Ever wondered what it's like to be a part of our Travel Minded team? Lets hear from one of our Travel Minded Volunteers!

Sanika works in Human Resources by day, but her heart’s always chasing her next adventure. She’s all about connecting with people, exploring new cultures, and saying yes to experiences that push her out of her comfort zone. From guided tours and street food tastings to meeting strangers who become friends, she makes the most of every trip. She’s also tying the knot abroad later this year (hello, destination wedding!) and loves getting involved in major sports events as a volunteer. When she’s not off exploring, you’ll find her at a Pilates or yoga class, hitting the gym, trying out a new recipe, or heading to a local event just for the fun of it.

In this episode, we’re chatting about our favourite tour companies, her solo travel stories, why she loves volunteering, and the thrill of doing things that scare you a little in the best way.

Useful Links:

@settlinginkent

@workplace.wellbeing

@talesbynika

Olly Pemberton is an award-winning director and filmmaker with over a decade of experience filming and operating in wild and remote locations across our planet.

Through film and photography Olly strives to harness the stories connected to our wild places. He is passionate about placing a spotlight on individuals and organisations that are deeply intertwined with our natural world, and empowering those who might not otherwise have a voice within it. His latest documentary with Aldo Kane, follows the lives of the legendary Bayei polers across the entire length of the Okavango Delta in Mokoro canoes. Olly has also recently returned from filming and directing Season 2 of Beneath the Baobab with Gordon Buchanan documenting the complexities and potential solutions of human/wildlife conflict in rural Southern Africa.

A proud Manxman, his love for the outdoors stems from growing up on the Isle of Man and time with the Royal Marines Reserves helped hone his skills to operate in remote and hostile locations.

A few useful links:

https://www.fourhornproductions.co.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/@fourhornproductions1621/videos

https://www.instagram.com/olly_pemberton/

On today’s episode we are joined by Egyptian actor, producer and tv host Mohamed Karim. Born in Cairo, Egypt Mohammed split his time between Cairo and Los Angeles growing up where he became fluent in Arabic and English. Fascinated with the world of filmmaking at an early age, he knew this is the path he wanted to pursue. He has recently become Hollywood’s First Arabic cowboy in the lions gate film Gunslingers .

Mohammad is best known for his lead role in popular TV series Bent Afandina, a story about the revolution in Egypt from 1952 until 1970 (the period between King Farouk until President Anwar Sadat). This TV series put him on the map all over Egypt and The Middle East, where he won the Best Actor Award in 2004. He can also be seen as Detective Reynolds in Bruce Willis’ final film A Day to Die and as a lead role playing Jimmy the Dragon alongside Nicholas Cage and Benjamin Bratt in the 2019 action thriller A Score to Settle. In 2012, Mohamed had the opportunity and honor to host the well-known international singing competition show The Voice: Arabia season 1 and 2 in the Middle East on MBC channels.

On his free time, Mohamed enjoys traveling all over the world, listening to music ranging from Arabic, English, Spanish and French music, and loves karate, soccer, basketball, baseball, hiking and swimming. He currently splits his time between Cairo and Los Angeles.

On the episode we talk about his career, travelling and how he believes in a can do attitude.

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