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David Short
Lucy Nicholls, our operations manager on David Short:
"As the operations manager for Asia I have had the opportunity to work with David in one of his favourite areas. He has been running the “Inside the Hidden Kingdoms” tour visiting Bangladesh, India and Bhutan for many years now. It is always fantastic to find that a tour leader loves a tour so much that he or she returns year on year. David has been an excellent leader for the this tour and has obviously enjoyed every minute. His passion for Bangladesh and photography has been a real asset to Explore. I would love to travel on a tour with him!
David has recently trained some of our new local leaders for us while on tour and has been a great mentor for them. Since then he has visited the office and participated in our “train the trainer” courses” to enhance his skills. I have every faith that he will be an excellent trainer and help for our aspiring new leaders."
I became a tour leader for Explore after going on a few Explore tours myself. After a tour to Libya, I went to Antarctica and then Mali. The photographs I took in Antarctica enabled me to become an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society.
The best thing about the job is that no two days are ever the same. It is definitely not a 9 to 5 job.
As a tour leader, you really get beneath the surface of a country. I enjoy getting to know the people of a destination. It is the people of any country that really make the place special.
It is for this reason that my favourite countries are Bangladesh, Iran and Syria. It also makes it even sadder what is happening in Syria at the moment.
I always say to people - Go when you can. You never know what will happen! 'Carpe diem'.
Tour recommendations: A lot of clients underestimate how many photographs they will take. Don't forget extra memory cards and also the battery charger for your camera.
