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Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID45. Toward the Land of Dreams - Sasha SoreffA ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ cross country trip yielded unexpected discoveries for Sasha Soreff, when she set off with two friends across the Southern United States in 1992.
When she isn't on life-changing adventures, Sasha Soreff is a NYC-based transformational coach and facilitator, writer, choreographer, and dance teacher.
Website: https://sashasoreffdance.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sashadancecreate/
2022-06-2907 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID44. The Mill France - Nathalie EdwardsI am Nathalie. An interior architect, artist, former project manager and all round dreamer. In November 2018, I left
my London life, took the plunge, and moving my life to France. I now live in a Water Mill which dates back to
pre1735. It sits on the banks of the River Cernon, in the region of Aveyron. Surrounded by nature on the edge of
the village of Saint-Georges-de-Luzençon, close to the market town of Millau and 2km from the Norman Foster
designed Millau Viaduct.
I have been refurbishing the building - it was a working flour mill until as recently a...
2022-02-1209 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID43. Fara Grim - GeorgiaFara and her husband Bob are in their mid-40s. They have been traveling the world since 2017 meeting new friends along the way. Global Couple LIFE is their online community to connect couples worldwide to share their common interest in travel. www.globalcouplelife.com, https://www.facebook.com/groups/globalcouplelife, https://twitter.com/globalcoupleli1
2022-01-2410 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID42. India - Tracy BickleyExcerpts from a diary; kept during her first travels to India in the 90’s, a place revisited since that first adventure. A few moments of the six-week journey are shared, as we are taken around this vast beautiful country steeped in history.
Stories that will stay with her forever, like brightly coloured photos imprinted in her heart & imagination.
Tracy Bickley is a London based creative. She first traveled to India while living in New York in the early 90’s.
The places travelled and lived retained little pieces of her heart; reappear in the fictional stories she writes.
2022-01-1109 minFantasy Holidays in a time of COVID42. India - Tracy BickleyExcerpts from a diary; kept during her first travels to India in the 90’s, a place revisited since that first adventure. A few moments of the six-week journey are shared, as we are taken around this vast beautiful country steeped in history.
Stories that will stay with her forever, like brightly coloured photos imprinted in her heart & imagination.
Tracy Bickley is a London based creative. She first traveled to India while living in New York in the early 90’s.
The places travelled and lived retained little pieces of her heart; reappear in the fictional stories she writes.
2022-01-1109 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID41. Athens to Patras - Robin ReifImagine a teenager with an inchoate desire to test herself but no ability to foresee consequences who goes AWOL from a charter flight that stops to refuel in Greece, then hitchhikes her way alone through Europe and returns, spirits (and virginity) intact Robin takes us to the road from Athens to Patras along the Aegean on a starry summer night at the start of her adventure thumbing through Europe.
She’s since made her life in New York City where she’s worked in the field of Brand Engagement while raising a daughter from Jiangsu, China and is no...
2021-11-1408 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID40. St Kilda - Leigh ChambersThe archipelago of St Kilda, in the Outer Hebrides, was evacuated in 1930 but its beauty and isolation still fascinates thousands of visitors who make the long journey each year to visit it. Leigh Chambers was one of them.
2021-10-1505 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID39. Lesotho - Chris HawtonChris takes us to Lesotho, a high-altitude, landlocked kingdom encircled by South Africa, is crisscrossed by a network of rivers and mountain ranges. Not your every day holiday destination.
2021-09-1106 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID38. Rio de Janeiro - Sue Du Feu"There’s lots to tell you about Rio and our stay. These podcasts are taken from my blog www.sukisuzy.WordPress.com where you can find lots of photos too.”
Thanks very much
Sue x
2021-08-2810 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID37. South Sudan 1979 with Patti LangtonPatti takes us into the beautiful remote village of Napongayit in South Sudan and introduces us to the lives of the Larim people and her life-changing visit in 1979.
Patti has always been fascinated by different ways of living, which led her to study social anthropology at Oxford, living in Sri Lanka and South Sudan. Then she became an award-winning BBC producer of documentaries looking at social and ecological issues facing people in Africa and Asia. These days she’s a Research Associate of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, and her photos, research notes and music from South Sudan can al...
2021-08-2109 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID36. Ireland - Brian BanniganDuring the early 1970’s times were hard for Brian and Susie Bannigan. They'd previously left Ireland to come to England in the early 60's. Now with a gaggle of ten boys Brian was working at the Corby Steelworks. He was also driving taxis and coaches in between shifts, some nights and on days off.
Thinking that life overseas might bring more opportunities, he contemplated a life in Australia like so many others at the time; but naturally sad at the thought he might never again see his homeland again he wrote a poem to capture his thoughts.
Ea...
2021-07-1905 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID35. Alaska - Kayaking the Kenai Fjords - Gina BeachIn 2005, before starting university, Gina completed a 14-day Outward Bound kayaking trip in the Kenai Fjords of Alaska.
Regina is an American writer living in Bristol. She specializes in poetry and essays related to the arts, culture, travel, wellness and the unique people and places in those spheres. She is most at home pedaling her bicycle or on her yoga mat. Read more of Regina’s writing and listen to her podcast at reginagbeach.com
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2021-07-1709 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID34. Cambodia - Christine DePedroAngkor, Cambodia The current COVID travel restrictions trigger memory of a visit to a deserted national park, now an extremely popular tourist destination. The reasons for the solitude are not what you think.
Christine DePedro is an American currently living in Chicago, Illinois. She has lived in London, UK and Sydney, Australia as well as Phnom Penh. After a 30+ career in publishing and journalism, she is exploring her love of food and cooking, producing a book and videos of Swedish home cooking. https://www.patreon.com/greenpeppercornpublishing. She intends to explore Khmer home cooking next. She can b...
2021-07-0407 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID33. Myanmar Voices, Burma - David HardenTravelling through Myanmar I was struck by, and fascinated with, the musical timbre of the Burmese language. Many of my recordings were of public announcements in train stations, airports and the Taunggyi Fire Balloon Festival. This short podcast opens with ambient sounds of Bagan waking up. Then to a Yangon train station announcer and after: a MC at the Taunggyi Fire Balloon Festival before ending with a young guide, Jonny, who burst into song while we rested in a hamlet on trek above the old hill station town of Kalaw.
David Harden started travelling aged sixteen when he hitch-hiked to G...
2021-06-2706 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID32. Let Sleeping Moose Lie - Jodi HausenJodi Hausen is a Bozeman, Montana-based freelance writer, photographer and bon vivant whose late-in-life discovery that she has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder prompted her to primarily focus her work on disability issues. An innate curiosity (most likely prompted by an ADDled brain) led her to work in myriad fields from theatrical costume and set design to teaching skiing and becoming a Registered Maine Guide – the latter being the genesis for this story set in Baxter State Park in the wilds of northern Maine.
Website: jodihausen.com
Blog: The ADDled Brain
Twitter: @JodiHausen
Face...
2021-06-2003 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID31. Sent to Siberia - Joanna DobsonJoanna shares her trip to visit an Altai indigenous family living in the Karakol Valley, Ongudai Raiyon, Altai Republic (southernmost Siberia), where she lived and worked as a translator representing the indigenous people.
Joanna is a Russian to English translator and interpreter based on the North Norfolk Coast. She is currently writing a work of creative non-fiction based on her experiences of the Altai Republic and the Altai indigenous culture. She delves into themes of archaeology, homeland, visual arts and eco-translation. Instagram @altaipilgrim and for more Information on the book about Altai and my events www.altaipilgrim.c...
2021-06-1209 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID30. Seville Spain - Katie MonkFollow Katie’s romantic path down Seville streets in the height of Spring. Jasmine fragrance fills the air, Flowers bloom, Blackbirds sing, and we’ll look for Flamenco dancers before our drink in Citroen Bar to end a perfect afternoon.
Katie is a freelance writer and editor whose work has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent and Psychologies. Follow Katie on Twitter at@katie_monk or on her blog, www.whatkatiedidnow.com.
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2021-05-2902 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID29. A Trek down the Nile - William KeelingA Trek down the Nile (in 1983) - William Keeling
William pays homage to the late Geoff Crowther (1944-2021), author of the travel guide ‘Africa on a Shoestring’, by recalling his own teenage holiday to war torn Sudan and Uganda in 1983. The 18 year-old William travelled from Cairo in Egypt to Khartoum in Sudan, before trekking from Nairobi in Kenya to visit the Kabalega Falls on The Nile in Uganda, and the Gorillas in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda.
William Keeling was foreign correspondent for the Financial Times and exposed a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal in Nigeria in 1992. Having tired of reality, he t...
2021-05-2107 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID28. Boat life on the Grand Union Canal - Ruth StokesA moorhen chirps outside your porthole, geese honk hello as they pass by, and now and again a kingfisher flies close in a flash of blue And if you're lucky, you’ll wake early enough to catch the dawn chorus as it bursts into life in the quiet morning air. This, this is boatlife on the Grand Union Canal, London. Welcome aboard.
Ruth Stokes is author of The Armchair Activist’s Handbook (Silvertail Books) and a content designer in the charity sector. In a former life, she was a journalist for the likes of the Guardian, The Ecologi...
2021-05-1505 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID27. Stepping back in time. Havana, Cuba - Emadch Beck MacNeeHavana Cuba – Chauffeured to downtown Havana in a 1950’s Chevrolet Bel Air, the smell of freshly baked bread hits your taste buds, you admire the old architecture until the singing of 'Guantanamera' beckons you down a side street bar to enjoy a traditional Cuban highball Mojito, close to the blaring music, whilst breathing the aroma of Havana cigars.
Do yourself a favour, step back in time and visit Cuba, you won’t be disappointed.
Dr Emadch Beck MacNee, originally from Palau, was raised in New York. She studied marine biology at James Cook University in 2002, and now lives in Australia with h...
2021-04-2506 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID26. Hugs from the Aegean Sea - Joanna AkoumianakiJoanna Akoumianaki grew up in Greece and now lives in Perthshire, Scotland with her two children and husband. Water inspires every aspect of her life. She is a water scientist, a coastal hiker, a diver, a gardener, a maritime-fiction lover, and a writer of stories about travelling on water. You can find her on twitter @Joanna_Akoum and Facebook ioanna.akoumianaki. Acknowledgements for the production of this podcast: Steve Addison, Kostis Avissinos (Lousakiano Krasi, Nostos, https://open.spotify.com/album/7p4esO1vSlLIUZpw5x8pTf) and Couleur Locale (Lousakies)
2021-04-1706 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID25. Coach Trip to the South of France - Sue Du FeuWhat could possibly go wrong travelling with the family on on a Coach Trip to the South of France?
2021-04-1008 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID24. Fuerteventura Dancing - Joy CoxLet's go dancing on the beach at Sunset Bar. Come on don't be shy. Just dance like no-one is watching.
2021-04-0505 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID23. Arezzo, Tuscany Italy - Carole Stone CBECarole Stone travels to her holiday home in Caprese Michelangelo, a picturesque village and commune located in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, and the birthplace of Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Carole, a British author and freelance radio and television broadcaster spent 27 years at the BBC beginning as a newsroom secretary and went on to become the producer of Radio 4‘s flagship discussion programme Any Questions? She established her own 'think tank', YouGovStone Ltd, a joint venture with YouGov, the opinion polling agency in 2007. Her late husband, the broadcaster Richard Lindley MBE, worked on BBC Panorama for fifteen years, and was the first w...
2021-03-2007 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID22. Hong Kong - read by Richard HernandezMemories and fantasies of Hong Kong travel the narrator takes us from touchdown to ferry, through street fairs and beyond; on this retelling of a very special Hong Kong journey. My Instagram which I will use for cross promotion is: @rickyrrrr22 I also maintain presence on Airtime, as host of 1 hour live streams in the form of Tarot State of Mind, The Exhale, Multilingual Mingle, and RjtheRandonaut. Most likely I will be promoting this in Multilingual Mingle at a minimum.
2021-03-1303 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID21. Pakistan Narratives - David HardenAn early morning narrative from a hotel balcony in Karimabad, the capital of the Hunza District in Northern Pakistan. Dawn breaks, revealing the snow capped peak of Rakaposhi towering 7,788 metres above the roaring glacier fed Hunza River. Early Friday morning prayers in the city of Skardu in Northern Pakistan, considered the gateway to Concordia - the 8000 metre mountains of Pakistan's Karakoram range. David Harden started travelling at the age of sixteen when he hitch-hiked to Greece from London during a school summer holiday. After leaving school he set out from the UK to travel overland to Australia, but only...
2021-03-0707 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID20. Scuba Diving in the Red Sea - Diane WebbHMS Thistlegorm has lain at the bottom of the Red Sea since sunk by German bombers in 1941. Now considered the planet’s most impressive wreck we are taken on 3 scuba dives amongst Crocodile fish, Batfish, Orange fish and aircraft guns that still point skyward in preparation for an attack. Diane Webb is a primary school teacher with a love of writing, travelling and diving. A member of LWS.
2021-02-2107 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID19, Cape Town Remembered - Kat TrigarszkySuffering in a cold Swedish winter, a journey to Cape Town is remembered, touring Table Mountain and Devil’s Peak, admiring Candyfloss pink houses. Watching Penguins and Ostrich in awe. Hungry for the mouth-watering taste of Cape Malay dishes.
Kat Trigarszky, originally from Britain now lives in Stockholm, Sweden. A freelance writer, editor and translator she was trying to break into travel writing when the pandemic hit and late last year decided to write a novel. Kat also jointly hosts the ‘Swede-ish’ Podcast. A member of LWS.
2021-02-2104 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID18. Orkney Islands Surprise - Leigh ChambersScapa Flow, a body of water in the Orkney Islands, is best known for the post-war scuttling of the German Fleet in 1919. A lesser-known historical event took place in October 1939 when a German submarine U47 torpedoed HMS Royal Oak in that same water. Travelling to Orkney to research this event for her new novel led to the more intriguing story of the beautiful Italian Chapel on Lamb Holm, built by Italian prisoners of war using scavenged materials.
Leigh Chambers produces and presents a radio programme with a mix of music and conversation about books and writing www.cambridge105.co.uk/b...
2021-02-2104 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID17. Llandudno Wales - Julia ThorleyRevisiting a childhood holiday destination for a weekend away Julia finds little has changed in this beautiful old uncluttered seaside resort. The sea, air and tranquillity only disturbed as a seagull stole their ice cream cornet.
Julia Thorley is a professional editor of non-fiction books and publications, as well as being a writer of non-fiction books and articles. www.juliathorley.com..
2021-02-2105 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID16. Palau, a remote Island in the South Pacific - Sam BeckThis Archipelago of some 340 coral and volcanic islands lies in an isolated location of the South Pacific, 400 miles North of New Guinea and, reputed to be THE top scuba diving spot in the world, is encircled by a huge barrier reef system. Sam Beck, graduate of Wesleyan University, a young New Yorker and Palauan has spent many childhood holidays on the island. Here he takes us along on his dream holiday, swimming in a clear blue lake alongside friendly jellyfish.
2021-02-2106 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID15. Jersey - Sue Du FeuHolidays at home are so easy when you are a child living just a few yards from the beach on a sunny island. Every day is a vacation. Jersey, a small island of 120 km2 attracts super sunshine.
Sue du Feu was that child.
2021-02-2105 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID14. Rome Italy - Chris HawtonThe capital City of Italy has been a major human settlement for almost three millennia, as layers upon layers of buildings bury history, and surprisingly Persian Dynasties deep beneath a church. Such an overpowering experience.
Chris Hawton is one half of the All-New “Doctor Who Book Club podcast". He can be can found at @caravanawesome on Twitter, @the_hoppy_hopster on Instagram.
2021-02-2109 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID13. Stockport Holiday - What? - Sue Du FeuSue takes us on a nostalgic trip with her brother from Jersey to........... Stockport. ‘If you live on an island paradise, where do you go on holiday? Why, a gritty, damp northern town of course! Come back and experience it with me now ...’
Sue is an actor, writer and currently runs a Gite in France. A member of LWS.
2021-02-2104 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID12. Mexican Diversion - Susannah RiggAn impromptu nighttime road trip in the Mexican state of Chiapas ends with a diversion that changes the direction of the writer’s life.
Susannah Rigg is a freelance writer based in Mexico City. Her writing has been published by BBC Travel, CNN, Condé Nast Traveler and the Independent among others. She can be found on Instagram @susannahrigg or at her website www.susannahrigg.com
2021-02-2105 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID11. Disney, USA - Cara WatsonDisneyland has to be a child’s most exciting adventure. The pure joy of searching for Mickey and Minnie, Donald and Daisy, then Cinderella’s cream pink and purple Castle. Cara Watson takes us to the Happiest Place on Earth never forgetting the hypnotic tune ‘It’s a small World’ that sticks in our heads.
Cara, an ambitious writer, has applied to do her Master’s. A member of LWS.
2021-02-2103 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID10. African Safari Animals - Barrie Tankel (E)Whatever sounds you hear from your home or the park, nothing resonates like the early morning or evening animal noises in an African game park. Join Barrie Tankel as a companion on his game drive to find the wild animals of Zambia.
Content warning - (E) explicit language used.
2021-02-2104 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID9. Mexico in a Wheelchair - Sarah LeaderIt’s not easy to holiday in a wheelchair, especially when flying overseas to Mexico. Difficulties must be overcome when flying, with hotel inadequate accommodation and accessing a gondola.
Sarah Leader has been wheelchair bound for the past 8 years, she continues to support her husband on his soccer tours.
2021-02-2105 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID8. Buckden Palace - Kezzabelle AmblerBuckden Palace – Inhale the smell of sweet pink roses before enjoying a peaceful day in the 15th century Grade 1 listed buildings once home to Queen Katherine of Aragon, the first wife of King Henry VIII.
With Kezzabelle Ambler.
2021-02-2103 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID7. York, UK - Anna Rose JamesTake a walking tour the City of York, visit Roman walls, York station and meet the people as you follow the paths and finally enjoy tea with six dinner Sid.
Anna Rose James writer, reader, actor, co-author of 'UNKNOWN' (Stairwell Books 2021) and co-founder of Sonnet Sisters and Six Lips Theatre. You may know her voice from Tin Can and The Podvangelist. You can find her on Twitter @annaonscreen. A member of LWS.
2021-02-2103 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID6: Indian Ashram - Ailon Freedman (E)A spiritual seeker takes a journey to the East visiting the Tantric Ashram of Osho.
Ailon Freedman has explored a diverse range of yoga styles over the last 25 years. He began studying yoga at University, before studying intensively in India.
2021-02-2104 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID5. Greek Sailing - Suchandrika ChakrabartiStepping carefully up a wobbly plank in the port of Santorini, a passenger boards the boat sailing through the Greek Islands to Mykonos.
Suchandrika Chakrabarti is a London-based journalist and trainer. She has reported and edited for national newspapers and international news agencies, trained journalists and non-journalists in essential digital storytelling skills, launched podcasts as the idea-pitcher / presenter, and now also as the producer / editor. A member of LWS.
2021-02-2103 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID4. Istanbul - Anne-Charlotte GerbaudRecalling her search for an old lady 'Hagia Sofia' a beautiful antique place of Worship.
Anne-Charlotte Gerbaud invites us on her journey to finally meet a special old lady in person, the travels described in her beautiful French accent. A member of LWS.
2021-02-2103 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID3. South of France - Kezzabelle AmblerA 16-year-old girl travels alone on an adventure to this summer playground.
Kezzabelle Ambler - Performance poet, author of 'Permission To Speak', Weaving Words Facilitator, voice over artist, actor & creative coach. She is passionate about encouraging the arts to be expressed by others, hoping the pen will become a tool for life. www.kezzabelle.co.uk
2021-02-2101 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID2. Cromer Norfolk - Joy CoxA mix of childhood and adult memories on that special beach
2021-02-2104 min
Fantasy Holidays in a time of COVID1. Majorca: 'Baby its COVID outside' - Barrie TankelI've conjured memories of Majorca from before that time I was jailed by COVID 19, the new Secret Police Force. ‘If you leave home without a mask...
2021-02-2103 minFantasy Holidays in a time of COVIDFantasy TrailerPodcasts aiming to cover every country in the world. Written and read by a mixture of people. Professional podcasters, every day travellers. Here is where everyone can go on holiday irrespective of COVID, budget, mobility and border restrictions.
2021-01-0600 min