Author Archives: Catherine Devrye

About Catherine Devrye

Best selling author of 9 books translated into over a dozen languages-on service, change, resilience, hope, travel Twice voted Australian Keynote Speaker of the Year Spoken in 31 countries and visited over 135

Pakistan: Hunza-Himalaya-Hindu Kush

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Here’s a modified chapter from ‘Beyond Timbuktu’ that I wrote for Traveloscopy on an amazing trip with snowleopardtours out of Melbourne… https://www.travel-news-photos-stories.com/2026/06/pakistan-difficult-roads-often-lead-to.html?m=1...

Japan: An A-Z guide

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Many years ago, after I was posted to Japan with IBM, I wrote a 55,000 word book to help others avoid the mistakes that I-and many expats-made. Although some of...

Philippines: Cruise some southern islands

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Here’s an article I wrote about a lux cruise in the southern Philippines. You may need to click the link twice From On Board: Swan Hellenic in the Philippines...

RAJA AMPAT-INDONESIA LUX CRUISE

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Here’s an article I wrote for ‘Expedition Cruising’. You may need to click the link twice From on Board: SH Minerva in Raja Ampat...

RAJA AMPAT-INDONESIA-CRUISE

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Here’s an article I wrote for Expedition Cruising From on Board: SH Minerva in Raja Ampat...

An Evening with Barack Obama in Sydney on Leadership

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I was privileged to attend an evening with former US President Barack Obama at the state of the art Sydney International Convention Centre. I had hoped to have a swim...

Solo from Sydney to Saudi Arabia

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Having just returned from travelling solo to Saudi Arabia in December 2022, I witnessed first-hand a Kingdom that in view of falling oil revenues, sees to have little choice but...

QATAR quietly quells any unrealistic fears of the Middle East

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QATAR quietly quells any unrealistic fears and stereotypes that you may have of the Middle East—and you won’t be disappointed. From the moment I first checked in to their national...

Beyond 9-11 to Beyond Covid-19: Keep Hope Happening

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On September 11, 2001, I addressed the World Airline Entertainment Association—at the Brisbane Convention Centre. The topic: ‘Change is Inevitable.-Learning from change is optional’. Only a few hours later, you...

The Certainty of Uncertainty–or vice versa

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‘The only one thing of which I am certain is that there is very little about which one can be certain’ …Somerset Maugham Aren’t these words from the 1800’s...

Author: Catherine Devrye

About Catherine Devrye