The author was born and raised in the Far East of Russia on a Peninsula called Kamchatka. From an early age she had a thirst for travel which has taken her around the world. She worked as a guide and interpreter for Russian Tour Companies in Goa, India and has also spent many years living in the UK and West Africa. Now she lives in a small village in Bulgaria, surrounded by a lovely forest, accompanied by her small pack of rescued street dogs. Now she wants to tell their stories as well as other stories of her travels around the world indulging her passions of photography, filming, video editing and production, travel, reading, cooking, and scuba diving.