You'd know I usually only run a solo interview with someone reasonably well known - say Paul Theroux, for example - but this episode is special. Jenny Herbert's new book The Art of Being a Tourist at Home touches on so many thoughtful travel themes that I couldn't split up an interview into small …
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Travel Slip Ups: Episode 235 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Bad things happen all the time - but things do seem to go wrong even more recurrently when we travel. In this episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast the travel slip ups aren't tragic - and although they probably weren't funny at all at the time, they make great stories years down the …
Cultural Blunders: Episode 234 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Even if we try really hard, it's impossible not to make a cultural blunder now and again. Thanks to the advent of the internet, learning about a culture and its norms before we travel somewhere has never been easier, but that doesn't make us immune to the odd cultural faux pas. The important part is …