FT Series Dream jobs Meet the people who’ve given up the 9-5 to seek new careers — and new lives — on distant shores From financial consultant to spearfishing in Mexico Leo Waltman left swapped Dutch banks for diving off the Yucatan peninsula Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From telecoms to winemaking in Provence Stephen Cronk ditched London corporate life to set up a boutique wine business Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From architecture to chocolate farming in Costa Rica On holiday in Central America, Vicki Chandler decided to swap building restoration for cacao beans Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From selling hair extensions to running a safari lodge in South Africa A visit to Johannesburg helped Jessica Gold decide to develop Makanyi Lodge and go into the tourism business Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From management consultant to Antarctic guide Carolyn Bailey swapped flip charts and team-building for a tent on a glacier Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From insurance sales to motorbikes in Vietnam Hawkmoon Boxer swapped Manchester for a new life as a guide in Hoi An Sunday, 20 January, 2019 More from this Series From army colonel to eco-lodge owner How Guy Levene left the military and built a lodge in Ethiopia Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From stay-at-home mum to bush pilot After 10 years at home with her kids, Glenys Watson became a pilot in Papua New Guinea Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From finance to free diving instructor How Mike Board left a finance job in Canary Wharf and became an instructor in Indonesia Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From UK-based geophysicist to volcanologist in Montserrat Rod Stewart swapped Edinburgh for an observatory on the Caribbean island Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From England to chasing the aurora borealis in Finland Tony Bateman made a website that helped total newbies see the Northern Lights Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From Sweden to tour guide on Easter Island Marcus Edensky moved from a Sweden to start a new life in the Pacific Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From policeman to hot-air balloon pilot in Myanmar Skills learnt as a uniformed constable translate well into a career up in the air Sunday, 20 January, 2019 From PR in London to husky driving in the Arctic Gaynor Leeper quit her job as a communications manager in to work in adventure tourism Sunday, 20 January, 2019
