Site Steward for Helium's Southeast Asia Travel section and trippy blonde, sometimes known as "Trippy Tracy" or "Racin' Trace" due to her affliction for embarking on global exploits. She's Canadian but has lived in Europe and Asia. Some of her favorite travels include visits to: The Great Wall of China, The Great Barrier Reef, Roman Colosseum, Alhambra (Granada, Spain), Pyramids of Egypt, The Nile, Buckingham Palace, The Grand Canyon, The Eiffel Tower, Mount Sinai (Egypt), The Red Sea, The Artic Circle (Norway), the Ningaloo Reef (Australia)... and yet there is so much more for her to see!

Travel, for her, is as much about the people she meets, and stories she hears, as it is the places she has the opportunity to explore. The really fun part is reflecting upon, and recreating the experience, through writing. She's in the process of writing about her various travels, including travel tips, and including them on this site. Her expertise is in independent travel, budget travel and solo travel, and particularly Asia travel. She also has extensive knowledge of the Hawaiian islands, a favorite tropical escape for her.

Check back often, as her articles are being added and/or edited daily, in her quest to make the Travel section on Helium the best it can be. If you have suggestions for the Southeast Asia section, please email them!

Enjoy!

Tracy's upcoming trips:
2008/9: More Asia and possibly India/Sri Lanka. South Africa and South America are in the works too for sometime by before 2010. Fingers crossed!

To inquire, comment, or network, Tracy can be reached at trippytracy@gmail.com. Find her on Facebook with this address. She loves connecting with authors, readers and travelers around the world!

Tracy is also a professional writer/editor/ghostwriter, whose work appears in print and online. She is always looking for additional publishing opportunities, particularly in the field of travel writing.

My passion is ...

travel (and well, writing!)

My parents always told me ...

to follow my passion

My childhood ambition ...

was to write an award-winning novel, or be the next Barbara Walters

My favorite memory ...

is hard to pinpoint. There are so many. Among my favorites is my last evening in Egypt, sipping tea with a new and unlikely Egyptian friend, Nahala, at her Cairo apartment. She had just rescued me from my long day of cabbie madness and misunderstanding.

Why I write ...

to relate to others the experiences I have had... and inspire others to travel and experience this wonderful world for themselves! I also love the creative expression writing allows!

My first job ...

was as a paper delivery girl! Maybe all those words rubbed off on me...

My best moment ...

was taking the taxi from Kimpo Airport into Seoul, through the endless maze of traffic and high-rises, on the way to my new apartment. My eyes were forced wide open, as they took in new world around me. I've tried to keep them as open ever since...

My inspiration ...

is the many explorers before me, young and old. "The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page" - Saint Augustine.

Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures Travel diaries: A trip to London

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Can you imagine doing London in 5 hours? The sprawling, colorful, culture-filled capital that is London, all in a mere five hours?

I can.

While I was living and working in London not so long ago, a Canadian friend - who would be in London for less than half a day during a quick stopover after a Mediterranean vacation - challenged me to do exactly that. Show him London in 5 hours ... give him a taste of the grandeur, spectacle, and renown that is London.

I'm always offering my travel advice and help to friends. But how, I wondered, would I pull this one off? Not one to turn down...

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