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Mim Leach

25 / Female

Manchester, United Kingdom

About mim

Moderator | Member since 16th Mar 04

Citizenship: United Kingdom
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Nursing assistant
Hobbies:

SCUBA, writing and reading, photography, painting and Sculpture, music and dance, Playing the guitar, Cooking and food. Films especially world cinema/independant.

Favourite places:

In no particular order...
Dharamsala:Himachal pradesh India,
Mombasa:Kenya,
Perinthian Islands:Malaysia
state of Amazonas, Pantanal, Salvador, Olinda and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
S.Africa

If you have travel queries for me please pm them :)

Activity : photos (46) forum (1238) guide (13082) blog (4) diary (2) trips (2)

Latest Blog Entry

Getting there

Posted by mim | 25th September 2006

It was twenty to eight when the bubbling disorganised bundle of love that is mim hit Gatwick south terminal. I was more than a little worried at being the last to meet everyone and no idea if I was in the right terminal or where exactly in the terminal I was supposed to be…

I had vague memories of an email with the words, eight o clock, and something about the inter continental desk, or was it the continental desk?? By quarter to eight with contact lens solution unbeknown to me dribbling its saline way into the side pocket of my pack and into the waistband of my jeans, wandering the halls of the south terminal a stroke of genius came to me to ask at information, they directed me to the continental desk, which apparently is a whole airline! Who knew?! Hehe.
I was the third out of twenty five to arrive, this was due to the first strike out by my tutor who was later to be dubbed ‘Captain vague’ his plan to leave Manchester with four hours to get to the airport (obviously scant time to

Travel Blogs mim runs

Latest Diary Entry

What goes down must come up...

Posted by mim | 24th May 2004

So, After three days in the Chapada Diamantina national park I am throroughly knackered. I have learnt to be wary of coming down hills and mountains cos invariably it means a long hot and sweaty trek back up the other side.
I have been hik

Latest Diary Entries

Most Recently Visited

Payamino region of Amazon

03 Jul 2006 - 03 Aug 2006

A month in the Jungle studying tree frog calls and Biodiversity of the area with University, short spell in Quito too

Trips

travels (62610 kms)

Mar 1990 - 03 Aug 2006

Visiting: Kenya, Italy, Egypt, France, Czech Republic, Malaysia, India, South Africa, Brazil, Greece and Ecuador.

England February 1984

Feb 1984 - Mar 2005

Visiting: England.

Travel Help

Brazil

I've recently been answering lots of Questions in the Forums about Brasil and realised I could probably make a good travel helper! I spent 3 and a half months travelling in Brasil this year on my own and went pretty much right the way round it!

» Ask mim a question about Brazil.

India

I travelled up the East coast and across the central portion of India last year and got a varied experience of culture, climate and travel! let me know if I can help.

» Ask mim a question about India.

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