Melissa Cicci is the founder and editor of Beyond Doorways Travel. "It's remarkable to me that I've been collecting travel stories for more than 30 years, but only recently have begun to tell them." Melissa has a B.A. in Spanish and an M.A. in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and spent several years working in the field of textile/apparel trade policy and negotiation. After a lifetime on the East Coast, Melissa now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Isabel Clift is a freelance travel writer and editor. She's covered destinations from New York to Berlin to Oslo, and for her next trip she'll be traveling from London to Istanbul by train. A London native, Isabel currently lives in Bethnal Green. Read her guide to her favourite bits of the neighbournood in "Urban Walks - London's East End, Bishopsgate to Bethnal Green."
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In his 'day job,' Rocky works as a veterinarian in general practice. He has done international development work using his veterinary knowledge to build local economic capacity via improved livestock management. Rocky has traveled, volunteered and worked on six continents and has a workability in four languages. When not roaming the globe, Rocky lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia. He joins his guides on a trek up Tanzania's Mt. Meru in "Allure of Tanzania's Mt. Meru."
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Cynthia Sewell frequently travels to Europe, Asia and Africa for business and pleasure. She has worked with the U.S. International Trade Administration, a Japanese trading company, and the Village Enterprise Fund, a micro-enterprise ngo based in San Carlos, California. Recently, Cynthia spent two weeks on a volunteer mission to Haiti, "Volunteering in Haiti". She lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay area.
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Nick Walton is an experienced travel journalist who has run travel and lifestyle magazines in Asia, New Zealand and Australia for over ten years, including a two-year stint as Travel Editor for the South China Morning Post. He loves to travel throughout Asia and beyond, but also loves coming back to his adopted home of Hong Kong. (In this issue, "Mythical Jeju Island, South Korea").
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