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Emma Slade was a high-flying debt analyst for a large investment bank when she was taken hostage in a hotel room on a business trip to Jakarta. She thought she was lucky to come out of it unscathed, but over the ensuing weeks and months, as the financial markets crashed, Emma became her own distressed asset as the trauma following the event took hold. Realising her view on life had profoundly changed, she embarked upon a journey, discovering the healing power of yoga.

In the autumn of 1988, Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with an ambitious plan: to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Jules Verne's fictional hero Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier. The rules were simple. He had to make the journey in 80 days using only forms of transport that would have been available to Fogg.

In 2001, Sharon Pincott traded her privileged life as a high-flying corporate executive to start a new one with the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe. She was unpaid, untrained, self-funded, and arrived with the starry-eyed idealism of most foreigners during early encounters with Africa. For 13 years - the worst in Zimbabwe's volatile history - this intrepid Australian woman lived in the Hwange bush fighting for the lives of these elephants, forming an extraordinary and life-changing bond with them.

Upon retirement at the age of sixty-two, and grieving his deceased wife, renowned journalist Bernard Ollivier felt a sense of profound emptiness: What do I do now? While some see retirement as a chance to cash in their chips and settle into a comfy armchair, Ollivier still longed for more. Searching for inspiration, he strapped on his gear, donned his hat, and headed out the front door to hike the Way of St. James, a 1400-mile journey from Paris to Compostela, Spain.

I am Anshul Akhoury, and I am an award winning travel blogger from India. I am an advocate of responsible travel in India and have won Silver in Outlook Traveller India Responsible Travel Awards. Here, on this podcast, I will connect with different experts from the field of responsible travel who have done something significant in this field. My other profiles Blog - https://dailypasseneger.com/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyuYPTXsb2-eGztAgb4csQ?view_as=subscriber Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/daily.passenger/

READ BY TOM HOLLANDER From Amsterdam to Cambodia, from Rome to Indonesia, from New Orleans to Libya, and from Detroit to Ko Pha-Ngan, Geoff Dyer finds himself both floundering about in a sea of grievances and finding moments of transcendental calm. This aberrant quest for peak experiences leads...

Holidays in Hell follows P. J. O’Rourke on a global fun-finding mission to the most desperate places on the planet, from the bombed-out streets of Beirut to the stultifying blandness of Heritage USA. P.J.’s unforgettable adventures abroad include storming student protesters’ barricades in South Korea, interviewing Communist insurrectionists in the Philippines, and going undercover in Arab garb at Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock Mosque. Packed with P.J.’s classic riffs on everything from Polish nightlife under communism to Third World driving tips....

Transforma tus breves vacaciones en turismo consciente, cambiando el estrés por un descanso profundo y reparador. Si tu exigente rutina laboral te deja poco tiempo libre, esta guía te enseñará a soltar la urgencia de acumular visitas. Adopta una mentalidad serena para sumergirte en la...

Quick stories from my real travels that are based on my Google Maps reviews — food stops, hidden gems, and memorable places worth visiting.

A 5-minute deep dive into one U.S. National Park unit each day This episode was written and voiced with AI tools and reviewed by a human editor.

Plongez dans un sommeil profond grâce à ces récits de voyage apaisants qui vous transportent au cœur du Japon serein. Oubliez le stress de la journée en vous laissant bercer par des promenades nocturnes et des paysages d'une douceur absolue. Conçue pour l'heure du coucher, cette évasion...

There’s no single “best” cruise, there’s a cruise that’s best for the way you want to experience the world. The Savvy Cruise Edit helps you sort through the endless options and find the ships, itineraries, destinations, and experiences that actually fit the way you want to travel. Hosted by Greta Smith, cruise travel advisor and owner of Savvy Travel Design, the show goes beyond generic cruise tips to explore the decisions that can turn a good vacation into an extraordinary journey. We’ll talk small-ship ocean cruising, river cruises, expedition cruising, yacht-style cruising, ...

Meet Andrew: French teacher, writer, and long-distance cyclist. Now meet Reggie, his bike. With two European cycling adventures already under his belt, Andrew was ready for a new challenge. Exchanging his job as a teacher in Oxfordshire for an expedition on Reggie the Bike, he set off on his...

The Barlumo Show pairs deep-cut Disney history with honest, no-hype trip-planning strategy — one story, one method, every episode. Hosted by two guys from Indiana who got tired of watching Disney trips turn into second jobs, and decided to fix it.

As a commercial airline pilot, Mark has spent nearly two decades crossing the skies of our planet, touching down in the cities he imagined as a child. He experiences our metropolises in short layover visits that repeat over weeks, months or even years, giving him a unique perspective on the urbanisation of the world. In this intimate yet expansive work that weaves travelogue with memoir, Mark celebrates the cities he has come to know and love, through the lens of the hometown his heart has never left.

The Himalayas, the tallest and the youngest mountains in the world, spread from Afghanistan and Pakistan through India, Bhutan, Nepal and Myanmar, with their northern extrusions, the Ximalaya Shanmai, across the Tibetan plateau in China. Despite border restrictions, the inhabitants of this region continue to share a trans-Himalayan identity, fragile yet enduring. The Himalayan Arc focuses on a crucial, enthralling, politically turbulent, yet often underreported part of this Himalayan belt the East of South-east.

On the 200-day journey around the world, Wigge makes forty-two trades and meets strange, kind, funny, friendly, eccentric, and good-natured people who help him in his quest. It’s a journey you won’t want to miss!

Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage - a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his work. Over the last decade, as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books, Peter Hessler has lived in Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in these two very different regions.

Mount Kilimanjaro is sometimes called "Everyman's Everest" because it is possible for a novice climber to reach the summit. And every year, more than 30,000 adventure tourists try. But for each person who goes to the mountain, there are thousands more who chat about it at parties, making plans to go...someday. That's how Daniel Dorr got started: flirting with a beautiful brunette and spouting impressive plans. Six months later, he was lying on the gravel trail at 18,000 feet, panting and hacking in the darkness.

Brought to you by Penguin. Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither here Nor there he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and...