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Korina Miller
Korina grew up on Vancouver Island and was lucky enough to have parents who carted her around North America on a number of occasions, leaving her with a well-developed sense of wanderlust. At 18 she left home with her backpack and has been roaming the world ever since, taking in more than three dozen countries. En route she lived with tribal people in remotest India; researched eco-tourism with minority groups in China's borderlands; studied in Japan and Denmark; ran a hotel in the mountains of Ecuador; crawled through the Pyramids and wandered along the Great Wall; lounged on the beaches of Sicily; visited Count Dracula's castle in Romania; and was broadsided by a flying sheep in Ireland. She also picked up a BA in Communications from Vancouver's SFU; an MA in Migration Studies from University of Sussex; and a smattering of a half dozen languages. With a passion for both writing and travel she managed to fall rather haphazardly into travel writing and has written for a number of Lonely Planet's titles including China, South-West China, Best of Beijing, Fiji, New Zealand and Banff, Jasper & Glacier National Parks. If asked for her favourite destination, it might be Guatemala one day, Italy, India or Vancouver Island the next. Korina most recently set up home in southern England but still hasn't decided where to unpack her bags for good. Her top travel tip? Leave your discman, MP3-player, walkman or whatever you've brought, packed away in your bag on all but your most homesick days; you'll meet more locals and absorb lots more culture.
