I've always wanted to get to Hawai'i some day - but now I know why I haven't made it yet. I needed to read this brilliant book first! This episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast is an interview with Annie Daly and Kainoa Daines, the authors of Island Wisdom: Hawaiian Traditions and Practices …
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Travel Writing World Collaboration: Episode 257 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
I get lots of emails about the podcast and sometimes, they are really exciting ones - when Jeremy Bassetti of Travel Writing World emailed me to suggest we do a collaboration, that was one of the good ones! Obviously I love travel books (or I wouldn't run the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club), and I …
Paul Theroux Interview Part 2 – Episode 215 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
It's been so heartwarming to have messages from listeners this week who enjoyed the first half of my interview with travel writer Paul Theroux so much that they couldn't wait for the second part - when is it coming, I was asked quite a few times! Well, it's here now, and if you haven't listened …


