by Trav | Aug 4, 2020 | Podcast, Podcast Interview
Joining me today is someone who has hitchhiked across oceans, who started off on a 5 year around the world journey with only $50 in his pocket and came home with a wife, and who is a fellow twin, Christopher Schacht, author of Around the World on $50 Bucks. This episode was recorded pre-COVID-19.
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In This Episode
- 02:20 Twin Talk
- 05:30 The Time Frame To Go Around The World Without Air Travel
- 08:50 Deciding On The Places To See & Learning To Use The Time
- 17:10 The Places Christopher Stayed The Longest
- 19:45 How Long Did That $50 Last
- 24:50 From Party Angel To Mining Gold: The Crazy Jobs Along The Way
- 31:50 Languages Learned Before & On The Road
- 34:45 Hitchhiking Across The Oceans
- 44:15 The Love Story & The Unusual Way He Met His Wife
- 50:35 Why Did The Traveling Stop? Do You Want To Travel Again?
- 57:15 Biggest Travel Mishaps
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by Trav | Jul 30, 2020 | Podcast, Podcast Interview
Joining me today is someone who since 2005 has hitchhiked across 95 countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq, to document hospitality and fight stereotypes and who has written a book about it called Hitchhiking in the Axis of Evil, Juan Villarino from JuanVillarino.com. This episode was recorded pre-COVID-19.
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In This Episode
- 02:30 Hitchhiking In Modern Times
- 10:35 Home Basing To Write A Book
- 12:40 Easiest & Hardest Places To Hitchhike
- 18:15 Building Authentic Connections Through Hitchhiking
- 23:10 The Rules Of Hitchhiking & Being A Good Hitchhiker
- 33:15 Solo vs With A Friend
- 36:15 Hitchhiking in the States
- 47:45 The Real Hospitality Of The People In The “Axis of Evil”
- 01:01:45 Biggest Travel Mishaps & Writing The Third Book
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by Trav | Jul 21, 2020 | Podcast, Podcast Interview
Joining me today are two guys who started the #1 hostel in Nicaragua, who have participated in the Mongol Rally, who have traveled through China, Colombia, and Peru sourcing fabrics and whose motto is to “Fight Against Boring”, Sean Kolina and Jeff Anderlite from BajaLlama.com. This episode was recorded pre-COVID-19.
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In This Episode
- 02:30 What is BajaLlama & Throwing The Darts On The Board
- 06:20 Deciding On & Running A Clothing Business
- 11:00 Supporting Local Artists & The Designing Process
- 20:50 What Is The Naked Tiger?
- 25:40 How Travel Has Impacted Them & How Has It Changed
- 33:00 The Crazy Mongol Rally & The Fight Against Boring
- 39:15 What Is The Mongol Rally & Where Do You Go?
- 42:00 Strategies & Marketing for BajaLlama
- 50:10 Biggest Travel Mishap
- 56:45 What Is Coming Next & In The Future
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by Trav | Jul 14, 2020 | Podcast, Podcast Interview
Joining me today is someone who is a founder through and through – he’s founded a coworking space in Bansko, Bulgaria, a Nomad Sailing Retreat, and who has just started another project called “Wild Nomad Safari”, Uwe Allgäuer from Wildnomadsafari.com. We are diving into what it’s like to have multiple businesses running at one time, the importance of having a community of like-minded people, & why you need to have time to connect and time to disconnect. (This was recorded pre-COVID-19 so dates discussed have changed)
Today’s podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus.
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In This Episode
- 04:05 Why So Many Projects & Being A Multipotentialite
- 10:45 The Backstory: Start of the Digital Nomad Life
- 16:15 Defining The Terms To Live The Life
- 23:30 Surrounding Yourself With Like-Minded People
- 30:05 Building & Running Co-Working Bankso
- 41:50 Beautiful Bulgaria & Business Perks
- 47:45 Wild Nomad Safari
- 52:30 How Does It Work & The Total Experience
- 01:01:00 Nomad Sailing Retreats
- 01:07:00 Biggest Travel Mishap
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by Trav | Jun 23, 2020 | Podcast, Podcast Interview
Joining me today is someone who is known as “a nomad attorney”, who in the last two years has ventured through Pakistan and Iraq, driven from LA to Alaska, and maybe most impressively, took the Trans-Siberian railroad in winter, and who just published his third novel, He Who Fights with Monsters (wow, I’m tired just writing all of that out!), Marc Weitz.
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In This Episode
- 04:15 Being A Nomad Attorney & Getting Started
- 12:05 Biggest Roadblocks
- 17:10 Tips For Beginner Nomads (Especially If Your Job Is Not Normally Nomadic)
- 22:50 Making Travel A Lifestyle
- 29:15 Living in Paris
- 35:20 Volunteering During Your Trips
- 37:45 Pakistan & Iraq Safety & Surprises
- 44:00 Accommodations & Getting Around
- 48:15 Exploring Eastern Europe & Transnistria The Breakaway Republic
- 51:30 Amount Of Time Spent Away
- 52:30 Tales From The Trans-Siberian Railroad In The Winter
- 57:45 Top Of The List Places
- 01:02:10 Biggest Travel Mishaps
- 01:05:20 Writing Novels & The Love of Writing
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by Trav | Jun 18, 2020 | Podcast, Podcast Interview
Have you always wanted to learn a new language? How about 20 of them? Joining me today is someone who retired ex-diplomat, who has 50 years of travel under his belt, and who speaks 20 languages, Steve Kaufmann from lingq.com.
What language(s) do you want to learn? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts.
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In This Episode
- 02:10 The Language Learning Beginnings
- 05:45 How To Make Your Brain More Flexible
- 08:15 Best Ways To Learn A Language
- 15:40 Lingq Language Learning
- 19:20 Is Isolated Vocab Necessary?
- 21:40 Comprehension & Tenses
- 24:40 How Long Does It Take To Learn A Language
- 28:45 How Important Is Immersion
- 32:35 How To Decide Which Languages To Learn
- 34:15 Which Languages Did He Give Up On
- 36:30 Learning Multiple Languages At Once & Losing What You’ve Learned
- 40:50 The Extensive Travel Life
- 42:55 Top of List Destinations
- 43:40 Diplomat Life & Living Anywhere
- 47:50 Travel Stories & Mishaps
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