I wasn't always a slow traveller. I'm still not always a slow traveller - but I prefer it when it's possible. To me, it means picking just one or two destinations per trip, finding a single place to stay in each, exploring locally, and having a fair chunk of unplanned time just to see what's out …
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Antarctic Travels – Episode 184 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
No single place conjures up so many fantastical images for me the way that Antarctica does. This week's episode is piece of pure escapism (since we are all stuck at home, corona-style) to the southern-most continent, where scenes like this are, apparently, not uncommon. The penguins alone are …
Justifying Travel in the Climate Change Era – Episode 183 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
As this episode goes to air, nobody is travelling. Covid-19 has us all stuck at home, which makes the question my guests and I ponder here even more pertinent. If we know that travel has a negative impact on the environment – and even if we only account for the carbon footprint of planes and cruise …