Have app, will travel

LEAD PIC, USE BIG ON PAGE 13: Inspiring: Choo’s travels sparked the urge to use her knowledge to help protect the planet and places like this, the Uakari Floating Lodge in Manaus, Brazil, that conduct eco tours into the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Photo: EDU COELHO/Mamiraua Institute

Inspired by her travels, IT expert Alicia Choo is developing mobile apps that will teach kids about nature and raise funds for environmental groups.

IN 2006, Alicia Choo quit her job as an IT professional in Singapore, packed her bags, and trekked across the terrains of 10 different countries – Bolivia, Brazil, Egypt, India, Jordan, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Syria and Turkey, to be exact.