Scotland to Zanzibar

By Ray Mallick

Through conversational essays, vivid imagery, and intimate poetry, Scotland to Zanzibar captures a world seen through a lens of quiet self-confrontation.

More than a travelogue, this book is an invitation to slow down, lean into the quiet, and recognize that the exhaustion we run from is often just a call to choose growth over comfort. It's the story of learning how to make a home within yourself, no matter where you are on the globe.

Hardcover — Coming Soon

Format Hardcover · $40.00

ISBN-13 979-8-234-07260-3

Imprint Sendero Hills Publishing

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From the book

“The burnout had been so gradual I’d mistaken it for ambition, the exhaustion for dedication.”

“The most important destination isn’t a place you can point to on a globe, it’s finding out how to make a home within yourself, no matter where you are.”

“In order to live a life that no longer felt small, I’d have to face myself.”

“I stood with my life reduced to boxes in a storage unit and two travel bags at my feet, and I felt something I hadn’t experienced in months: space.”

Inside the book

Pages from the journey

Photographs, poems, and essays from a year on the road.

Book spread: a vast green hillside with two small figures, and a poem beginning 'A stillness from the moon' — Edinburgh, Scotlandp. 20

Book spread: Portree on the Isle of Skye, with harbor and village photos and the heading 'postcard for life on the edge of the world' — Portree, Scotlandp. 31

Book spread: 'Summer in the Swiss Alps' over a green mountain valley, with a hiker leading a donkey — The Swiss Alpsp. 101

Book spread: blue-washed alleyways, doorways and rug shops in the Chefchaouen medina — Chefchaouen, Moroccop. 227

Book spread: orange Sahara dunes, a guide beside a camel, and trekkers on a ridge — Sahara, Moroccop. 275

Book spread: two young children beside a wooden cart outside a home, opposite an essay beginning 'Let me tell you about the human condition.' — The Human Conditionp. 319

Book spread: layered hills at sunset in the Masai Mara with the line 'What a beautiful home we have.' — Masai Mara, Kenyap. 321

Book spread: 'Wildlife Camping', with giraffes in the savanna, hippos on a riverbank and a zebra — Serengeti, Tanzaniap. 350

Ray Mallick Austin, TX

About the Author

Ray Mallick

Ray is a lifelong creator. His first love was music, which had him pick up the guitar and never really put back down, playing live for years before he began composing. His love of storytelling found him making films as a writer and director. While traveling, he discovered photography and poetry. While his medium changes, the pull to build something from nothing never has.

Scotland to Zanzibar is where that pull led him next. Restless and ready for a change, he set out for a year of travel, from the Scottish Highlands to the coast of East Africa, and came back with a book: photography, essays, and poetry built from the road. It is his first book, and unlikely to be his last.

He lives in Austin, Texas, working in tech, where he's already at work on the next thing.

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