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MEET JETSETSARAH , THE CARIVANGELIST OF THE CARIBBEAN
Through video , print and digital work , Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon successfully shares the magic of travel through her experiences .
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hen the very first memory a person can recall is of traveling , it ’ s bound to play a prominent role throughout the rest of their life — at least that ’ s been the case for Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon , also known to some people as JetSetSarah . She remembers being on a plane at an early age traveling from England , where she was born , to Jamaica , where her father was going to be for three years on contract .
“ My first memory in life is of looking out the plane window and talking to my mother and saying ‘ Mommy , Mommy , Mommy , the clouds are upside down !’ because of course , as a three-year-old , it was just mind blowing to me that the clouds I had always looked up at were now out the window ,” Greaves- Gabbadon said .
It didn ’ t take long for her to be captivated by the magic of travel , and her fascination only grew throughout her childhood . She recalls hanging out in hotel lobbies and being mesmerized by the flight attendants she ’ d see come and go .
“ I remember thinking … I want to be part of this industry . I want to be part of hotel lobbies where nothing bad ever seems to happen . All these foreign people — it just seemed so glamourous to me as a child ,” she explained . All this allure led her to pursue a degree in hotel management in England , followed by internships in Jamaica .
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