Patricia Pagenel - Travelstride Destination Expert

Adventure Travel, Outdoor Activities, Off-the-beaten-path destinations, Independent Travel, Budget Travel

Patricia grew up in France, lived in Scotland, Taiwan, and Germany, and now calls sunny California home. Together with her partner Bruno she's discovered 30+ countries over 5 continents and keeps planning for more exciting trips.

Some of their top adventures include mushing our own dogsled teams in Arctic Canada, seating by a Silverback gorilla in Rwanda, walking among iguanas and boobies in the Galapagos Islands, diving with Manta Rays in Hawaii or groupers in the Great Barrier Reef, kayaking among alligators in the Everglades, trekking in the Himalayas in Nepal, or watching Giraffes from their tent in the Serengeti.

Northern California is their current outdoor playground: snowboarding at Lake Tahoe in winter, kiteboarding / kitesurfing around San Francisco Bay Area and hiking in the Sierra Nevada in summer.

They are all special! Special notes though to camping with the dogs in the frozen tundra of the Arctic, watching brown bears up close in Katmai National Park, flying in a hot air balloon over Cappadocia at sunrise, and horseback riding in Montana.

A long list but the immediate trips are Mongolia, Tibet, and Sri Lanka.