Wanderlust: Stories from the Road

S1E12-All Over the Map

Recorded in Baja, Mexico. Feb 2023
With a wide range of stories, we hear about Kartik Vasan and Sim Bhadoria and @thebrownvanlife, as well as Kim Kingsman and her wish for others to be able to get their own passports, as well as Nicole Sutten in NZ and the confidence to go out on her bike with others. Lastly, we hear from James Agombar in Samoa.
 
https://www.instagram.com/thebrownvanlife/
https://theawkwardtraveller.com/all-about-kay-kingsman/
https://womanmoto.com/get-off-the-couch
https://wanderlust-journal.com/2018/04/16/is-this-the-end-of-the-world-by-james-agombar/
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com
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Thanks again. Come on back in two weeks time for more stories from travelers like us!
 

S1E10: Odd Travelers, a burro, trike, bike and kayak

We have a range of excerpts today with a kayak from California to Hawaii, a solo biker in Iran, a couple of fellas in boxers, and a burro in the rain of Baja.  
Including
Dave Shively:
The Pacific Alone: The Untold Story of Kayaking's Boldest Voyage
Lois Pryce: https://www.loispryce.com/about/
George Mahood: https://www.georgemahood.com/books/free-country-a-penniless-adventure-the-length-of-britain/
Graham Mackintosh: https://grahammackintosh.com
 
 
Last Thoughts: The purpose of life is to live it, to taste it, to experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
 
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
 
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com
The Podcast hosting website: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com
To become a Patron: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2022/03/22/please-consider-becoming-a-patron/
 
Coming up, we’ll have more diverse travelers, sorry but this one ended up being rather white, straight, and euro-centric. I have a bunch of great women BIPOC travelers to tell you about. So please stick around for the future episodes which will be a better reflection on who is out there wandering and writing. Thanks.

S1E10: What is Overlanding?

S1E10: WHAT IS OVERLANDING?
 
Thinking about definitions, history, and the vehicles needed for Overlanding. 
 
Recorded in Baja California Sur, Mexico in 2023
 
Definitions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlanding
The Camel Trophy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_Trophy
Overland Expo: https://www.overlandexpo.com/compass/what-does-overlanding-mean/
The Best Vehicle? Haha… https://www.overlandexpo.com/compass/the-best-vehicle-for-overlanding/
 
 
Scott, Chris (2017) [2011]. Overlanders Handbook (2nd ed.). Surrey, UK: Trailblazer Publications. ISBN 978-1-905864-87-4.
 
 
Use what you have.
Make it reliable.
Balance time and money, which is more accessible to you? Can you save or work on the road? Do you really need all that shit hanging off the back of the 4x4? Nope. So, take what you have, and explore. Then publish. And inspire!
 
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste it, to experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
 
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
 
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
 
To submit your own stories to be included: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/wanderlust-travel-journals-lq3P2
 
Thank you.

S1E9: What is Overlanding?

S1E9: What’s in a name? Part One. OVERLANDING
 
Thinking about our travelers’ identity, self-label, trends and what Overlanding is.  
 
Recorded in Baja California Sur, Mexico in 2023
 
FB poll as the initial motivation to talk about this topic. The various names we call ourselves include overlander, traveler, wanderer, nomad, van lifer, adventurer, adventure biker and
through hiker, or as Katie says, camper:
 
 
Definitions of Overlanding from
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlanding
 
Inspirational Travelers include:
 
Graham and Connie Rodham: story here https://7p.io/2015/09/25/legendofcampsix/
 
Ray and Marianne Hyland:  London to Singapore in a 1954 Land Rover With a Family of 5, story here https://expeditionportal.com/london-to-singapore/
 
Roseann and Jonathon Hanson: https://www.exploringoverland.com/about
 
Events past and upcoming
Overland Expo
NW Rallies.
Escapar a Baja: Storyteller Nomad van builds
Cheap RV/Homes on Wheels alliance events
 
Skills building/ training/ vehicle sympathy: 7p.io with the Camel Trophy team, the various rallies, many states have private companies offering such workshops and hands-on.
 
Recommended books:
Scott, Chris (2017) [2011].Overlanders Handbook (2nd ed.). Surrey, UK: Trailblazer Publications. ISBN 978-1-905864-87-4.
Sheppard, Tom (1998). Vehicle-dependent Expedition Guide. Hertfordshire, UK: Desert Winds in association with Land Rover. ISBN0-9532324-0-9
 
Last Thoughts: The purpose of life is to live it, to taste it, to experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com
The Podcast hosting website: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com
To become a Patron: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2022/03/22/please-consider-becoming-a-patron/