The Adventures of Keya Srinivas

Keya is a published author, a poet laureate, an academic scholar, a robotics programmer, an award winning artist and a traveler. She started traveling outside of visiting family at the age of 10 months, going to China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Ever since she has been to 88 countries.
And she is only 12 years old.
She published her first book, One Way Ticket, through a scholarship from the Young Authors Academy of Dubai. https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Way-Ticket-Keya-Srinivas/dp/B086PLBY8N/. The book was inspired by her travels and interests, combining travel memories with robotics. 
She loves traveling with Darwin, her dog and making friends with other dogs and animals at different places in her travels.
Her motto in life is “Why wait to grow up to be something when you can be it today”
She joins us from Sevenoaks, England, where she lives with her family, to talk about her journey so far and give us a glimpse of the journey she wants to take in the time to come.
In this episode we would be following her adventures as she narrates them to us. 

Podcast Summary: The Adventures of Keya Srinivas

00:00:00 – 00:04:28: Introduction. About painting, writing and publishing a novel. How the love for travel started. 
00:04:28 – 00:24:10: Adventures with animals.
Adventures with Darwin, Keya’s dog –  trip to Austria, Italy.  
Encounters with  other dogs and animals while traveling – dogs in Kazakhstan and Philippines. Capybaras, Caymans, Sloth, Boa Constrictor and Tarantula in the Amazon Rain forest in Peru. Lemurs in Madagascar. Elephants in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Wildlife safaris in Masai Mara and Serengeti – chased by a Hippopotamus.
00:24:10 – 00:33:00: Other Adventures.
Hiking up on the steps of Petra, Jordan. Exploring Machu Picchu. Looking for the lost teddy bear in Prague. 
Food adventures apart from pasta, her favourite. Local cuisine in Peru. Pasta in Russia at Pushkin’s favourite restaurant. Boiled eggs in Armenia.
Art & Cultural Adventures: Discovering Evita in Argentina. Watching water puppet theatre in Vietnam.
Participating in a theatre in Baku, Azerbaijan. Attending a theatre in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
00:33:00 – 00:40:25: Scary and awkward adventures.
Being falsely accused and getting lost In Italy. Unwell in Myanmar. 
00:40:25 – 00:44:45: Adventures with new friends.
Attending a school in Masai Mara. Playing with other kids in Cuba and Philippines. 
Looking for Nanuk in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Husky ride in Finland. 
00:44:45 – 00:48:34: Where next? Concluding remarks.