On this episode of 'the Nostalgic Vagabond' podcast, I talk with Zsófia Sáfár.
She's from Hungary and currently bases herself in Budapest and sometimes in Italy where she works as a journalist and has written for multiple print and web publications.
Zsófia describes herself as a beginner traveller, (4:30) but from the beginning, she has thrown herself in the deepened. Like cruising with strangers on a digital nomads cruise ship, and then backpacking around South America as her first solo trip. And from there, things continued to go up. Literally...
In conversation, Zsófia shares her motivations for trekking to Everest Base Camp at the start of 2020 (12:00). This kind of trip is all about pushing the limits (17:15) of your fears, physical abilities and inner stamina. Being organised is important too (18:30) but sometimes things don't go according to plan. And 2020 was definitely the year for that.
From experiencing altitude sickness on the mountain passes (24:00) to then not having the best equipment (27:45) to getting lost on the biggest mountain in the world (33:45) this trip was certainly a grand adventure as Zsófia explains.
And because my guest is used to being the interviewer and not the interviewee I figured why not let Zsófia ask me a few questions too (47:10)...
Enjoy.
You can watch a video from Zsófi's trek here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSXb3lIED_I&feature=youtu.be
Further links:-
Nomad Cruises: https://www.nomadcruise.com/
Magical Nepal tour company: https://www.magicalnepal.com/
Work Away: https://www.workaway.info/
Couchsurfing: https://www.couchsurfing.com/
A big thanks to Tom Forfar for creating the title tracks for the podcast series.
And, any comments or feedback feel free to email
the_n_v@yahoo.com
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