My name is Zallee. I am an Aussie, I hop from place to place, and I used to have kangaroos as pets. I like to think all that makes me an OzzyHopper

And I have been a nomad - more a slomad - on and off most of my life, including through covid. I have lived and travelled for many years in Japan and China, across Europe, and now I am in Africa - in Tangier in Morocco, Dahab in the Sinai in Egypt, and in Jordan . I have travelled solo, as a couple, alone with my kids when they were small. I have visited, travelled through, done Workaways and homestays, and sometimes I’ve moved for a job. I have lived this lifestyle from all stages and ages of life.

I’ve lived in monastery villages in Italy, visited ghost towns in Turkey, and lived in my stories. I have a flat with sea views of Spain. To survive I teach - almost everything, rewrite articles, write about food and culture for bluedoorcuisine.com who do food events in Tangier, and occasionally some movie extras work for a bit of fun.

But I’m not just a traveler. This is my life. So every day when I do the ordinary - eat my breakfast, do the shopping, go to work - it’s never ordinary. There will always be something which reminds me that I am outside my comfort zone. And that is what makes me feel alive.

But that’s not all of who I am. As I find my own way of surviving, my goal is to write and be published. I write Indiana Jones type adventure mysteries. Everywhere I go is an inspiration - stories about people, the colours and sounds and tastes of a place, the hidden passageways and secret monasteries, the amazing sights and extraordinary cultures of other people, leading their ordinary every day lives - except that to me there is nothing ordinary about them.

The world is truly an amazing place.

I write about travel a lot, but I also write about other things: I love food and movies, and talking about writing. And when you’re not at home, when you’re outside your comfort zone - things just happen. And most of the time, those things are a part of the extraordinary.