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Alex
was born in Lisbon, Portugal but grew up in Mozambique, a Portuguese
speaking country. Her schooling however took place in Newcastle,
South Africa and in the school holidays, she would go home to
Mozambique.
Most of her time was spent either at the beach or in the Gorongoza
National Park. As her parents owned a holiday home in Vila de
Manica which borders Untali in Zimbabwe, many family holidays
were spent there too, although the time at home in Beira, Mozambique
was always her favourite place while growing up.
After completing her schooling, Alex went on to do a secretarial
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the
Technical College in Pretoria and later did an Accounting Diploma
before going on to complete a Travel Management course. Over the
years and in this time, Alex traveled extensively in both Southern
Africa and internationally; Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Argentina,
Bangkok and of course in South Africa; the Kruger National Park
(at least once a year), the Pilanesburg National Park, Addo Elephant
park, Cape Town, Durban, Hluhlwe, Swaziland and the Garden route
to Port Elizabeth.
Alex was intrigued by the tourism business because of the contact
one has with so many different cultures, people and places and
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career
in travel as a consultant with Crown Travel, a tour operator specializing
in the South East Asian markets and later moved on to Vuestra
Tours before joining the Reservations Team at Journey Beyond in
2004.
She
says, “I think South African is such a beautiful country,
with so much variety and no matter what type of holiday you looking
for, you will find it in South Africa. The diversity of the people
and the country just make it such a special destination.”
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