Now happily living back in his hometown, Melbourne, these days he visits more mainstream resorts whenever the opportunity arises, though a part of him still yearns to test the slopes in places considered off-the-beaten piste.
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Travel writer Mark Daffey learned to ski on the slopes of Iran, Lebanon, Morocco, Scotland, South Korea, and Dubai, where he lived for four years.
Now happily living back in his hometown, Melbourne, these days he visits more mainstream resorts whenever the opportunity arises, though a part of him still yearns to test the slopes in places considered off-the-beaten piste.