The Travelers

"I don't think of myself as a traveler. I'm more of a curious person and I just have to go places to find my answers." Auður Olafsdottir runs the travel blog and tour company I Heart Reykjavik where she blogs about her home city and her amazing country waiting for her in her own backyard. Iceland, to me, is this lunar-like landscape with fjords, geysers, hot springs and mountains. I'm hoping today's guest can take us there and explain her love for Iceland, shine a light on a few lesser known areas, and inspire you to look at Iceland for your next trip. Explore further: I Heart Reykjavik Auður's walking tours of Reykjavik @Iheartreykjavik on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Music credit: Intrepid Journey, by Aaron Static Become a Friend of the Show: Please subscribe and review! It just takes a second and you can help the show increase its rankings on iTunes just by this simple and quick gesture. We’d be grateful for a review. Leave one here. If you do, click here to let me know so I can personally thank you! Yo

Juergen and Mike are self-proclaimed born-wanderers and life-long learners of new cultures, on the road to explore as much of the world as they can. How they're going about doing this is smart, and a route that I would recommend anyone who writes or blogs about their travels considers as a model for earning money on the road. Every 3 months, Juergen and mike travel to a new destination, immerse themselves in the culture, and write about their experience at For 91 Days. When they're done, they compile all of their articles and information into a book, which they sell as a part of their series of travel guides called For 91 Days: Sri Lanka, or For 91 Days: Busan, For 91 Days: Oviedo, and so on. And we'll explore why 3 months, how the idea is working, where it all started, and where they're headed next. Explore further: For 91 Days, Mike and Juergen's website @For91Days on Twitter For 91 Days Travel Books Music credit: Intrepid Journey, by Aaron Static Become a Friend of the Show: Please subscribe and review!

"I don't think sitting in a car for an hour, just to get yelled at by same guy... Just to do something that you don't enjoy. To have all that stress for no reason only to get back in the car, to go back home to try to alleviate the stress for the day? I just don't think that's what life should be about." Today’s guest has been to around 80 countries in in the past 5 years, having visited all 7 contintents and living in 12 different countries in 5 different continents. That’s awesome to be able to say, and I know he doesn’t take that for granted, which is exactly why he’s here today. When Marcello Arrambidé was 25, he needed to break away from dull nagging ache of routine and took an unusual direction, one that’s led him to a life of travel centered around a single skill that he’s cultivated over the years. That skill is day-trading on the stock market and helping others do the same through his website — The Wandering Trader. What We Cover How Marcello was determined to make travel a bigger part of his lifest

"As a little kid, I shuttled back forth between Ohio and Kathmandu, Nepal. Which I realize might make me sound worldly, except for the fact that my worldview was so limited that I thought the whole world was no bigger than Ohio and Nepal."  In 2008, today’s guest quit her job and sold it all to backpack across the Middle east, Asia and Europe for two years. This set in motion the desire for a lifestyle that incorporated travel as a regular part of the no longer boring routine. In this episode, we explore in depth how Paula could afford to this, continues to travel today and how you can do the same. Paula Pant is the mind behind Afford Anything where she helps others master their money, buy back your life, ditch the cubicle and embark on an epic adventure. I had the fortune of meeting Paula in Las Vegas back in January, and thought her enthusiasm for what she believes, and how she lives her message, to be infectious. I’m excited to riff with her about her location independence, why she does what she does, and

Today's guest is an innovator, creative artist, aviator, “working on world changing innovations and connecting with people all over the world.” Eric James is an avid traveler and he’s flown a fighter jet, which is pretty cool. He’s also tentatively set to be one of the first photographers to be on Virgin Galactic’s early space flights. I’ve been itching to get some one to come on and discuss space tourism. I’m looking forward to learning more about Eric’s background, his fear of flight, how he got a spot on that voyage, his vision for the project and what his expectations are for being a part of a new kind of tourism: Space tourism. What We Cover: How photography inspires Eric to seek out his most memorable travel moments. How Eric developed a love of travel How entrepreneurship and travel How Eric overcame the fear of flying and got a pilot’s license by using an exercise to embrace fear and use it as a trigger for courage Explore further: Eric to the Moon @JamesAzure on Twitter Eric's photo of the sta

This is part 2 of my conversation with Ginger Kern. Listen to part 1. Today we’re exploring what I mean when I talk about becoming an Explorer, or taking the mindset of an explorer into everything you do. Ginger Kern has spent the last 4 years traveling the world and observing the effects of travel on happiness, or how travel can make us feel more at peace with ourselves. She manages the summits put on by The Higher Purpose Project and recently co-founded the MBADventures Pilot Experience - which involves escaping with likeminded people on life-changing adventures. More recently, she's begun speaking on what she calls The Traveler’s Mindset, which is both a way of life and a digital platform she’s launching. I’m so excited to get into what she means by this, and why it matters, and how it relates to imagination, adventure and all of the prevailing themes of this podcast. What We Cover: Being stuck in the dull nagging ache of routine is a choice. Getting unstuck is a choice. How connecting with the humanity in

Today we’re exploring what I mean when I talk about becoming an Explorer, or taking the mindset of an explorer into everything you do. Ginger Kern has spent the last 4 years traveling the world and observing the effects of travel on happiness, or how travel can make us feel more at peace with ourselves. She manages the summits put on by The Higher Purpose Project and recently co-founded the MBADventures Pilot Experience - which involves escaping with likeminded people on life-changing adventures. More recently, she's begun speaking on what she calls The Traveler’s Mindset, which is both a way of life and a digital platform she’s launching. I’m so excited to get into what she means by this, and why it matters, and how it relates to imagination, adventure and all of the prevailing themes of this podcast. What We Cover: How a simple travel experience, on her own, in Italy gave Ginger a greater feeling of freedom, an addiction for travel, and the motivation to setup a life in Europe. Adventure is within you. The

"That idea that there are walls around me never existed... There's a humanity that unites us all." - Zach Glassman Two years ago, Zach Glassman left his job in corporate finance to make travel a bigger priority in his life, and the experience he had was transformative. Rather than ever come back to play the role of the person he was before he left, just last year he founded Passion Passport, a community of storytellers, photographers, and explorers — coming together around a mutual passion for travel. Zach grew up following his father in Central America after his parents met in Guatemala, and so ongoing travel has been a normality in his life for as far back as it goes. Nowadays, the community he’s fostering is in line with you, and the listeners of this show, and I’m excited to sort of unite the tribes around a shared love of meaningful experience and exposure to the complexities of the world. What We Cover: How being born into a family that's open to new experiences helped shape Zach's principles about tra

After growing up in Southern California, Kristin Addis found herself an investment banker who couldn’t ignore the call to adventure. So in 2012, after a year-long recovery from a debilitating shoulder surgery helped her realize she wasn't satisfied with her career, she quit her job, got rid of her stuff, and chose experiences instead, hitting the road independently to explore without guide books and using just her wits. Today she writes about what she finds at her travel blog, Be My Travel Muse, covering her experiences on the road and helping others to do the same, in her series So You Want to Be a Travel Blogger. I’m excited to learn more about how someone can make the bold decision to quit a lucrative career for a much more challenging, albeit personally rewarding, lifestyle - and what solo-travel has meant for her. She even took on the Annapurna Circuit without a guide and in this episode, you'll hear she did it and how you can to. What We Cover: How shoulder surgery helped Kristin realize her priority w

"I'm not going to spend my youth doing something I don't love. It seems really flip-flopped to me that we spend our youth working so that we can go travel when we're older when we might not make it that far in life, or have the ability to carry a bag anymore." - Kristin Addis After growing up in Southern California, Kristin Addis found herself in the role of an investment banker who couldn’t ignore her own inherent curiosity. In 2012, following a year-long recovery from a debilitating shoulder surgery that helped her realize she wasn't satisfied with her financial career, she quit her job, sold her stuff, and chose travel instead. On her own, she hit the road to explore the unknown with neither a plan nor a guide, just her wits. Today, she writes about what she's found at her travel blog, Be My Travel Muse, which covers her experiences in a life of travel and offers guidance and advice for others dreaming or striving to follow her unconventional path. In this session, you'll learn how someone can make the dif

Today’s guest is someone I met in Portland while attending World Domination Summit in July 2014. He shared this high energy and enthusiasm story about a motorcycle ride through the frozen Siberian landscape to the Arctic Circle. Everything he had to say about the story and why he was doing it, why he was sitting on that bike in the freezing cold captivated me and so I’m bringing his story to your ears. His name is Chris Plough. After the death of his parents, Chris began a downward trajectory into aggressive and dangerous behavior that resulted in nearly killing himself in a motorcycle wreck. He was directionless. Then one day he heard a story about these people who would drive beat up vehicles from London to Ulaanbataar, Mongolia. Hungry for a quest, Chris signed up, met new friends and with them drove a beat up ambulance across Europe and Asia. It broke down just before they arrived. But through adventure, Chris found what he was looking for: Direction. Since then, he's been on the Rickshaw Run and the Ice

  I can’t believe this is the 100th episode of The Daily Travel Podcast. I am so thankful to all of you listening to the show. You are the fuel that powers this show — and I’d like to just be sure you know how thankful I am that you’re out there and that this show is resonating with you. I’ve heard from so many people who have told me that because they were inspired by this show that they’ve actually booked that trip — their first big or independent adventure overseas, and I can’t tell you how honored and proud that makes me feel, knowing that this podcast can nudge people out the door and change their lives. I want this show, its message and guests, to inspire you so badly that you book that ticket, or make that change, in your life to make travel a bigger priority. This is your one chance to recognize that your desire to travel is an opportunity that will pass you by if you just keep putting it off. For me personally, very few things in life are more important than to see the world. This is the one opportun

"I often find that some of the hardest moments that hit, and you think there's no way to recover from it... right after that are some of my best stories, best moments, best successes. So ride them through and try to find another way to work it out. I think that's the key to turning those events around." - Chris Plough Today's guest is someone I met in Portland while attending World Domination Summit in July 2014. He shared this high energy and enthusiasm story about a motorcycle ride through the frozen Siberian landscape to the Arctic Circle. Everything he had to say about the story and why he was doing it, why he was sitting on that bike in the freezing cold captivated me and so I'm bringing his story to your ears. His name is Chris Plough and after growing up as an army brat traveling around with his family, he has launched successful companies, survived sketchy adventures and met incredible people. Today we're going to get into the sketchy adventures bit, such as driving an ambulance from London to Mongoli

This is part 2 of my conversation with content expert and world traveler, C.C. Chapman. Check out part one! C.C. Chapman is a lover of travel and online content, which for those of you who don’t care about that sort of thing, means he loves helping people make the things that you read or listen to, like this show, even better. He’s a sort of secret travel writer, his blog has a travel category packed with compelling, emotional content, and he also keynoted the Travel Bloggers Exchange (TBEX) conference in 2012. This is the new media travel conference of conferences. But two years is a long time in both travel and digital publishing — for example, back then, Apple didn’t even have a podcasts app. Today we get inside the mind of an expert to break down how to create compelling content that resonates and tell amazing stories with C.C. Chapman. 3 Steps to Become a Content Creator, Blogger or Podcaster C.C. recommends breaking down the process getting into travel blogging, or any "content" to better tell amazing s

C.C. Chapman is a lover of travel and online content, which for those of you who don’t care about that sort of thing, means he loves helping people make the things that you read or listen to, like this show, even better. He’s a sort of secret travel writer, his blog has a travel category with a lot of good content, and he also keynoted the Travel Bloggers Exchange conference in 2012 — this is the new media travel conference of conferences. But two years is a long time in travel, and digital publishing — for example, back then, Apple didn’t even have a podcasts app. I’m excited to get to know C.C. Chapman the traveler, and how his experiences have significantly changed his priorities in life and then dive into how to create better content for your audiences. What We Cover: How a trip to do medical aid in Ghana left C.C. with a memory he'd never forget, and a desire to continue to connect with people in the world. How he got his start speaking and where in the world that skill has taken him. C.C.'s best advi

Today’s guest bills himself as an entrepreneur and an explorer, and is definitely a man after my own heart. As such, Scott Dinsmore is the guy behind Live Your Legend, a revolution of people out to change the world by doing work they love. On there, Scott talks about finding the work that makes you come alive — as well as adventure and exploration of both the world, and the day-to-day. In other words, he’s out to help you solve the problem of feeling stuck in the dull nagging ache of routine. Back in May, on the cusp of a trip to Greece with his wife and friends, he wrote an article called Train Yourself for Everyday Adventure — and it was exactly in tune with this show, and my own personal beliefs about the effects of travel and their value to the individual and society. I also want to tap into Scott’s expertise to help anyone listening here, interested in or setting out to build a life of travel — about how to get started or identify that they’re on the right track. Explore further: Live Your Legend @_Sc

Candace Rardon is a writer, speaker, sketch artist and illustrator out telling stories about the world through her words and watercolors. You can see these stories on her blog and portfolio The Great Affair. Among other publications, her work has been featured in National Geographic's magazine. As an artist, Candace’s work has opened doors for her to experience the people in the places she’s been, and to take home with her the stories that define who she’s always becoming. Along with her regular travels, she also lived in India for nearly a full year and I’m excited to get into what that was like, as a traveler and as a woman on her own in a vastly different culture. What We Cover: Where Candace draws inspiration from for her art. Candace's path towards location independence after getting a degree in English. How Candace found herself on the Rickshaw Run throughout India, and how she fell so in love with the country that she lived there for a year afterwards. A deep dive into why she sketches and how doin

"Travel gave me all the confidence... I guess I didn't have a lot of self-esteem. I grew a lot as a person just by undertaking challenges and being in difficult situations and just by realizing, 'I can probably figure things out.'" - Chris Guillebeau A single trip to Africa set in motion a course of events that would make an impact on the world. Certainly my world, and the world of many of my friends. Today’s guest has been to all 193 countries, while championing above all a life of unconventionality, and non-conformity. Chris Guillebeau is the author of one of the most recommended books on this show, The Art of Nonconformity, as well as the $100 Startup and his forthcoming book, The Happiness of Pursuit. He’s also the mind behind the Art of Nonconformity blog, Unconventional Guides, and The Travel Hacking Cartel — all of which help people pursue a life less ordinary, and far more adventurous than prescribed by society. I’m thrilled to have a chance to speak with him about his quests, what he’s after, and how

This session's guest has been running independent tours for people of all ages through some of the colder regions of the world for over 20 years, including tours of Alaska and sailing trips to Antarctica - both of which really piqued my curiosity. Laurent Dick grew up in Switzerland and like so many of the Swiss, speaks four languages. And for the past 25 years, he’s lived in Alaska with his wife and son where started his tour company, Wild Alaska Travel. I’ve always been curious about the 49th State — and what’s waiting up there, so I’m curious to hear from Laurent about why he moved there and what it was about the place that he fell in love with. And then there’s Antarctica, a destination so many people dream to visit — yet seems so inaccessible and extreme. What We Cover: Laurent moved to Alaska after accepting an invitation to go mountaineering in British Columbia How spending two weeks alone in the wild traversing 2000 miles on a river through the Yukon Territory gave Laurent insight on what he wanted

This episode's guest is many things - including an author and writer, running coach, scuba instructor, Zen monk. He’s also a single father of an adopted son. In 2011, he left his career to explore a nomadic lifestyle with his then 9-year old son, believing that by ‘world schooling’ him, he can give his son the greatest opportunity, the chance to experience and learn about the amazing and complex world in which we live. Talon Windwalker shares these stories, struggles, and experiences on his blog, 1dad1kid.com. I’m thrilled to connect with Talon, and share his story about living without regrets, and why it’s so important to give young people the encouragement and opportunity to travel. What We Cover: How a trip to the Philippines to help with cleft palette surgeries changed Talon's life by exposing him to the beauty of the people and transformations, and gave Talon a desire to "experience life on a deeper level." How he came to the decision to "world school" his son. How by changing your travel style just a