If I get to meet locals while travelling then it is usually a sign of an awesome trip. To travel and meet people who I can talk to about what a destination is really like for the people who live there is one of my favourite parts of travelling - I love to really get to know something about a culture …
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Travelling as an Introvert – Episode 103 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Does spending time with people energise you or do you need a good rest after it? That's my basic definition of being an extrovert (me) versus an introvert (my guests in this podcast episode), and it has been fascinating for me to discover how introverts deal with the people demands of travelling. My …
Going back to Japan – what it’s like to return to your ex-pat home
It was so exciting earlier this year to be returning to my ex-pat home, Osaka, to show my son where I used to live. I’ve talked to him about various aspects of my life in Osaka and Nara over the years - I lived and worked there for two years between 2001 and 2003 - but there’s nothing like being …