I have always wanted to travel. My grandfather was still travelling all over the world well into his nineties and he inspired me to explore the world. As a little girl, I loved to hear the tales of his adventures -canoeing down uncharted tributaries of the Amazon, discovering new species of birds of paradise, seeing elephants and tigers in the wilds of India, and the lost ancient cities of South America. I love animals of every shape and species, and have watched all the David Attenborough wildlife documentaries, dreaming that one day I would go to those countries and see the animals in their