&Beyond: Jon's Travel Blog


A bit of fun

What motivated you to become a Private Journey Host?
Guiding is my passion and as a Private Journey Host I can guide and change people’s perceptions of the world they live in.

What 5 things are most important to you in your job?
The ‘Bush Theatre’, my guests, the &Beyond family, my Swarovski binoculars, and a gin and tonic at sunset.

Who were your childhood heroes?
Spiderman and my Dad.

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Since I was 7 years old, I wanted to become a ranger.

If you could do or be anything else, what might that be?
A movie director/producer or a San bushman.

If you could live in any other time, when might that be?
Africa – 75 000 years ago.

What is one thing few people know about you?
I’m a bookworm and I love reading westerns.

Share your favourite books and movies.
Books: The Power of One, Shantaram, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, The Art of Possibility
Movies: Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited, Amelie, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly