Valma Muir was raised and educated in Southern Africa and she relocated more recently to the Isle of Man. Her interests and careers have spanned both creative and technical disciplines and the cornerstone of her approach to life is based on curiosity. She is very close to her three adult sons, Kai, Joshua and Blake; and is inseparable from her two cats, Coco and Monty. Travelling remains one of her greatest passions. Although she is no longer married to Kobus, her partner in Sharki and the Naked Travellers, they have remained firm friends, dedicated parents and have enjoyed many a travelling adventure together.
Travelling with one’s partner in a campervan for a year provides an excellent, if not gruelling, test for newly married couples; it amounts to “couples therapy” on wheels but without the therapist. Not only does one learn a tremendous amount about one’s partner but also about oneself. There ...