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Conversations for Curious TravelersHow to Travel More Thoughtfully: Amanda Kendle of The Thoughtful Travel PodcastThoughtful Travel • Sustainable Travel • Meaningful JourneysWhat does it really mean to travel thoughtfully—and how can it transform the way you experience the world? In this conversation, I sit down with Amanda Kendle, longtime travel writer, lecturer, and host of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast. Amanda has been exploring and teaching about responsible, mindful journeys for decades, helping travelers discover how curiosity and connection can shape more meaningful adventures.Episode Highlights:How Amanda’s early travel experiences shaped her lifelong passion for exploring thoughtfully.Why curiosity is one of the most pow...
2025-10-0739 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast360 Amanda’s Interview on the Global Travel Planning PodcastWhen my friend Tracy Collins messaged me to say hey, I'm doing a new series on the Global Travel Planning Podcast and I want to interview you first - I said yes as fast as I could. Tracy had an idea to guide me through a chat about a number of my very most special travel experiences and I knew it would be fun. In fact, I think it turned out to be such a great chat that I asked Tracy if I could share it here with all my audience too. We cover so many topics...
2025-08-1232 min
Global Travel PlanningStamped: Amanda Kendle – How Thoughtful Travel Shapes a Life of Meaningful AdventuresIn this very first episode of the Stamped series on the Global Travel Planning Podcast, host Tracy Collins welcomes Amanda Kendle, creator of the Thoughtful Travel Podcast. Together, they dive into Amanda’s personal travel stories, exploring the sparks that set her on a lifelong journey of exploration, her most memorable destinations, and the transformative impact of travel.Amanda reminisces about early adventures, from a childhood road trip around Europe to epic journeys like crossing Russia on the Trans-Siberian railway. She shares practical insights on navigating off-the-beaten-path destinations, the joy of long-distance train travel, and her deep co...
2025-07-1630 min
Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure"Tourist or Traveller": a chat with Amanda KendleHello :) A month or so ago, Amanda Kendle had a natter with me, so she could make an episode of her Thoughtful Travel Podcast. Now that's gone live, I'm using the same interview to make my own version. We chatted for about 100 minutes in total - both our episodes are edited highlights! The discussion we had was a general one around travel, framed by a Buzzfeed quiz she found online. Because we're both Gen-X and still surf the web like it's 2007. But we used the questions to delve (a great word, sadly much maligned) deeper...
2025-04-241h 19The Thoughtful Travel Podcast336 Meeting Interesting People on Your TravelsEncountering new and interesting people is part of the magic of a good trip. Chatting with a stranger on a train or making a new friend at a hostel or bar is often what you remember above the sights you've seen. In this episode, I start by chatting with Carol McQuaid, who tells of a special person she met while working on a cruise ship. Next, veteran writer Thomas Swick shares tales of several of the fabulous people he has come across on his many travels. Finally, Bex Thomas explains just what happened when she followed her...
2025-02-0422 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast335 Mindful Travel with the Curious Tourism PodcastI'm excited to share this episode of Curious Tourism, a fabulous podcast about responsible travel, which I recorded recently with host Erin and producer Kattie, who generously agreed I could also share it here in my feed. We start off by chatting about some recent visa news for visitors to Europe and the UK, as well as the outrage in Australia to see our passport is the most expensive in the world. Then we get seriously deep by covering a bunch of thoughtful travel topics: how we can be more intentional in our travels at...
2025-01-291h 01The Thoughtful Travel Podcast334 Taking Your Nieces and Nephews TravellingWant to know how to be the favourite aunty or uncle? This episode about taking your nieces and nephews travelling will give you plenty of ideas! Mike Day, a wonderful uncle, starts off by explaining how he really hoped he could give his nephews something special by giving them the gift of travel. It seems to have worked as he has a wonderful story to tell about the impact a trip over a decade ago had on one of his nephews. I then chat with Dianne Bortoletto, a fabulous aunty, about her recent experience in...
2025-01-2420 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast333 OvertourismOvertourism is a buzz word of late, but not a good one. We've all read about the cities and regions being overrun by tourists, who might be damaging natural or historical sights, or making an area unaffordable for its original residents to stay in. In this episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, I speak with three guests with an interest in overtourism and ask for their thoughts. First up, I speak with Dylan Thuras of Atlas Obscura. Dylan's whole website and podcast are based around encouraging people to learn about, and visit, less popular, more obscure places...
2025-01-1824 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast332 Playing and Watching Sports on Your TravelsIf you're a sports fan (and as one guest will prove, even if you're not), travelling to play or watch sports can be a great combination of two enjoyable pastimes. It's one way you can immerse yourself in something that local people enjoy as well, and can even be a great way to connect or make new friends. In this episode I hear firstly from Julie Kaplan who has had some fun table tennis experiences in several countries - it's a great story! I then chat with Tara Wells, who is not usually a sports fan, but c...
2025-01-1222 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast331 Working with Animals in TourismLearning more about being a responsible traveller when it comes to seeing or interacting with animals on my trips is one of the biggest learning curves running this podcast has given me over the past decade. In this episode, I hear from three professionals working at the intersection of animals and tourism, in three different but equally fascinating roles. First up, I chat with Nora Livingstone of Animal Experience International, about a trip she took to Sierra Leone to visit a dog rescue centre that was looking for volunteers. Then, I speak with John Roberts, director of...
2025-01-0422 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast330 Travel Trends and Resolutions for 20252024 is reaching an end, and I'm honestly looking forward to getting on with 2025! This year was a bit of a bust: the sudden loss of my Mum tainted most of the year with various repercussions, and even this podcast suffered from some neglect! But with a shiny new year ahead, I'm happy to look back on what travel I did manage in 2024, as well as talk about what seem to be the most likely travel trends for 2025. I also asked listeners about their resolutions for 2025 and I'm glad to include a wonderful selection of ideas...
2024-12-1719 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast329 Museums and Ethical IssuesLike many parts of travel, in recent years I've started to rethink some aspects of museum that I just took for granted in my early years of travel. In this episode, I chat with three guests on a variety of aspects of the ethics of museums, which all gave me great food for thought. First up, I spoke with Chris Christou, who articulates some of the key ethical issues many museums face, especially those that are focused on archaeological artefacts - some of which might not have been acquired in the most ethical of ways! ...
2024-12-1027 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast328 Hong Kong Trip Report 2024Almost 40 years after my first trip to Hong Kong, I returned in November with my teenager son. Back as a nine-year-old, Hong Kong was the very first place I'd been to outside of Western Australia, so it made quite the impression. This time, I was there to visit friends who've recently moved there, and to do some extra sightseeing while they were at work. In this trip report episode, I'm going to let you know what my highlight was (hint: it could happen anywhere in the world!), explain the sightseeing we did and something intriguing I learnt a...
2024-12-0325 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast327 Rare Encounters With Nature on Your TravelsA huge reason many people travel is to get away from city life and into nature. In Episode 327 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast we don't just get into nature - we hear about some really rare and unique encounters with the natural world. First up, I chat with Satyajit Das, a veteran of many intriguing wildlife encounters on his travels, who explains how lucky he was in coming across the small cats of South and Central America: ocelots, margays and onchillas. Next, Paul Christie explains something of the history of the sakura or cherry blossom...
2024-11-2624 min
Soul of Travel: Women's Wisdom and Mindful TravelThoughtful Travel and Podcasting with Amanda KendleSend us a textIn this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Amanda Kendle, host of the Thoughtful Travel Podcast.Amanda’s motto is: Why just have one career when I can do everything I love all at once? In March 2016, Amanda launched The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, one of the most downloaded travel podcasts in Australia. She speaks with fellow travel-lovers about many of the wonderful ways travel has changed their lives, but also about how we can make sure that tr...
2024-09-041h 06The Thoughtful Travel Podcast326 UK Trip Report England and Wales 2024This episode is a joyful collaboration with Tracy of the UK Travel Podcast. When one of your best friends invites you to his wedding in the Lake District in England, you say yes! We first met Cham in Cambodia - back in Episode 114 - and we've holidayed with him across Asia ever since, but meeting up in the UK to celebrate his wedding was our most exciting adventure together yet. My 14-year-old son and I took the opportunity to explore some more of north-west England and northern Wales while we were there, taking in Manchester...
2024-08-1330 min
UK Travel PlanningWedding Bells and Football Dreams: Amanda Kendle’s Thoughtful UK AdventureIn episode 111 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy Collins welcomes friend and fellow podcaster Amanda Kendle from the Thoughtful Travel Podcast. Amanda shares her recent UK trip and reflects on how being a thoughtful traveller enhanced her experiences before, during, and after her journey. From attending a wedding in the picturesque Lake District to exploring the football culture in Manchester and Liverpool, Amanda provides insightful tips on planning a mindful trip. Tune in to discover how to make your travels more intentional and enriching.⭐️ Guest InformationAmanda Kendle is the...
2024-08-1329 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast325 What People Think About AustraliaIf you think of Australia, you're bound to imagine a few stereotypes of what life here is like: sun and sand might feature, and you will perhaps imagine we're a laidback nation of permanently relaxed people. Over the last year, the topic of what people think about Australia has come up with quite a few guests so I decided to compile an episode about these ideas. I chat first with Michael Jensen who spent half a year here on student exchange in the 1980s, and recently returned for another months-long stint: what had changed? Quite a lot...
2024-07-0627 min
The EMMA LOVELL ShowTravel as self care with Amanda KendleExploring Slow Travel and Career Balance
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Amanda has been running her social media and blogging consultancy business in Perth since it began by accident when her son was tiny. She's also a travel addict and have been publishing The Thoughtful Travel Podcast for over five years. Fun fact: She drinks more green tea each day than many people do in a lifetime!
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2024-07-0549 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast324 Friends From TravellingMeeting new people is one of my favourite parts of travelling, and when these chance encounters turn into long-term friendships, that's just perfection! My most recent trip, three weeks in England and Wales, came about because my son and I were invited to attend the wedding of a dear travelling friend, who we originally met in Cambodia and have also travelled with in Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand - and now England! This episode features many such friendships, but the most unique is Daniel Troia's friendship with a family in a tiny, picturesque village in the Swiss Alps...
2024-06-0822 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast323 Language Learning Through Travel and ImmersionLearning other languages can be really hard - especially if you're sitting in your home country trying to learn from a boring textbook. The guests in this episode all decided that they'd learn another language - Thai, French, Polish and Welsh - by travelling and immersing themselves in the language, in varied and interesting ways. First up, I hear from Paddy Jenkins about his experience of learning Thai - in fact, teaching himself Thai - while he spent six months volunteering in Chiang Mai. Spoiler alert: yes, he would literally take his notebook and dictionary even if...
2024-05-1627 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast322 Life-Changing Study Abroad ExperiencesAlthough I never studied abroad myself I have no doubt at all that I would have loved every minute of it - and my three guests today certainly remind me of all of the many ways a study abroad experience can be life-changing. I start off chatting with Pam Petro who studied a graduate program in Wales, and not only learnt something from her course but began a lifetime obsession with all things Welsh. Next, I speak with Brandon Miller who studied abroad in France. He has now co-founded the Too Fly Foundation which helps...
2024-04-0923 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast321 B Corps in the Travel IndustryFor travellers like us, knowing a tourism business we are about to use is properly thoughtful, taking into account the impact we will have on the community and the environment, is important. But with an industry full of greenwashing and unsubstantiated eco-credentials, it's sometimes difficult to know what we can trust. Over the past few years now I've had a growing awareness of B Corps but was very keen to dig deeper, so this podcast episode is here to satisfy my own desires to know more, but also to help my listeners understand what makes a B...
2024-03-2522 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast320 Thanks for the Travel Bug, MumThis is an episode I never imagined I'd need to make; family lore was that my mum June would live to a hundred. But very sadly, after a sudden terminal cancer diagnosis in late January, my beautiful mum passed away early in February. As the biggest fan of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, I knew I couldn't restart it after my time away without mentioning my mum and how she encouraged me to travel - I definitely wouldn't be here creating this podcast without her influence throughout my life. My dear friend Di Bortoletto and I sat in...
2024-03-1922 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast319 Homestays When You TravelStaying in someone’s home is the ultimate in starting to understand the local way of life when you travel, and I’ve had some brilliant homestay experiences in the past. In this episode devoted to homestay accommodation, I first tell you my own tales of Russian homestays, with some of the delightful interactions with homestay hosts in Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Moscow and St Petersburg. I then chat with Nina Karnikowski who explains many of the thoughtful values of homestays, and has a great example of her own experience in India. My other guest is Iris Villarreal, who tell...
2024-01-2324 min
The Committed Creative Podcast#81 Tapping into Your Creativity with Amanda KendleIn this episode of The Committed Creative podcast, Amanda shares her journey from accidentally starting her own business after her son was born to building a successful career in podcasting, social media training, and teaching creativity. Amanda speaks about the importance of blogging and content creation for businesses, the challenges of finding work-life balance as a self-employed creative, and the impact of social media on creativity. Amanda also provides insights into her work with the Creative Schools program and offers advice for those looking to transition from a 9 to 5 job to pursue their creative passions....
2023-11-2950 minGlobal Travel PlanningBecoming a Thoughtful Traveller: Insights with Amanda KendleAmanda Kendle is a podcaster (The Thoughtful Travel Podcast), travel blogger (NotABallerina.com) and writer known for her thoughtful approach to travel.In this episode of the Global Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy Collins chats with Amanda about her Thoughtful Travel Framework and what we can all do to become better travellers by adopting a more mindful, thoughtful approach.⭐️ Guest - Amanda Kendle📝 Show Notes - Episode 1🎧 Listen to nextEpisode #20 - An Introduction to Margaret River with Kerry Heaney...
2023-10-0439 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast276 Walking the Cape to Cape Track in Western Australia with Catherine MarshallThe Cape to Cape Track has loomed iconically in my mind for many years, although its location down in the south-west corner of Western Australia means many of you won't have heard of it. Running from Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin - and more traditionally, from the lighthouses at each end which I've visited as tourist attractions many times throughout my life - this 124km walk passes along beaches and cliffs, through forest and up and down dunes, all the time with the ocean either boldly visible or at least close enough that you can hear the waves. In...
2022-10-1151 min
Streets and EatsThoughtful Travel with Amanda KendleWe'd love to hear from you! Send us a text. Make sure you have an email address in there if you'd like a response! Cheers!This episode is for those travelers who are looking to get the absolute most out of your trips, and hopefully spreading some goodness along the way. Amanda defines "thoughtful" travel for us and gives plenty of examples. It really makes you think! Amanda's Podcast: Thoughtful TravelAmanda's Website: Not a BallerinaShow NotesJoin our private Facebook group: Streets and EatsCheck out our USA website...
2022-01-2847 min
Live and Love Your BrandThe power of podcasts with Amanda KendleHow podcasts, as a host or guest, can help build your brand
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2021-12-0940 min
Lovelly Travels#26 - Amanda Kendle - The Thoughtful Travel PodcastWe chat with traveller, blogger and podcaster Amanda about the love of travel
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https://www.instagram.com/amandakendle/
Facebook page:
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Blog:
https://notaballerina.com
And of course, listen to her podcast on itunes, Spotify or an of your favourite podcasting apps - The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Questions, comments, feedback? Email us, info@lovellytravels.com
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2020-10-1340 min
New School of MarketingDiversifying your income streams with Amanda KendleEver heard entrepreneurs say that you should have multiple income streams. I’ve heard people say that you need seven.In this episode Amanda and I talk all about diversifying income streams. You’ll find out what Amanda’s diverse income streams are, how important it is to have diverse income streams and how she juggles it all. Send me a message right here Connect with me Website: www.newschoolofmarketing.comFacebook: @newschoolofmarketingInstagram: @bianca_mckenzie Work with me:🟠 SALES ACCE...
2020-09-0121 min
The BootcastS2 - E11 | Thoughtful Travel with Amanda KendleIrish Bootstrapper interviews Amanda Kendle, a self-employed Australian who runs the Thoughtful Travel Podcast and Blog NotABallerina.com. We talk about the life lessons learned from travel, the Australian bushfires, favourite places in the world and some good book recommendations. Tune in and enjoy!Audio here >>> link.chtbl.com/sor5o7AsGo follow @amandakendle on Instagram, Twitter and check out her Travel Blog at NotABallerina.com and podcast, Thoughtful Travel Podcast where you listen to podcasts.Follow the rest of The...
2020-04-0637 min
ExtraVirgin Food and TravelMindful Travel With Amanda KendleFlight shaming, volun-tourism, mega cruise ships, sustainability - all current hot topics in the travel world. In this episode of ExtrvaVirgin podcast, we talk to Amanda Kendle, podcaster at The Thoughtful Travel Podcast about the positive and negative impacts of travel; environmental, cultural and economic. Which destinations are taking the effects of over-tourism seriously and implementing strategies to control its impact? We discuss 'slow' travel', voluntary tourism and whether Airbnb has a positive or negative impact on communities. In the end, do we need to give up travelling or can we be...
2020-03-0327 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast151 Scuba Diving TravelScuba travel has never been high on my wishlist but after talking to my three guests on Episode 151 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast about their diving trips all around the world, I'm beginning to think otherwise! Scuba diving holidays are special - and my first guest Ella Loeffler should know as in the short few years since she first learnt scuba diving, she's tried it out in quite a number of places around the world. Liveaboard diving sounds especially good to me - kind of like a separate trip within a trip where you get to hang...
2019-08-2725 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast150 Post-Denmark Thoughtful Travel DebriefBefore I travelled to Denmark a couple of months back, I recorded Episode 140 with all my thoughts ahead of that trip. In particular, I wanted to be a more intentionally thoughtful traveller on that trip and in this special Episode 150 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast I'm following up on how that all went. It turns out - quick spoiler - that being more intentional really helped me to have an even better experience in Copenhagen and rural Denmark. But you'll have to listen to the podcast to find out why! A special bonus in this...
2019-08-2022 min
Ratt Talk PodcastEp. 87: Ratt Talk Solo IVRatt talks about the Ratt Showcase that happened on Oct 20 , 2018 @ The Silver Dollar , and he lets you in on a few projects he's working on. Hosted by - Matt (The Ratt) , Amanda Song : 1. Glock Talk Back (ft. Jaysin the Sin God) The animated music video for Glock Talk Back from the new album #Skinwalker available now through Force 5 Records! Music video by Kendle Peters for Reiken Media. Copyright 2018 Force 5 Records. All rights reserved. Band Web Page ......................................... ......................................... https://skribbal.bandcamp.com Theme Music By : Skribbal Themed song by : Skribbal.
2018-11-0641 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast90 - Interviewing Amanda Kendle - Two-Year Podcast AnniversaryIt’s two years since I launched The Thoughtful Travel Podcast for my fortieth birthday. (Because why not do something crazy like launch a podcast for your fortieth?!) For the two-year anniversary, I decided to turn the tables and instead of getting other people’s stories, I asked my Thoughtful Travellers Facebook group to ask me the questions! They came up with many and varied questions and I had a lot of fun answering them - and I got my friend Kristy who featured in the very first episode of the podcast to interview me. Hope you enjoy it! Links: Thanks...
2018-03-2742 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast86 - Travel and Self DevelopmentOne of my very favourite topics in the world is talking (for hours) about why travelling is good for you and all the self development and educational benefits of travelling. Happily, a lot of the guests on The Thoughtful Travel Podcast feel the same way, and in Episode 86 I chat with three women who all agree the benefits of travelling the world are many and varied. First up, I chat with Pam Lynch, who had travelled a lot with her family but really took things to the next level a few years ago when she started travelling...
2018-02-2624 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast82 - Hobbies and TravellingWhat do you love to do - other than travel - in your spare time? While my listeners and readers have a love of travel in common, they have a huge range of other hobbies and this episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast is all about combining hobbies with travel in various ways. To kick it off I chat with Kelly Dunning who wrote a great post on her Global Goose blog about the importance of finding ways to keep up a hobby or two if you’re travelling long term - something I very much concur with. It’s easy...
2018-01-2926 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast80 - Travel in AfricaEver dreamed of a trip to Africa? Or have you already had the good fortune to visit Africa? In either case, Episode 80 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast will entice you, I think! I speak with three travellers who have extremely varied experiences of Africa, once again reminding me that it’s a truly vast content and that I need to plan a trip to Africa as soon as possible. To start off, I chat with Ian of the Barefoot Backpacker about his trip to Benin. Now, the Republic of Benin is not somewhere on the top of mo...
2018-01-1523 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast63 - Travel to Change Your Life’s PathTravel can be life changing in many ways and the guests in Episode 63 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast are proof of that. To start off, Amanda chats with Penny Wincer who made what Amanda sees as a huge decision to spend a year volunteering in Thailand at the age of just 18. She definitely learnt a lot and it set the tone for how she’s approached travel - and many aspects of life - ever since. Next up Amanda chats with Becky Livingston, who made a similarly huge decision to spend a year in Australia on a tea...
2017-07-3124 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast62 Foodie Lessons from TravelWho doesn’t love exploring new cuisines on their travels? Amanda is always keen to set her taste buds loose on some new foods but as her guests and Amanda discuss in Episode 62 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, it’s not just about the taste buds: foods in other countries can also teach us a lot. In this episode Amanda starts by chatting with Alicia Nelson who learnt some foodie lessons on her travels in Spain and Japan. Following that, Zoë Dawes tells Amanda some interesting tales about foodie lessons she learnt in Hong Kong and beyond and th...
2017-07-2425 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast61 - Travel and GratitudeAmanda could give you a page full of reasons she feels a sense of gratitude connected to travelling, but instead, she's going to let her three guests share some of the reason they feel grateful thanks to their travels. First up Amanda speaks with Alicia Nelson, who is grateful for an important lesson she learnt about life at home while she was travelling. Then Amanda chats to Cassandra Le; as a child of refugee parents, she has a particularly strong gratitude about her ability to travel. Finally, Abby Lewtas sums it all up nicely by refle...
2017-07-1724 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast60 - Fun and Philosophical TravelIt’s the round-numbered episode 60 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast and that means Amanda has a mixed bag for you: the common theme is these chats are either fun or philosophical or both. First up, Amanda chats with Becky Livingston who is definitely a kindred spirit on the topic of travel and they had a philosophical chat about all the wonderful reasons we should travel. Changing tone, Amanda talks next with Yasmin Newman who has some wonderful tales to tell about eating her way around the world and some of the consequences of having a ve...
2017-07-1025 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast59 - Conversations with LocalsEpisode 59 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast is all about having conversations with locals when you travel. Meeting local people is such a fun and rewarding part of travelling and it’s something Amanda always tries to do, even if she has to push herself a bit beyond her comfort zone to do it. In this episode, Amanda start off by chatting with Alicia Nelson about some great lessons she learned from speaking with her Spanish friend and her family on a trip to Spain when she was younger. Her friend’s father Miguel uttered some of the wise...
2017-07-0326 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast58 - Solo Travel FreedomTravelling solo is a really special way to travel and it’s the focus of Episode 58 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast. Everyone’s experience of solo travel is different and these three guests all have a different story to tell from travelilng on their own. First up, Amanda chats with Abby Lewtas who was inspired by a cousin to hit the world on her own, and took off for a big backpacking trip around South America - although not without some hesitation. On the other hand, fellow podcaster Hayden Lee doesn’t seem to do anything w...
2017-06-2724 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast57 - Taking Photos of People on Your TravelsIn Episode 57 of The Thoughtful Travel podcast Amanda talks about taking photos of people on your travels, by chatting with a couple of photographers she knows who volunteer with her for the Fremantle International Portrait Prize. She always feels like photographers are particularly good at being thoughtful travellers because they are always trying to get into the minds of the locals to get the best, most telling photographs in different places around the world. Amanda chats first with Lawrie Beilin, who has a wide range of excellent tips on breaking the ice and getting good photographs of p...
2017-06-1922 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast56 - Unique Travel, Unique DestinationsTravelling to unique places or travelling for unique reasons fascinates Amanda and the three guests she speaks with for Episode 56 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast have some very unique stories to tell. Starting off with fellow travel blogger Sharon Gourlay, they chat about her recent trip to a place that Amanda would love to see - North Korea. Politics aside, it’s simply a truly unique experience. Next Amanda speak with Abby Lewtas, who has travelled a lot but had a stint travelling to North America and Europe for a particularly interesting sporting reason … but you’...
2017-06-1223 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast55 - Life-Changing TravelTravel is so very often life-changing - it’s one of the big reasons Amanda is always trying to encourage people to travel more. On Episode 55 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, Amanda talks with three people who agree with her. Amanda's first two guests, Kate Forsyth and Zoë Dawes, speak of their early experiences of travel and how that changed their lives. Kate had some adventurous times in her childhood, whereas Zoë learnt about the adventurous nature of her great-grandfather instead then let loose once she first got to travel abroad in her twenties. Her fina...
2017-05-1524 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast54 - Benefits of Travelling with KidsHonestly, the benefits of travelling with kids are uncountable - and that’s benefits both for kids and their parents! in Episode 54 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, Amanda talks with three travel-loving parents about how they travel with their kids. First up, novelist Natasha Lester talks about what her three children learn from their travels abroad and how she considers it a far better education than school. Next up, journalist Alicia Nelson and Amanda chat about just how much extra fun travel can be with younger children and the different viewpoints you can get by slowing down an...
2017-05-0821 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast53 - Travel with Disability and Chronic IllnessIt’s common to face a few difficulties when we travel but in Episode 53 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, Amanda chats with three guests who face more than their fair share of challenges when they travel, because they or a family member has a disability or a chronic illness. Their stories are inspiring and of course, their desire to travel trumps the potential difficulties and Amanda loves that! First up, Amanda chats with Julie Jones of Have Wheelchair Will Travel who loves to travel with her family, including her son who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a b...
2017-05-0125 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast52 - How Travel Sparks CreativityAmanda is constantly amazed how creative and inspired she feels while she's travelling - without even trying, the creativity just seems to well up in her and pour out. The best bit is, it turns out she's not alone. In Episode 52 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, Amanda starts by chatting with Brooke McAlary about her experience of creativity when she’s on the road. Amanda was expecting her to cite her beloved mountains as a source of inspiration but in fact, the main reason travel sparks her creativity is something quite the opposite. Amanda then ch...
2017-04-2424 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast51 - Reverse Culture ShockEveryone has experienced culture shock on their travels, but what about reverse culture shock? When Amanda returned back to Australia after six years living in Asia and Europe, reverse culture shock hit her badly, and she's definitely not alone: Episode 51 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast includes chats with three other travellers who’ve had the same experience.
First up, Amanda chats with Cait Flanders, who suffered from some reverse culture shock after returning to her hometown in Canada after a two-month American road trip. Mike Campbell and his family spent a year housesitting their away around the Unit...
2017-04-1725 min
Backpack DigitalS5E5: Lessons from Japanese Vegetables - Amanda Kendle: Not A Ballerina | Thinker | TravelerTravel changes a person. Adapting to an entirely new culture and people not only alters the traveler while they live in that culture, but also changes them irrevocably when they return home. Getting used to the world around you is an important travel step, and one Amanda Kendle is intimately familiar with. Amanda lived in three foreign countries during her twenties, and is the master of slow travel. During her lifetime, she’s developed a travel mentality that can be summed up in one word: “thoughtful.” She fosters the more cerebral aspect of travel, using her thoughts to rationalize and re...
2017-04-1736 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast50 - Cold or Sick? Adversity on Your TravelsSitting in sunny Perth, Western Australia, makes cold weather or illness seem far from Amanda's mind, but they still happen to us on our travels and we still get through it! In Episode 50 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, Amanda chats with three guests about experiences of adverse weather and health on their travels and it turns out that these generally make for some good stories. First up, Amanda chats with fellow Aussie Brooke McAlary about what they’ve learnt about experiencing really cold weather over the years. When you grow up in a warm country, you’ve got...
2017-04-1024 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast49 - Understanding History Through TravelHistory can really come alive when you travel to the place where it happened. Episode 49 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast is all about understanding history through travel, and Amanda talks with three history-lovers who have had great experiences learning about history while they travel. Zoë Dawes inherited a love of history from her father, and today when she travels she is always on the lookout for an opportunity to explore some interesting aspects of her destination’s history. Historical novelist Kate Forsyth has a clear need to travel to learn more about the history of the...
2017-04-0325 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast48 - The Grateful Anniversary EpisodeIt’s been a whole year since The Thoughtful Travel Podcast launched and it has been an immensely fun and rewarding time! Episode 48 is the Grateful Anniversary Episode and Amanda starts off giving plenty of thank yous out to many people connected to this podcast, including Brooke and the fantastic Jackrabbit FM team, the dear old friends who agreed to be interviewed for the show before it even started, and above all, you amazing listeners who leave great reviews and chat with Amanda in the Thoughtful Travellers Facebook group and make all the work worthwhile. Amanda's guests to...
2017-03-2729 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast47 - Taking Tours on Your TravelsLoathe 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...
2017-03-2026 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast46 - Online or Off? Friendships and TravelTravelling 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 ha...
2017-03-1324 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast45 - Ways to Experience Nature on Your TravelsGetting 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...
2017-03-0626 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast44 - How To Embrace Slow TravelSlow 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...
2017-02-2725 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast43 - How Authors Travel to Research Their NovelsHave 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...
2017-02-2025 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast41 Culture Shock AbroadTravelling 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! ...
2017-02-0626 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast40 Important Things Travel Teaches UsAmanda 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...
2017-01-3024 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast39 Fears and Freaking Out Before You TravelIt’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 … b...
2017-01-2325 min
Live Immediately with mike campbell024: Amanda Kendle - Thoughtful TravelIt is no secret that I love travelling and that it is a big part of my life. My family and I packed, donated or sold everything we owned in Australia to head off on a year adventure through North America, where we didn’t pay for accommodation. This time last year, home for us was a log cabin, in the middle of the Northwoods of Wisconsin, in a town called Clam Lake, which has a population of 37 people. We learn and grow so much when we travel, and this is what my guest today, Am...
2017-01-2347 min
The Life Bohemian45: Amanda KendleWe "met" Amanda online (how all good relationships begin these days), when she reached out and asked us to be guests on her podcast, The Thoughtful Travel Podcast. Of course we said yes, and bonded instantly with Amanda. She's lucky enough to live in gorgeous Australia (accent envy!) and we chatted across the miles in this episode. She also encouraged our obsession with animals by showing us the #quokkaselfie hashtag on Instagram.
2016-12-3000 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast38 - New Year’s Eve TravelsEpisode 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 spen...
2016-12-1924 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast37 Christmas TravelsMerry 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...
2016-12-1225 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast36 Reasons to Love JapanIt’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 talk...
2016-12-0522 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast35 Making Friends Through TravelIn 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...
2016-11-2823 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast34 - Travel and StereotypesStereotypes 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...
2016-11-2125 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast33 Volunteer Travel to Help You and the WorldYou 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 in...
2016-11-1426 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast32 - On Keeping a Travel JournalLots 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 l...
2016-11-0724 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast31 - How the Internet Has Changed TravelIn 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 abou...
2016-10-3127 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast30 - Lace, Lego and Lola on TravelIt'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, th...
2016-10-2425 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast29 - Sketching on Your TravelsWhether 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...
2016-10-1725 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast28 - Getting From A to BGetting 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 ha...
2016-10-1024 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast27 - Are All Aussies Tanned and Tall? Stereotypes of AustraliansIn Episode 27, Amanda covers a very serious question: Are all Aussies tanned and tall? It’s all about stereotypes of different cultures but especially those of people Amanda's countryfolk - Australians. The first guests are Katie and Jeremy Kloberdanz of The Life Bohemian who have all these delightfully nice things to say about Australians (which gets a big thumbs up from Amanda!) Following on from them, she chats with Tom Parson, the Lego Backpacker, and hear about the stereotypes people are discussing in youth hostels across Europe these days. Finally, Amanda talks with her friend Dianne Bortoletto of Trav...
2016-10-0325 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast26 How to be BilingualEncountering foreign languages when we travel is both a challenge and a joy - and some of us dream not only of learning a few phrases when we travel, but becoming bilingual. It’s definitely not easy to be bilingual but the guests in this episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast show that it’s not impossible, either. Amanda starts by chatting with Leyla of Women on the Road, one of those amazing people who can speak a multitude of languages, and treats coming across a new language as meeting a new friend. If you’re cons...
2016-09-2626 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast25 How Slow is Slow Travel?So just how slow is slow travel? We can probably all have some kind of similar idea on what slow travel is - being more mindful with how we spend our time travelling, not rushing around to tick off lists of all the sights, and possibly spending longer than usual in one spot - but how slow is slow? Amanda's guests in this episode all have a different take on how we can travel slowly, and her first one is a real champion at it: Jeff Ryan has taken 28 years to hike the Appalachian Trail! Not all at once, of cou...
2016-09-1927 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast24 Wanderlust for Adults Who Didn’t Travel As KidsLots of people with a deep sense of wanderlust develop it by travelling at a young age, but as Amanda chats about in this episode, it's definitely not the only path to developing a love of travel. Today she speaks with three guests who love to travel now, but never really got to travel much as kids. First up, Amanda speaks with Lisa Luken who grew up on a farm and didn't do much travelling at all, but who now does amazing road trips with her husband, three kids and their dog. It's really interesting to hear how her wander...
2016-09-1223 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast23 - Foreign Food: From Fishermen to TarantulasAre you an adventurous eater? The topic of food in foreign countries is always a fascinating one and today’s episode addresses it on a couple of different fronts. To start with, Amanda speaks with Lola Akinmade Åkerström, who has built a fabulous career as a travel writer and photographer. One way she approaches foreign food is to get down to grass roots level which has seen her chatting with farmers and getting up very early to go out with fishermen. The next guest is Martin Bailey, another travel photographer who is based in Japa...
2016-09-0525 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast22 - Memorable Travel Moments - Hungry Porcupines and MoreRecently Amanda has started asking her guests about their craziest travel moments, but really, what she's looking for is those particularly memorable experiences that stick with you forever - the kind of stories you tell over and over. The three guests in this episode all have fascinating stories to tell of memorable things which happened to them in various spots across the world. First up is Jeff Ryan, author of the new book Appalachian Odyssey: A 28 Year Hike on America’s Trail. Jeff had a particularly interesting mishap on the trail involving a porcupine. Amanda then speaks with Diana Edelman of D T...
2016-08-2923 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast21 - Pros and Cons of the Internet for TravellersEpisode 21 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast is all about the internet. What did we do without it? On the surface, the advent of the internet can surely only be a huge bonus for travellers, right? We can research, book and communicate with so much ease. But as all of today’s guests point out, there are definitely both pros and cons of the internet for travellers. This whole discussion starts when Amanda speaks with Leyla of Women on the Road, as she reminisces on the “old school” way of getting information about the safety of countries long before the internet. Amanda also...
2016-08-0125 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast20 - English Names, Widows and PNG in the 50sThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast has reached its 20th episode, and Amanda is celebrating by sharing a collection of special stories her guests have offered that haven’t fit into a particular topic yet, but are far too good not to share. Annalicia Lynn kicks off this episode with some of her fascinating experiences in Taiwan, and in particular some of the more unusual English names chosen by her students. On a completely different tack, Kerstin Pilz talks about two experiences she and her friend had overseas after becoming widows - and while these stories arise from tragic circu...
2016-07-2525 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast19 - Travelling with Kids is Good for EveryoneIn Episode 19 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast Amanda returns to the topic of travelling with kids - she's on a mission to prove to everyone that taking kids traveling is beneficial both for the kids and the parents. First up, she speaks with Bethaney of Flashpacker Family who has several years of experience of travelling with very young children and is certain it has many benefits for them. She provides a great argument against the people who think that because kids won’t remember their travels, it’s not worth taking them. Lisa Luken of Simple Joy Living has taken several...
2016-07-1825 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast17 - What Sparks Wanderlust? Where does wanderlust come from? It’s a question that’s intrigued Amanda ever since she discovered that some people don’t like travelling, others love it despite their parents never mentioning it, and others still (like Amanda) have been led to a life of travel by their parents’ example. In Episode 17 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast Amanda talks to three travel lovers who have had their wanderlust sparked by very different things. For Bethaney Davies of Flashpacker Family, it was a childhood babysitter who started it all - after which she became a teenage Lonely Planet addict!...
2016-07-0425 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast16 On Grief and TravelTravel is a powerful tool for so many things but one more way that travel can bring great meaning to your life is by helping you to process grief - and that’s what Amanda's two guests in this episode have certainly discovered. Episode 16 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast features two women who have found travel to be very therapeutic in dealing with grief. Amanda's first guest is Ava of My Meena Life, an American who has temporarily relocated to Germany, and has travelled extensively throughout Europe in the last year. Sadly, Ava lost her father a couple of year...
2016-06-2725 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast15 Travel Builds Confidence, So Do It!Gaining confidence from your travels is just one more great reason to get out there and travel often. In Episode 15 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast Amanda talks to three guests who all agree that travelling has increased their confidence substantially and helped them out in all kinds of ways, including life beyond travel.First up, Amanda chats with Jeff Sandquist of Intentionally Wandering, who only started travelling relatively recently and learnt so much from it - travelling gave him a brand new kind of confidence. After that she speaks with Annalicia Lynn who spent a year living and w...
2016-06-2025 min
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast14 - Feel the Fear and Travel AnywayIn Episode 14 Amanda returns to the topic of scary tales from our travels. Frightening experiences can be entertaining, but they also teach us that most travellers simply feel the fear and travel anyway. The three guests in this episode certainly do. Annalicia Lynn is a yoga and pilates instructor who taught English in Taiwan for a year and had some really interesting experiences there - including quite a few frightening ones! Likewise, Glenn Shiell spent some time in China for a conference and ending up having quite a scary experience at the Great Wall, but he lived to tell the t...
2016-06-1325 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast13 Takin’ it Slow: Travelling to Feel Like a LocalSlow travel is a real buzz word these days but many travellers have been using slow travel principles for decades - because travelling slowly is a fantastic way to see the world and really get to know it well. In Episode 13 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, Amanda talks to three different travellers who have all embraced slow travel in their own way. First up is Tim Leffel, who prefers smaller towns and villages over big cities because it’s easier to travel slowly in a place where you can get to know the locals. Amanda also speaks to...
2016-06-0624 minThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast12 Culture Clash! Something’s Different HereCultural differences make our travels so much more interesting (if somewhat complicated at times!). In Episode 12 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, we talk about culture clash, and the differences we discover when we travel abroad.Stephen Henson has spent many years travelling back and forth to China, as well as doing business there, and has many tales to tell - today’s stories about the value of luxury and the importance of appearances in modern-day China are fascinating.Amanda then speaks to Adam Beck of Bilingual Monkeys about his experiences both on arrival in Japan some twent...
2016-05-3026 min