Category: Storytelling
How Dangerous is Traveling, Really?
Bonus Episode This is an excerpt of our conversation with Graham Hughes where we both get kind of ranty and I wanted to give it its own space now at a time when our thoughts about the world have been challenged. We recorded this conversation pre-Trump and pre-Brexit- so neither of us had the knowledge…
Graham Hughes and the Four Year Odyssey
E16- Graham Hughes and the Four Year Odyssey Get ready for our biggest episodes yet! This episode guest has touched EVERY country in the world with the man who has been to EVERY country in the world WITHOUT FLYING. We talk to GH who has crossed every border, tasted every cuisine, and said hello in…
How to Weather Long Distance Relationships
E14-Beyond Language San Jose, Costa Rica I met Gaby while I was volunteering in a hostel in Costa Rica. Born and raised in San Jose, Gaby thought she was going to go down the traditional path of education right into a career. However, her choice to work in a hostel, just to get some dinero…
How to Be Location Independent
E12-The Dive Master I was living in San Jose, Costa Rica working at hostel Beku, and my boss wanted to throw a party and I offered to make a cake. However, I had to use his oven in his apartment next door and he mentioned his roommate might be home. I baked alone that afternoon until…
I Ran Away to Become a Yoga Teacher in Guatemala
E11-Searching For Self Lake Atitlan, Guatamala This interview chose to stay nameless so we will call him David. I met David while visiting Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. He was working as a yoga instructor at a beautiful hostel overlooking the edge of the lake. I haggardly arrived late at night after a 3-hour whiplash of a…
A World Filled with Sun
E10-A World Filled With Sun San Jose, Costa Rica I met Tina, from Finland, while making breakfast for the travelers at hostel Beku in Costa Rica. My main job while volunteering at the hostel was to make breakfast for all of the guests and other volunteers, which was nice to be creative and cook in…
Searching for Self
E9- Search for Self Lake Atitlan: Guatemala Have you always resisted the office job? Do you need a life that keeps you moving, questions, and searching for yourself outside of the conventional path? David had those same questions and drives. In this episode he opens up about the struggles and exhaustion of not fitting in…
We Only Know Tomorrow
E6- We Only Know Tomorrow Palenque, Mexico We now journey north through Mexico, through Chiapas to Palenque, which is where we meet Georgia and Martin. There are often times when I meet people who I have to tear away from in order to stop talking to them and I am often curious about other people’s…
Curiosity is like a Traveler
E4- Curiosity Is a Traveler Puerto Escondido:Mexico Nidhi was also working at the surfer hostel in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Though she be but little- she is fierce! and is challenging how people perceive solo female travelers in her homeland of India and around the world. We discuss the benevolent sexism we as women experience when…
Living My Retirement Now
E3-Living My Retirement Now Puerto Escondido, Mexico Jay and I met while working at a hostel in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. I would often watch him shimmy up the surrounding coconut trees, shading our little volunteer village, and together we would make coconut milk and attempt to make oil. Jay decided to pause his college career,…