Speaking Of Travel ®

Tamara Lee stepped out of her familiar zone to begin a path of self-discovery, which includes travel. She recently reignited her spark for adventure after spending a month in Fiji and New Zealand. Find out how you can plan your dream trip too! Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

"Birding is popular due in part to its simplicity," says Simon Thompson of Ventures Birding Tours. He leads small groups of naturalists and birders on trips in the US and throughout the world. Destinations include the Peruvian Amazon, Belize, Galapagos, Greece, France, England and Australia. Ventures also runs daytrips throughout North and South Carolina and offers weekends and longer trips to many of the top birding sites throughout the US. Birding... you just have to listen. Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Once a high school geek, Jon Levy is now a world-traveling behavior scientist and author of “The 2AM Principle,” which combines life-changing lessons with concrete science to show how to live more fully. Jon’s reputation as one of the foremost authorities on adventure is EPIC!Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Elizabeth Blair, a senior radio producer and reporter, travels for her work and loves to travel just for fun. She once lived in Paris and co-produced Le Jazz Club From Paris with Dee Dee Bridgewater. -Whitney Biennial, New York through June 11 www.npr.org/2017/03/18/520254685/from-striking-photos-to-surprising-stained-glass-a-wide-ranging-whitney-biennial -Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Roomswww.npr.org/2017/03/01/516659735/priestess-of-polka-dots-yayoi-kusama-gives-gallerygoers-a-taste-of-infinity Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Kathy Triplett tells us how experiencing places you’ve never been impacts your worldview and changes the way you view humanity. She discusses her latest trip to Iran and the warm hospitality and friendliness of the Persians! Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

In 1991, Billy and Akaisha Kaderli retired at the age of 38 and took off for travels unknown. Today they are recognized retirement experts and internationally published authors. In our conversation, they talk about their travel lifestyle and how they have made it work over all these years. Learn from their wisdom and experience!RetireEarlyLifestyle.comThanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Mandy Lea has an insatiable desire to explore and document the beauty all around us through photography. She left her day job to pursue freelance photography, and she lives on the road out of her teardrop camper, and is following her dream!Mandy says: Don't Wait • Be Brave • Be Grateful • Love Our Planet • Love Each Other • Love Yourself!www.mandyleaphoto.comThanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Dustin Berra understands the world isn’t fully explored and never will be. So he’s off exploring the less explored, exotic, physically challenging, and largely unknown places of the world. Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Sarah Benoit, co-founder at the JB Media Institute, recalls memories of happiness from her travels and how each journey contributes to her confidence, joy and contentment long after the trip is over.Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Gaby Kristensen spent 16 years working in the UK as a pilot. But she sold all her belongings, quit her job and with “Fox,” her BMW motorcycle, she hit the road looking to venture into new horizons.Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Sarah Jane Wilson went off traveling in 2002 and never looked back! She talks about traveling solo as a woman, meeting so many special and kind people everywhere she went and the impact of traveling around the world. Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.