Easily one of my most memorable trips ever is the two weeks I spent crossing Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway. That was the culmination of a very long-held dream and it was every bit as fascinating as I'd hoped it would be (and more!). It was also significant in reminding me - as many parts of …
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Travel Firsts and Transformations – Episode 193 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Travel firsts can be very special moments. I remember my first proper road trip in Australia, immortalised in a badly-written diary, heading to Kalbarri as a seven-year-old; I vividly remember much of my time in Europe with my family in a camper van aged nine. All of my firsts have been somehow …
Travel in Dangerous Places – Episode 192 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
When I was backpacking in my late twenties, I thought about this topic much less than I do now: would I visit places people considered dangerous? But there are so many questions that come with this now - are they really dangerous? How do we know? I really enjoyed putting together this episode of …