“Being paid to explore sounded like a dream job,” Amelia Dalton told John D. Burns when they chatted for this podcast.
From Norway to Madagascar, by campervan, taxi, boat and small plane, Amelia Dalton hunted down remote archipelagos, deserted beaches and tiny local museums to create expedition holidays with a difference. On the way she was abandoned on an unpopulated island and escaped a hotel fire – and worse. Pages from my Passport is a memoir of adventures, disasters and occasional triumphs, all infused with Amelia’s unquenchable enthusiasm.
What’s worse, one incredibly painful scorpion sting or a million irritating midge bites? Amelia has the answer.
For ten years, Amelia Dalton owned a small ship running cruises to the remote island chains of Scotland’s stunning West Coast, gaining her commercial qualifications as a captain, before going on to develop exclusive cruises across the world. She now advises individual clients on river and ocean cruises and runs her own travel company, Amelia Dalton Travel.
We talked a lot about her first book Mistress and Commander about her life sailing the Scottish Islands. We also explored our shared notions of island life including the notion of “next Tuesday” as a philosophical concept rather than a date.
