About
Welcome to Inside the Travel Lab, my blog on the art and science of unusual journeys.
Indulge your dreams and inject some curiosity about the rest of the world…
Inside the Travel Lab brings you fresh and quirky global stories, with photos, recipes, music, books and films to keep your travel dreams alive. It’s also my place to reflect upon my work and travels as a professional writer.
What you won’t find here
Destination guides – although if you are interested in European destination guides, check out my sister site Cheap Weekend Breaks.
A consecutive travelogue from one big trip. Inside the Travel Lab collects posts from all my travels and some of the spaces in between.
What you will find here
Something unusual. Either a location, a taste, a custom or a career.
Why Inside the Travel Lab?
Notes on my unusual journey…
I’m a professional writer with a passion for travel and so far I’ve travelled to more than 45 countries. I’ve circled the globe twice, camped in the snows of Kilimanjaro and Patagonia and tracked down tigers, turtles and panda bears. I’ve then had a hot shower and embraced the city life of New York, Rio, Paris and Tokyo.
But before writing full-time I worked in neuroscience research, taught Anatomy to university students and developed a successful career as a doctor specialising in Emergency Medicine.
That love of science - the curiosity and power of experimentation, of trying something new - still travels with me. So, too does the critical approach I learned towards ‘accepted facts.’
I also love mango chutney, the Blackadder series and marmite toast, buttered just right.
Find Out More About My Work
I have been published in France Today, National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel, Critical Care, the Emergency Medicine Journal and more. Although I write about many different topics, I keep this blog travel-related. You can find my portfolio website at www.abigailking.co.uk or follow me on twitter at @abigailking.
Feed your imagination and expand your horizon.
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