Sue Bedford is this special breed of independent travel author that sucks in everything it writes, whether it is her travel blog or an article for the outpost magazine. This Canadian compatriot has decided to hike a year old with one of his friends around the world and the result is his first book It is only the Himalayas and the other tales of maliculation of a too confident backpacker.
Wednesday writer would like to present Sue Bedford
Please tell us a bit about you.
I don’t know how to cycle but I can use dance. The latter is useful when he discourages foreigners to discuss you at bus stops. In addition, I jumped with the elastic, slipped and plunged, but I still cannot look on a balcony on the third floor. Originally from Toronto, I recently moved to Vancouver because even in a jacket at the bottom which looks like a sleeping bag with my arms, I was cold.
Have you ever traveled solo?
I have traveled solo several times. There are drawbacks, as being your own joy team when you are exhausted and overwhelmed, and lugging your GIGUNDO backpack in the bathroom in the stations because there is no one to look at it. But there are times when you are somewhere geographically and / or culturally distant, and you suddenly realize that no one knows where you are … God, they are exalted.
How many countries have you visited?
Fifty years, depending on whether you count Tibet, Palestine and the city of the Vatican.
Annapurna Basecamp Nepal
What is your favorite place and why?
The Annapurna region in Nepal. The landscape is amazing, the culture is captivating and the challenge is humiliating – which is a polished way of saying that trekking whipped my buttocks.
If you could describe your travel method in a word, what would it be?
Ridiculous. I was chased by African lions in Zimbabwe, danced among the human skulls in Borneo, and I tattooed the face of a guy in Guatemala… badly. Sometimes I win; Sometimes circumstances gain. The second makes the best stories.
Funeral ceremony in Borneo
What is your essential travel accessory?
Ear caps, eye mask and sarong (to be used as a blanket on long journeys). Sorry, it’s three things. Mathematics have never been my strong costume.
What is your most memorable travel moment?
Ooh, hard! Perhaps the scuba diving with Manta rays near the island of Komodo in Indonesia. The Mantas were enormous and elegant, arrow in the water like albatrosses on a zephyr, radiating of an almost tactile serenity. At one point, they turned around each other as if they have affixed sides opposite to a swirling orb, their black back and their white sub-bièlies flashing like a Yan Yang.
What is your dream destination?
I would love to make a road trip through the national parks of the American southwest. Last year, Outpost magazine sent me to write a feature on Bryce Canyon and the natural beauty of the Fardle Color Hoodoos left me in shock. Of course, the altitude may have had an effect …
Do you have future trips?
None for the moment. As I mentioned, I recently moved to Vancouver and therefore I always explore my new house.
How did travel changed you?
We all have these notions of what we can and cannot do, and we often underestimate ourselves. Before going on a trip, I could not return an omelet without it becoming scrambled eggs, and I wondered how hell I was going to survive unattended in the Grand Yonder. In fact, I am adaptable and capable more than I thought. Not to say that I did it free of charge – in fact, most of my time on the road was spent moving, panicked, awkwardly embarrassed or completely terrified – but we can realize more than we think. Bravery is not not to be afraid, it’s about going there anyway. However, it should be noted that I still cannot return an omelet.
How long did your book come true?
It is only the Himalayas and other stories of Malculs of a too confident backpacker is based on a round-the-world 2010 trip that I undertook with my best exasperating friend. I started to browse my old journals in 2012; The editorial staff, the edition, the submission and finally publication of Brindle & Glass took about four years.
Your book laughs at your misadventures throughout your trips, but what is the most dangerous situation in which you ended up? And what did you learn?
Probably being tracked down by the Lions. Despite the warnings, the warnings and threats of the Auberge staff, my friend and I followed our daring (and drunk) guide in the Zimbabwean jungle at night looking for an adventure. When we suddenly found ourselves surrounded by shiny eyes, I ran faster – and I got closer to the literally crap of my pants – than before. Everyone takes risks calculated during the hike, from Tuk-Tuking through Delhi traffic to do hitchhiking through Mexican campaign, and when they take place favorably, we tend to extend next time. Sometimes we have to remember that we are not the hero in a fantastic tale that will certainly be saved by Fortuna.
What do you hope that your readers will withdraw from your book?
I hope that readers realize that 1) The trip is not as glamorous Rosily as their Instagram flow can suggest it and 2) even the most neurotic loser (that is to say) can do it.
Do you have new books on the horizon?
Ah, these secrets that I cannot disclose …
Where is your favorite place to write?
Alone at home a rainy day surrounded by tea, blankets and creeping shadows.
What is your favorite travel book?
In terms of books to read on a trip, I loved the beach and the Shantaram. My favorite non -fictional travel books are by Bill Bryson, including a walk in the woods.
What is your favorite travel quote?
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I …
I took the less traveled,
And that made all the difference. »»
(Robert Frost, the road not taken)
To see and find out more about Sue Bedford, go to your website here, or follow it on Instagram at @ sbedford_86. To buy his book, It is only the Himalayas and the other tales of maliculation of a too confident backpackerClick here.
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