Dennison Berwick is a travel writer. Educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, he emigrate

Emigrate

Emigrate is a heavy metal band based in New York, led by Richard Z. Kruspe, the lead guitarist of the German band Rammstein.-History:Kruspe started the band in 2005, when Rammstein decided to take a year off from touring and recording...

d to Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 in 1980. Since then he has walked the entire length of the river Ganges in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 ( the 3000 km walk is recounted in A Walk Along the Ganges) and travelled extensively in the Amazon

Amazon Basin

The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...

 and (journeys that were described in Amazon and Savages: The Life and Killing of the Yanomami). He is also editor

Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...

 of the Canadian Retreat Guide, a guide to more than 140 monasteries

Monastery

Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...

, retreat centres etc. in Canada. He spent several weeks helping people in the isolated villages on the west coast of Aceh

Aceh

Aceh is a special region of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. Its full name is Daerah Istimewa Aceh , Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam and Aceh . Past spellings of its name include Acheh, Atjeh and Achin...

, Sumatra

Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...

, following the devastating tsunami in December 2004

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...

 and is now working on a novel inspired by those experiences. He currently lives most of the year on his boat "Kuan Yin

Kuan Yin

Guanyin is the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin which means "Observing the Sounds of the World". She is also sometimes referred to as Guanyin Pusa...

" (a Tahitiana 32). He is currently working on a new book about Labrador.

Biography

• 2009 qualified RYA Yachtmaster Offshore
• 2006 bought "Kuan Yin", a Tahitiana 32, steel ketch.
• 2002 to 2004 Bought first boat "Karuna", a South Coast 36, in Langkawi, Malaysia and lived aboard, sailing Andaman Sea. Sold her shortly before the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
• 2000 Learned to sail in Toronto harbour
• 1995 to 1999 Built and operated Still Life Retreat in rural Ontario, Canada
• 1989 to 1993 Lived in Lisbon, Portugal.
• 1986 to 1991 Travelled in the Amazon.
• 1983 to 1984 Solo pilgrimage 3,000 km along banks of River Ganges, India.
• 1980 Emigrated to Canada.
• 1976 to 1978 Reporter and columnist on Telegraph & Argus, Bradford, England.
• 1976 Overland to Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan.
• 1974 to 1975 Hitch-hiked solo, Cape Town
  Cape Town
  Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
  
   to Cairo
  Cairo
  Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
  
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External links

• http://www.dennisonberwick.info
• http://www.dennisonberwick.blogspot.com
• Canadian Authors