Ed Stafford

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07/21/20 • 45 min

On today’s episode, I’m joined by the explorer and survivalist Ed Stafford. In 2010, Ed became the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon River, a feat that took 860 days and put him on the map as one of our most prominent and exciting adventurers. From there here’s gone on to present and self film more massive challenges, like living in complete isolation on a desert island for 60 days without food, clothes or equipment, or being left for dead in various extreme environments around the world from Madagascar to Mongolia. These became incredible TV series that I’ve watched religiously and couldn’t recommend more.

Ed is someone I’ve wanted to interview for the very beginning but like so many of my dream guests he’s normally always travelling so I was lucky to finally get this time to speak with him and I hope you enjoy what I think is a really raw and honest account of the spiritual and emotional development that comes with travel - as well as hearing about some inspiring destinations along the way.

Destination Recap:

Henfaes, Aberdaron, Wales
Leicestershire, England
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Walking the length of the Amazon river
Olorua, Fiji
Argentine Patagonia
Northern Thailand
Ibiza, Spain
Antarctica

Ed’s new podcast, Dangerous Minds, is out now

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To find out who’s on next week’s show, come and find me on Instagram. I’m @hollyrubenstein and I’d love to hear from you. And visit TheTravelDiariesPodcast.com for everything else podcast-related.

Huge thanks to The Lygon Arms hotel for their support for today’s episode - you can follow them here

This episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein

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Destination Recap:

Henfaes, Aberdaron, Wales
Leicestershire, England
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Walking the length of the Amazon river
Olorua, Fiji
Argentine Patagonia
Northern Thailand
Ibiza, Spain
Antarctica

Ed’s new podcast, Dangerous Minds, is out now

Thank you so much for listening. If you haven’t yet left a rating or a review, why not do so now? Your support is so greatly appreciated and most importantly, helps others to discover the podcast.

And don't forget to hit subscribe so that every week a new episode will appear in your library.

Huge thanks to The Lygon Arms hotel for their support for today’s episode - you can follow them here

This episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

Sir Michael Palin

Sir Michael Palin - where do you start! He’s a legendary comedian, part of pop culture history as one of Monty Python. He’s a BAFTA-winning actor, a best-selling author, and one of our most loved travel documentarians and travel writers. His journeys across the world, beginning with Around the World in 80 Days, followed by Pole to Pole, Full Circle, Sahara, Himalaya, Brazil and more, were a key part of how many of us discovered the world growing up, through his eyes, and through his warmth and curiosity with whoever he encountered along the way.

From Saharan Africa and the Amazon, to western Scotland and North Korea, it was such an honour to hear the travel diaries of Sir Michael Palin. I hope you enjoy them.

Destination recap:

Sheffield, England
Norfolk, England
Solden, Austria
Venice, Italy
Barbados
Morocco
Mauritania
Chinguetti, Mali
Persian gulf to Indian Ocean dhow boat trip
West coast of Scotland including Glencoe
Aberfeldy, Scotland
New York, USA
Istanbul, Turkey
Kolkata, India
Pongo de Mainique, Peru
North Korea
Algiers
Vietnam
Gulag camps, Kolyma, Russia
Mongolia and the 'Stans
Altai Mountains
Walking in the Dolomites, Italy

Michael Palin’s North Korea Journal is out now, and available from all good bookshops.

Thank you so much for listening. If you haven’t yet left a rating or a review, why not do so now? Your support is so greatly appreciated and most importantly, helps others to discover the podcast.

Hit subscribe and every week a new episode will appear in your library.

This episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein

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Next Episode

Giles Coren

This week, I’m joined by the food writer and TV presenter, Giles Coren. Giles has been a restaurant critic and columnist for The Times for 17 years and alongside chef Monica Galetti, he is the presenter of Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby, which sees him travel the globe, visiting some of the world’s most incredible hotels, rolling up his sleeves to work alongside their staff. As well as some fabulous hotels, stay tuned for some fab foodie recommendations too.

I loved chatting to Giles - his take on travel amused me from start to finish. I hope you enjoy it too!

Destination Recap:

MGM Macau
Kenyan safari
Andalucía, Spain
La Petite Maison, London, England
Chewton Glen, Hampshire, England
Le Gavroche, London, England
The River Cafe, London, England
Min Jiang, London, England
Gymkhana, London, England
Palmers, London, England
Scott’s, London, England
J Sheekey, London, England
Inter-railing around Europe
Tourettes-sur-loup, France
Corsica, France
Giraffe Manor, Kenya
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
Schloss Elmau, Germany
The Brando, French Polynesia
The Bell Inn, Langford, England
Kerala, India
Cuba

Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby is out now on BBC 2, and is also available on BBC iPlayer.

Thank you so much for listening. If you haven’t yet left a rating or a review, why not do so now? Your support is so greatly appreciated and most importantly, helps others to discover the podcast.

Don’t forget to hit subscribe so that every week a new episode will appear in your library.

This episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.