Wanderlust: Stories from the Road
You’ll hear personal travel anecdotes as well as get book suggestions, gear and tech ideas, events and more. These bi-weekly episodes will often give you tips on how to improve your travel writing with simple ways to really catch your readers’ attention. Hosted by Sarah Leamy, an award-winning writer and wanderer with a background in publishing.
Episodes

Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
S1E12-All Over the Map
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
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
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/
Thanks again. Come on back in two weeks time for more stories from travelers like us!

Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
S1E10: Odd Travelers, a burro, trike, bike and kayak
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
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.

Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
S1E10: What is Overlanding?
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
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.

Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
S1E9: What is Overlanding?
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
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/

Tips, Tricks, and Travel Stories from around the world!
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Each episode will be a mix of great travel essays, recommendations of travelogues, documentaries, and books to look out for, as well as tips for gear, the numerous events you shouldn’t miss, and of course suggestions on how to improve your travel writing. Stick around!
Hosted by Sarah Leamy, a bit of wanderer and writer.