Readers response: Who’s the most interesting person you’ve met while travelling?
One of the best parts of travelling is the people you met along the way.
Whether it's as part of a tour group or an interesting character you meet by chance, interacting with interesting people in interesting places can bring a lot to your travel experience.
We asked our readers to tell us about the most interesting person they've encountered on their travels and the response was overwhelming. Here's what they said.
Diana Jason - Cargo Holly Harrison. He walked 15000 miles from the bottom of South America to the top of Alaska. A truly fascinating man.
Margie Buckingham - While caravanning around Oz, every night we would meet interesting ppl enjoying pre-dinner drinks & nibbles around the campfire. We all had personal stories to tell or the best places to camp.
Ann Smith - Myself. Travelled to the UK and found my independence and confidence, two and a bit years after I lost love of my life to cancer.
Pamela Cari - We met the lady who played the mother of Apollonia Vitelli in The Godfather when we were in Savoca.
Rosalie Busch - A couple who grew up behind the wall in East Berlin.
Sue Velvin - Shaquille O'Neal when my daughter and I had a holiday in the states a few years ago! Awesome man.
Wendy Farnham - A Buddhist Nun in Cambodia who lost her husband and 6 of her 7 children to starvation under Pol Pot’s regime.
Lyn Schuemaker - Everybody. They all have stories to tell.
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