It was a busy and rewarding year!! I covered a lot of ground, some of it old, but plenty of new. In 2016, I traveled to eleven new countries; including: Cuba, Belgium, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Iran, Bulgaria, Iraq, Eritrea, Honduras, and Guatemala. This brought my country count to 103. A great feeling to finally have crossed [...]
[Download .mp3] An intrepid traveller who has travelled to over 100 countries and has a special place in her heart for the continent of Africa. Lillie is a Peruvian native who arrived in the US as an exchange student. Avoiding the violence of the Shining Path in her home country she opted for a new [...]
Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part II. The bed was damp. I was curled in a fetal position under the covers, trying to keep warm. The door creaked and I my eyes eased open. I had just woken up from my first sleep in medical quarantine in Tibet near the border with Nepal. I slid up [...]
[Download .mp3] Stefan has been able to strike a great balance between life and travel. Stefan has a full time job and is married, yet still has managed to travel to 186 countries. Stefan’s passion for the Chinese language in school led him to studying, working, and living in China for eight years. He also [...]
Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part I. Xinhuanet Press (China): "During my quarantine at first I was worried, but the Chinese government provided us daily necessities, and I'm no longer worried anymore," said Jessica Ricci, an American. Let’s face it, as an American, I expect the Chinese to bend the truth a bit when it comes [...]
[Download .mp3] Sal has travel in his blood. He was born to an Italian father and German mother who began a quest to visit every state in the US when he was a kid. And Sal attended a boarding school with fellow students from 80 different countries. Sal is only 26 but has already traveled to [...]
Petronas Towers-Must-see. Kuala Lumpur does not match up well with a Cairo or Paris, which ooze monuments and history on nearly every corner. But Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, does have the Petronas Towers, a must-see landmark. Petronas Towers from 1998-2004 did claim the mantle as the tallest building at 451 meters in the world, [...]
[Download .mp3] Savannah left a comfortable life in Vancouver as a young teenager to backpack the world with her family and at 18 years of age had already traveled to 80 countries. Savannah, as a 14 year old, and her family were shaken out of their comfort zone in Canada. With her mother, older brother [...]
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