Sinopsis
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle is a show for travel lovers. Each episode is packed with travel stories from fellow travel addicts on topics like using foreign languages, meeting the locals, getting lost and what we learn from our travels.
Episodios
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47 - Taking Tours on Your Travels
20/03/2017 Duración: 26minLoathe tours? Amanda knows many thoughtful travellers recoil at the thought of a month-long bus tour of Europe, but there is a time and place for shorter, smaller tours and that’s the topic of Episode 47 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast. First up, novelist Natasha Lester tells tales of the amazing private tours she took through Paris, helping her to research the history of fashion in a way that Google could never do. Another Australian novelist, Rachael Johns, then chats with Amanda about the pros and cons of taking small tours - and gives some great examples of being a tourist in your own town too by joining some local tourist guide experiences. Finally, Emma Mann talks with Amanda about how she’s leaning more towards joining small group tours when she travels solo, largely because it’s a great way to meet some like-minded fellow travellers, and Amanda is all for that! Links: Natasha Lester’s website - http://www.natashalester.com.au/ Natasha’s novel A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald - http://amzn.to/2kpLuVt Nata
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46 - Online or Off? Friendships and Travel
13/03/2017 Duración: 24minTravelling is a great way to make friends; travelling to meet up with online friends in the real world is another great reason to travel. In Episode 46 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, Amanda chats with three travellers who have tales to tell about the friends they meet up with around the world. First up, Cait Flanders describes the road trip she went on through the United States which include a large serving of meeting up with people she’d previously only known online - all with great success. After Cait, Amanda speaks with Serena Star-Leonard who has had similarly positive experiences traveling to meet up with people she has first connected with online. Amanda also chats with Emma Mann who describes friends she has made in the real world first while travelling - but of course, the online world makes it possible to keep in touch with them and continue those friendships. Links: Cait Flanders’ website Cait’s Budgets and Cents podcast Serena Star-Leonard’s Retire in 12 Months project Travel Kids Club Emma M
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45 - Ways to Experience Nature on Your Travels
06/03/2017 Duración: 26minGetting out into nature is a common reason for people to go travelling but everyone chooses to experience nature in their own preferred, different ways. In Episode 45 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, Amanda chats with three travellers about their experiences with nature and they vary widely. First up, Sarah Ridout explains the amazing Australian outback of Uluru and the national park of Kakadu - places that are completely unique in the world, and she thinks (Amanda agrees) every visitor to Australia should take the chance to see. Brooke McAlary, on the other hand, is all about the mountains. She’s having a love affair with the Canadian Rockies and makes mountain life - and even snow life - sound mighty enticing! Finally, Amanda chats with Zoë Dawes about two phenomenal experiences she has had with wildlife. These are such inspiring tales and have made Amanda go straight online to start looking up how to have similar experiences herself! Links: Sarah Ridout’s website Sarah’s novel Le Chateau - hard copy
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44 - How To Embrace Slow Travel
27/02/2017 Duración: 25minSlow travel is easily one of Amanda's favourite topics - taking your time when you travel instead of rushing around to see all the sights as fast as possible is a much more satisfying way to experience a new place, she thinks. In Episode 44 Amanda chats with three like-minded guests, starting with Brooke McAlary who, as the creator of the Slow Your Home blog and the Slow Home Podcast certainly knows a lot about slowing down, and shares some great thoughts about slow travel. Matt Treglia, Amanda's second guest, is a younger traveller but a smart one: right from the beginning, he had a sixth sense that slow travel is the way to go and Amanda thinks he and his girlfriend are really doing it right. Amanda's final guest in this episode is Cait Flanders and we chat about her plans to spend a couple of months based in one place, getting to know it as the locals do. Links: Brooke’s Slow Your Home website - http://slowyourhome.com/ Brooke’s Slow Home Podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-slow-home-podc
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43 - How Authors Travel to Research Their Novels
20/02/2017 Duración: 25minHave you ever read a novel set in a foreign place and wondered just how the author knew how to describe everything in this place? Chances are they took a trip there as part of their research and in Episode 43 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, Amanda chats with three novelists who have done just that. Natasha Lester is a fellow Perth-ite who writes historical fiction set in such wondrous places as New York City and Paris, and we chat about her experiences of travelling to these cities to do research for her novels. Amanda also chats with Kate Forsyth, author of over 40 novels and veteran of many research trips to places like Venice, Scotland and the south of France, and she surprises Amanda with which part of the writing process she’s at when she takes her research trips. Finally, Sarah Ridout speaks of the wonders of living abroad and how that inspires her writing, and they chat about the many benefits of living outside your own country, for your life in general as well as your novel-writing! Links: Natas
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42 - Great Travel Souvenirs
13/02/2017 Duración: 23minGreat Travel Souvenirs What do you bring back from a trip besides photographs and stories? I talked with three Australian travellers about their favourite souvenirs and how important they are as a means for remembering travel experiences. Sarah Ridout lived abroad in France, England and Ireland for over a decade before returning to Australia, and she collected a very smart kind of souvenir so that she’s constantly reminded of those experiences. Following Sarah, I chat with Julie Jones who explained that the kinds of souvenirs she and her family bring home from a trip have changed over the years. Holly Galbraith then chats with me about her aim to have ethically sourced souvenirs from her travels. Links: Sarah Ridout’s website - http://www.sarahridout.com.au Sarah’s novel Le Chateau - hard copy (in Australia) - http://www.booktopia.com.au/le-chateau-sarah-ridout/prod9781760404413.html Le Chateau in Kindle version - http://amzn.to/2kN8NHF Julie’s blog Have Wheelchair Will Travel - http://havewheelchairwillt
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41 - Culture Shock Abroad
06/02/2017 Duración: 26minTravelling to countries with different customs and cultures from your own can induce varying kinds of culture shock, and Episode 41 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast looks at a few examples of culture shock across Asia and the Middle East. Amanda begins by speaking to Matt Treglia about some of his very first travel experiences abroad, and especially the terror that came with trying to cross a busy road in Thailand, and his new-found love of the fact that most places outside of his home country of the United States don’t expect you to tip people! Following Matt, Amanda talks to Diana Edelman more about the cultural differences in Thailand and the various customs Diana had to get used to when she moved to Thailand. There is a lot to learn, and the Thai people don’t want you to lose face by telling you about the mistakes you make, so it’s a tricky road to navigate. Emma Mann then talks to Amanda about the unease she felt travelling as a young woman in the Middle East, when it was made clear to her that she s
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40 - Important Things Travel Teaches Us
30/01/2017 Duración: 24minAmanda is always looking for great reasons to persuade others to travel more and Episode 40 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast provides quite a few of those. Amanda chats with three guests who each have had interesting experiences teaching them something important on their travels Jeff Ryan, who in previous episodes has taught us the dangers of porcupines eating the rubber parts of your car, returns to chat about how travel can teach us a much more open mindset. Following Jeff, Amanda chats with Chris Christensen who has already learnt that anything bad that happens on your travels is just a good story and not worth otherwise remembering, and he shares a great story about having trouble finding room at the inn when his children were young. Finally, Amanda gets very philosophical with Jeff Sandquist who went on a road trip and figured out some enormous changes he needed to make to his life. Links: Jeff Ryan’s author website Jeff’s book, Appalachian Odyssey Chris Christensen’s site Amateur Traveler Chris’s Am
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39 - Fears and Freaking Out Before You Travel
23/01/2017 Duración: 25minIt’s 2017, everyone’s making plans for a new year, and it’s time to talk about one of the things that sometimes stops up making travel plans: fear. In Episode 39 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast Amanda talks with two great travellers who have had various worries before they’ve embarked on big trips, but they did it anyway, and of course are glad they did. First up, she speaks with Cait Flanders who spent a couple of months on a solo road trip throughout North America last year. She confesses she was freaking out before she left … but of course, everything turned out fine and she learned a lot along the way. Serena Star-Leonard is a traveller Amanda really admires for her seemingly fearless trips to all corners of the globe, and into sometimes challenging situations, but she confesses, too, that she’s not as confident as Amanda might have expected. Links: Cait Flanders’ website Cait’s Budgets and Cents podcast Serena Star-Leonard’s Retire in 12 Months project Travel Kids Club Join our Facebook group Tweet
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38 - New Year’s Eve Travels
19/12/2016 Duración: 24minEpisode 38 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast is the final episode for 2016 so Amanda is talking about New Year’s Eve Travels. Celebrating a new year is fun wherever you are but being somewhere away from home can make it even more exciting and memorable. First up, Kim-Ling of Travel-Ling has a great story to tell about a New Year’s Eve she spent on the island of Ibiza. Let’s just say it’s probably not quite the story you’re expecting to hear! Following Ling, Di Bortoletto of Travelletto talks about a great New Year’s Eve she spent in Tasmania recently. To finish the year, Amanda shares some of the travel resolutions and goals from listeners who are in the Thoughtful Travellers Facebook group - some of their planned trips might make you feel a little envious! Links: Dianne Bortoletto of Travelletto Kim-Ling of Travel-Ling Thoughtful Travellers Facebook group Tweet me @amandakendle Hashtag #thoughtfultravelpod Follow me on Facebook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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37 - Christmas Travels
12/12/2016 Duración: 25minMerry Christmas! With Christmas just around the corner, Episode 37 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast turns to travelling at Christmas time and Amanda chats with several travellers who have spent Christmas in far flung parts of the world. First up is Annalicia Lynn who had an interesting Christmas in Taiwan while she was teaching English there. Amanda and Annalicia chat about the cultural differences between many Asian countries and English-speaking nations and she has a very sweet story about how her Taiwanese colleagues tried to create a Christmas atmosphere in the workplace. Emma Mann has recently started a tradition of spending Christmas abroad, and she talks about the difference between spending Christmas in another country where the traditions are strong, versus a place where Christmas generally isn’t celebrated. Finally, Joe Baur from the Without a Path podcast chats about his current experience living in Germany at Christmas time - one of my favourite places to be during this season! Links: Annalici
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36 - Reasons to Love Japan
05/12/2016 Duración: 22minIt’s all about Japan in Episode 36 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast. It’s rare that Amanda chats about a single destination but she's made an exception for Japan, because a bunch of my guests have talked about it and she's just come back from a fabulous week exploring one of her favourite countries in the world. Photographer Martin Bailey moved to Japan 25 years ago to work in a lace factory and has now lived there most of his adult life. He has lots of wisdom to important about all things Japanese and yet they end up talking about toilets! Aggie Lim joins Amanda next to speak about issues of nudity. For a very modest society, Japan is very forward when it comes to bathing with strangers and we Aussies have a hard time adjusting to the onsen way of life. Finally, Joe Baur reminds Amanda of some of the challenges of getting by in Japan without fluent Japanese and we also chat about the amazing transport system. Links: Martin Bailey Martin’s photography tours and workshops God in the Toilet on Wikipedia God
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35 - Making Friends Through Travel
28/11/2016 Duración: 23minIn Episode 35 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast Amanda has a lot of fun chatting about the magic of making friends while you travel. There are so many bonuses of travel they don’t advertise in the brochures and developing friendships with people from all around the world is certainly one of them. Julie Jones joins Amanda to chat about the lifelong friendships she has formed while travelling and they muse on just why it seems easier to make friends when they’re away from home. After Julie, Amanda chats with Holly Galbraith about her many experiences of both making new friends and enhancing existing friendships through her travels. Finally, one of Amanda's all-time favourite guests Jeff Ryan talks about a different kind of friend he made while travelling. You’ll have to listen to find out what “different” means! Links: Julie’s blog Have Wheelchair Will Travel Have Wheelchair Will Travel Facebook community Holly Galbraith’s website Holly’s Tourism Upgrade podcast Jeff Ryan’s author website Jeff’s book, Appala
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34 - Travel and Stereotypes
21/11/2016 Duración: 25minStereotypes of people by nationality are rife in the world, and come up all the time when we travel. In Episode 34 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, Amanda chats with three people of different nationalities about their experiences with stereotypes on their travels. Jeremy Kloberdanz of The Life Bohemian has an interesting story to tell about an immigrant man he and his wife met while travelling around Italy; a man who wasn’t what he seemed. Lola Akinmade Åkerström, a Nigerian travel photographer living and working in Sweden, has a lot to say about pushing back against stereotypes and has a lot of wisdom to impart about sharing your own culture with others as well as learning about theirs. New Zealander Tom Parson of The Lego Backpacker also has some wise words about stereotypes and speaks about his experiences when working in China in the management of a furniture design factory. Links: Episode 4 on Smashing Stereotypes. Jeremy and Katie Kloberdanz of The Life Bohemian website The Life Bohemian Podcast Lo
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33 - Volunteer Travel to Help You and the World
14/11/2016 Duración: 26minYou might just be able to get the best of both worlds by travelling around the world and helping people by volunteering. It’s not always that simple, but in Episode 33 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast Amanda talks with three guests who have volunteered across several continents with a huge variety of organisations. First up, she chats with Serena Star-Leonard who started off a project to create videos of great projects in a school in the slums in northern Colombia - in a place where most taxi drivers refused to take them. Working with animals instead of kids, Amanda then talks to Diana Edelman who spent several years helping out at Elephant Nature Park in Thailand, a place that now gratefully accepts volunteers for short or long stints and does amazing work helping elephants. Finally, Amanda moves to agriculture with Audrey Wanders and her discussion of WWOOFing around the world and her experience of volunteering on organic farms, and wanting to do more. Links: Thoughtful Travellers Facebook Group Serena
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32 - On Keeping a Travel Journal
07/11/2016 Duración: 24minLots of people keep a travel journal when they travel and in episode 32 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, Amanda talks with three guests about their travel diary habits. Chris Christensen of the long-running Amateur Traveler podcast kicks things off by describing the journalling habits he has learnt from his wife, a hardcore travel journal keeper from way back! After Chris, Amanda speaks with Aggie Lim, who keeps varied travel journals including sketches and all kinds of paraphernalia. Finally, Holly Galbraith talks about how her commitment to keeping travel journals has ebbed and flowed over the years, but like many, she’s happier when she’s got a great record of her travels to refer back to. Links: Try a module of Travel Journal School Chris Christensen’s site Amateur Traveler Chris’s Amateur Traveler podcast Aggie Lim at Drawn to Explore Aggie’s new toy - the Polaroid Zip mobile printer Holly Galbraith’s website Holly’s Tourism Upgrade podcast My first travel journal aged 8 Tweet me @amandakendle Hashtag
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31 - How the Internet Has Changed Travel
31/10/2016 Duración: 27minIn Episode 31 Amanda is talking about the different ways, both good and bad, that the internet has changed travel - how we plan and book it, how we act when we’re travelling, even how much money we spend on it! Jeff Ryan has a great perspective on this topic having spent 28 years gradually hiking the Appalachian Trail in the US. Over those three decades, he has seen the internet change many aspects of how he travels, and he has fully embraced them. Lola Akinmade-Åkerström has, as always, something particularly thoughtful to say about how the internet has changed travel - and Amanda agrees that we need to use its power pretty mindfully to make the most of it. Finally, Mark Wyld rejoices about how the internet has changed the way we book and plan travel - and how it can save us money, too. Links: Jeff Ryan’s author website Jeff’s book, Appalachian Odyssey Lola’s site Geotraveler’s Niche Lola’s post from Ireland - The Farmer Who Inherited a Medieval Kingdom Wyld Family Travel Episode 21: Pros and Cons of th
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30 - Lace, Lego and Lola on Travel
24/10/2016 Duración: 25minIt's time for another round-figure episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, and Amanda is celebrating Episode 30 with a random mix of chats with some of her favourite travellers. What do they have in common? They're all talking about topics which start with L and have four letters! That's good enough for Amanda! First up, she returns to the story of Martin Bailey, who moved to Japan pretty much on a whim 25 years ago to work in a lace factory. This move completely changed the trajectory of this life – but it also impressively helped him to become bilingual, thanks to a lot of hard work and determination on his part. Next, at the special request of Amanda's six-year-old son, she digs behind the scenes of the Lego Backpacker by finding out more about how Tom Parsons takes very cool pictures of his Lego minifigures at famous destinations around the world. Finally, Amanda chats with Lola Akinmade-Akerstrom about transitions when moving from place to place (having moved from Nigeria to the United States and th
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29 - Sketching on Your Travels
17/10/2016 Duración: 25minWhether or not you have any artistic talent, Amanda believes that sitting down and doing some sketching on your travels is a great idea, and in Episode 29 she chats with two travellers who do just that (although it must be said that they both have great artistic talent!). Candace Rardon is an amazing artist who has sketched, drawn and painted her way around the world. She chats about the connections you can make if you sit down in a new place to sketch something of the scene around you. Aggie Lim is a former psychologist and long-time travel-lover who has come to sketching in more recent years, but is completely converted. She chats about the various benefits of taking a sketchbook with you wherever you go. Links: Candace Rose Rardon at The Great Affair Candace’s book on Amazon Beneath the Lantern's Glow: Sketches and Stories from Southeast Asia and Japan Aggie Lim at Drawn to Explore Aggie's Instagram account Tweet me @amandakendle Hashtag #thoughtfultravelpod Chat on Facebook See omnystudio.com/listener
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28 - Getting From A to B
10/10/2016 Duración: 24minGetting around on our travels can be fraught with both fun and difficulty. In Episode 28 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast Amanda chats with fellow travellers who’ve had some hairy experiences while getting from A to B, or have had some problems actually finding B! First up, Stephen Henson shares some stories of getting lost in Germany and China. Despite spending a large amount of time in China for work, Stephen still has plenty of moments when getting from A to B is rather tricky. Following that, Linda and Craig of the Indie Travel Podcast have a great tale to tell of the time they went hiking in the West Highland Way in Scotland. It might even involve some kind of yeti! Jean of The Traveling Honeybird has had some scary moments getting from A to B and her and Amanda discuss those horror taxi rides and other problems with transport on our travels. Links: Journeys with Stephen Craig and Linda at Indie Travel Podcast Craig and Linda at Performance Foundry Jean at Traveling Honeybird Tweet me @amandakendle