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Anna is a blogger, editor and translator. Originally from Warsaw, Poland, she caught a travel bug and passion for foreign languages in 2005. She has visited more than 45 countries and experienced living in more than 5 including cities such as Mexico City, Boston, London, Cape Town, Florence and Leiden. She holds a diploma in journalism from Harvard, diploma in international law from Oxford Brookes and MA in Latin American Studies from Leiden University. She currently resides in Verona, Italy with her husband, travel blogger Matthew Karsten.

Unusual holidays – volunteering in Zimbabwe

March 8, 2014 by Anna Lysakowska2 Comments

After I decided to volunteer at Antelope Park in Gweru in Zimbabwe many people asked me if I really wanted to go there. Everyone is afraid of something; I was afraid of big dogs. That is partly why I wanted to travel there - to test myself and overcome my fears. 'Where else in the world' – like the motto of Antelope Park says, can you walk with lions? When I reached Zimbabwe for the first couple of hours I felt afraid - not about the animals I … [Read more...]

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