Friendships made while travelling are some of the best friendships of all, right? I think the kind of person we act as while we travel is closer to our best self than usual, plus we’re likely to interact with people who have similar interests and values - and then, whammo, we suddenly have friends for life!
In this episode I start off with a beautiful story from Diana Fischer about a friend she made on her first backpacking trip to Asia, in Sri Lanka. It’s a friendship that has stood the test of time.
Next, I speak with Noah Barnes, who describes both his own travel friendships, as well as the many friendships he witnesses being made every sailing season aboard his windjammer in Maine.
Finally, I chat to Oliver Jähnke about travelling for his YouTube channel, Queers of the World, and how the people he makes contact with ahead of every trip help provide him with instant friendships on arrival.
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181 Small Group Travel
180 Fourth Anniversary Travel Journal Memory Lane
179 Australian Tourism After the Bushfires
178 Interesting Plane Passengers Sitting Next to You
177 African Travels
Book Club 01: The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
176 When Travelling is Your Job
175 Walking and Hiking Travels
174 Life Lessons From Travel
173 Anxiety and Travel
172 Helping Others When We Travel
171 Moving to Another Country
170 How Travel Changed in a Decade
169 Romance and Travel
168 New Year Travels [Replay]
167 Christmas Travels [Replay]
166 Travel Year in Review
165 Travel Insurance Saves the Day
164 Please Travel With Your Children
163 Tony Wheeler, Lonely Planet Founder
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