My dear friend, the Barefoot Backpacker, is a thoughtful traveller, but they often approach travel in different ways to me. We've chatted many a time about our varied styles and decided that making a collaborative podcast episode about just this would be a lot of fun. So, this episode is a …
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SXSW Sydney – Why We Need Travel More Than Travel Needs Us: Episode 309 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Here it is! This is the live recording of our panel at South By South West (SXSW) Sydney, from October 2023, on the topic “Why We Need Travel More Than Travel Needs Us”. It was such a thrill to be on the podcast stage at SXSW with Catherine Marshall, Susanne Etti and Justin Watson, three fabulous …
Can we make travel bucket lists better?
My toes curl up when people talk about bucket lists. I’m sorry, I know I’m a horrible person, but I just find it hard to get on board with the whole bucket list concept. I was kind of surprised when I browsed my archives to realise I have been thinking this way for a long time, since at least …


