island that took three days to get to instead, anytime! 

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