133 - The Big Trips That Changed Everything

04/01/19 • 28 min

Sometimes, the things we learn from travel creep up on us in a cumulative way. Other times, one trip teaches us so much and just whacks us in the head and makes us change something significant about our lives! And this episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast is definitely about the latter situation.

First up I talk to Dean O'Shea who took off on a huge challenge to hike the Pacific Crest Trail in California when he was 22 - and he chose it purely because it was the longest, hardest journey listed in his mother's book of long, hard journeys! What happened in and after California is not what you'd expect - and certainly not what Dean expected either - but it changed his life in some significant ways.

I then chat with Seng Mah, a friend of mine here in Perth who has long told me that going to India is life-changing for many people (and yes, I'm now convinced I need to go there sometime!). Seng's first experience of travelling through India gave him so many insights and new perspectives that his life then changed very significantly, changes that have lasted now for a decade.

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Dean’s site Unbelievable Adventures - https://www.unbelievableadventures.co.uk/
Seng Mah at Venture Photography - https://www.venturephotography.com.au
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Show notes: http://notaballerina.com/133

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Links:

Sign up to hear about the new Travel Journal School course, "Start a personal travel blog", at https://traveljournalschool.com
Dean’s site Unbelievable Adventures - https://www.unbelievableadventures.co.uk/
Seng Mah at Venture Photography - https://www.venturephotography.com.au
Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers
Show notes: http://notaballerina.com/133

Support the show: https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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132 - Third Anniversary of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

It's my birthday!

Well, yesterday was my birthday, which means this week is the THIRD anniversary of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast. That's three years of the chance to chat with awesome, like-minded, travel-loving people from all around the world, and to share the results with a fabulous audience who challenge me with their interesting questions and share their amazing travel experiences with me.

In this special third anniversary episode I answer questions from listeners (via the Thoughtful Traveller Facebook group) about topics as diverse as accommodation, language learning, photography, travelling with kids, environmentally aware travel, destination choosing and more. I also divulge some of the statistics behind the listeners and downloads of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast which I kind of obsessively follow (it's my maths degree that makes me love the stats, I think!).

A huge thank you to every one of my listeners, whether you've just started tuning in to The Thoughtful Travel Podcast or you've been there since day one, a whole three years ago!

Links:

10 Thoughts I'm Thinking About Thoughtful Travel episode - https://notaballerina.com/110
Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers
Show notes: http://notaballerina.com/132

Support the show: https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com/

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Next Episode

134 - Location Independent Work

Having location independent work - which usually means doing a job that you can do online - is becoming increasingly popular these days and many people are wandering the globe at the same time as they're earning an income. Magic, hey? In Episode 134 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast we look at the topic of location independent work and I chat with two digital nomads about their current experiences and tips.

Firstly I chat with Kim Yuhl who's over a year into working on the road with her husband. Currently in Guatemala, Kim has spent time in China, Italy, Mexico, the United States and Belize in the past twelve months and while doing her full time writing and editing job is also creating a YouTube channel with her husband called Nomading About. It's a busy and varied life, but Kim talks to me about how to get a routine into this kind of life as well.

I also speak with Kendall Simmons, another digital nomad, but her job as an interior designer didn't initially sound like a job that's conducive to working online. (I was wrong!) Kendall has a lot of great tips for people who want to find a way to have location independent work so if you want to follow in her footsteps this is a must listen!

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