Talking Travel with Pamela Wright on Eastside FM 89.7

Travel is something that we all love and on Talking Travel I have a variety of guests to whet your appetite for the passion of travel.

Of course I haven’t been everywhere but I’m getting close and I try to find different aspects in various countries so that we can talk about ‘out of the way’ places as well as the usual highlights.

My first travel assignment was in 1980 when I went white water rafting on the Sepik River in the jungle of New Guinea where many of the locals had never seen white people before and young kids just stood and stared. Some of my more recent adventures include a whirlwind trip around the world in twelve days – from Sydney to Guangzhou, Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Buenos Aires and the quaintest, cobble street, historic town of Colonia in Uruguay:- A fascinating trip to the south Indian state of Kerala where their famous houseboats take visitors around the massive maze of waterways; – A trip to the Red Centre, my fifth, just as good as the first, with the majestic Uluru and Olgas, a variety of indigenous activities and my first experience of sleeping under the stars in a swag:- Horse riding through the snow on an enormous ranch in Colorado, escorted by the owner’s dog amongst Aspen trees which turn bright gold in autumn:- And one of my favourite places, Jordan, where I marvelled at the ‘rose city of Petra’ an amazingly visual and exciting place to be, floated in the Dead Sea and took a 4WD through Wadi Rum, a desert landscape with sheer sided, sandstone and granite mountains.

These a just a few of the many and varied trips I’ve taken over the years and I intend to do many more so I can bring some fun, excitement, fascinating stories and important information to the Talking Travel audience. I hope you enjoy listening.

Talking Travel is on alternate Wednesdays at 6pm