Interview (3) - let me introduce you to Joanne

My name is Joanne Hendrickson.  I was born in New York, and attended college in Wyoming.  Growing up I lived only a few minutes away from JFK airport, but I did not start to travel internationally until 2003, when I did a study abroad in Italy and England.  Two years later I did a study abroad in Japan, and the following year right after I graduated college in 2006 I returned to ‘studying abroad’ and attended school in Denmark.
 It was when I was living in Denmark that I really started to ‘travel’ – travelling on my own and around to anywhere and everywhere.  When I travel my friends and family know me as “The Backpacker in Flip Flops” because I often only travel with a backpack and will wear only flip flops – even in the cold weather!  Since I started travelling in 2003, I have visited 55 countries!  My travel philosophy was to visit ’50 countries before I turn 30’ – and I have gone to 55, and turn 30 in 7 months!