Winging It Travel Podcast

Hello and welcome to the 35th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the 12th one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast in July. This is the final episode of the Canadian road trip as we wrap up Nova Scotia by checking out the bustling city of Halifax before he...

Hello and welcome to the 34th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the eleventh one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast in July. In this episode, we complete one of our main aims of this road trip which was to check out Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. We...

Hello and welcome to number 125! This week I am joined by Rob Carr who runs the tour company Rob Carr Tours which specialises in Scotland travel. We hear all about Rob's previous travels when he went to Marrakech with his brother which inspired me to travel more and see more of the world. Then we deep dive in Scotland talking about Rob's tours in Edinburgh which focus on Harry Potter and the city...

Hello and welcome to the 33rd episode of my trip! Today's episode is the tenth one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast in July. In this episode, I am covering our amazing time on Prince Edward Island which is a province on an island. We kick off this episode...

Hello and welcome to number 124! This week I am joined by John McKenzie who is an avid traveller and I heard John talk about his road trip in Armenia on another podcast so I wanted to get him on! So here we have it, we cover that said road trip, travelling to the Falkland Islands as well as French Polynesia. A very eclectic episode this one covering some very different places and John is a great w...

Hello and welcome to the 32nd episode of my trip! Today's episode is the ninth one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast in July. In this episode, I am covering our time in Toronto checking out the CBD, Kensington Market area as well as Little Italy. I was luck...

Hello and welcome to number 123! This week I am joined by Ted Cragg for a second time as we record an episode in his new podcast studio at his house. I stayed with Ted for a night on my Canadian road trip as we made our East! It was great to meet Ted in person and catch up! In this episode we talk about both of our travels this year and what it is like to travel in a post-Covid world. Ted travelle...

Hello and welcome to the 31st episode of my trip! Today's episode is the eighth one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast. In this episode, I am covering our time in Montreal + Niagara Falls. It was great to get some apartment living in as we stayed at a mutual...

Hello and welcome to the 30th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the seventh one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast. In this episode, I am covering our trip from Ottawa to La Mauricie National Park then onto Quebec City. This wasn't the initial plan but...

Hello and welcome to the 29th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the sixth one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the east coast. In this episode, I am covering our trip from Thunder Bay to Ottawa via Pukaskwa National Park. We had our first truck stop night (which was...

Hello and welcome to the 28th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the fifth one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the east coast. In this episode, I am covering our trip from Regina to Riding National Park in Manitoba all the way to Thunder Bay in Ontario. A serious am...

Hello and welcome to number 122! This week I am joined by Urmi Hossain who is travelling the world as a Bengali-Italian and she shares some great insights from her experiences on the road. We delve into her native homes of Italy and Bangladesh as well as the Dominican Republic, Malta, Mexico and her current home of Montreal, Canada. Urmi grew up in Italy to Bangladeshi parents and I wanted to delv...

Hello and welcome to number 121! This week I am joined by Ric Gazarian who is on a mission to travel to every UN country in the world (193). Ric hosts the Counting Countries Podcast which interviews people whose mission is to travel to every UN country. Ric has a website called GlobalGaz which has his blogs, books, films and access to all the information about Ric's travels. Last year he hosted th...

Hello and welcome to the 27th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the fourth one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, our intention was always to come back to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the east coast. In this episode, I am covering our trip from Canmore to Calgary for our first visit to a big city. Of course, we had to stop off...

Hello and welcome to number 120! This week I am joined by Kyle Rasmussen from the Our Travel Experiences Podcast. Today we talk about Kyle's travels to New Zealand, Cuba, Morocco and France. Kyle has travelled to every state in the USA and is on a mission to visit every national park. We also talk about Kyle's newly published book Travel Tips: A 20 Something's Comprehensive Guide for Traveling in...

Hello and welcome to the 26th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the third one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. Our intention when leaving to backpack the world this year was always to come back to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the east coast. In this episode I am covering our trip from Vancouver to Penticton and then onto Nelson before hitting Two Jacks Lake in The Rockie...

Hello and welcome to number 119! This week I am joined by my partner Emma Hughes (again) as we wrap up our five-month backpacking trip from this year. We cover interrailing in Europe, our favourite coffee scene, the best activities etc and many more questions from social media. We also talk a bit about the anxiety of travelling and how that can affect your travels. It was great to talk about this...

Hello and welcome to number 118! This week I am joined by Ranika Koneru who is the founder of Cloud Connections. Rani left her corporate job to set off on her own entrepreneurial adventure by connecting people through digital nomadism and festivals worldwide. Rani's positive voice in this episode will get you inspired as she discusses what you need to do to make the leap, the amazing Rio Carnival...

Hello and welcome to the 25th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the second one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. Our intention when leaving to backpack the world this year was to always come back to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the east coast. In this episode I am covering our trip from Ucluelet to Port Hardy which is a hefty drive then back down to Comox to get the ferry...

Hello and welcome to number 117! This week I am joined by Nina and Q, also known as Travelling By Pedalling and these guys have just finished a two-year bikepacking trip! Today we talk about the lead-up to them quitting their jobs in the healthcare sector which took a toll on them during COVID. We then talk through their route from Holland to Iran. Not all plain sailing though as Nina broke her wr...

Hello and welcome to the 24th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the first one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. Our intention when leaving this year to backpack the world was to always come back to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the east coast. I talk about our three days on Vancouver Island checking out Tofino and Ucluelet. If you want to hear more about our campervan then...

Hello and welcome to number 116! This week I am joined by Jetsetter Julia who is a returning guest and we are talking travel and her new business in 2023 called Nomad In The Making (NITM). Julia helps aspiring digital nomads change their life and get back on track with travel and life goals. She has had a fantastic start to her new business NITM and today we get all the details. We also delve into...

Hello and welcome to the 23rd episode of my trip! In today's episode, I will be covering the second half of our time in South Korea which was Busan and Gyeongju. This will also be the last solo episode of our backpacking trip this year as we go into a new phase of our travels which is revealed in the summary episode after this one. Busan is South Korea's second city with amazing beaches in a bustl...

Hello and welcome to number 115! This week I am joined by Tor Midtboe who I met in Nepal when doing the Langtang Valley Trek. I first spotted Tor legging it past me as I was crawling up the trail toward Langtang Village then I managed to catch him in Kyanjin Gumpa. We met at a cafe and got chatting about travelling then five hours later we wandered back to our guesthouse. What really intrigued me...

Hello and welcome to the 22nd episode of my trip! In today's episode, I will be covering my five days in Seoul and what a surprise this city was! You may read that it is a slightly boring city but it was the opposite! There are super happening areas such as Hongdae, Gangnam and Gwangjang Market and traditional areas such as Ihwa Mural Village and Bukchon Hanok. The coffee scene is superb with so m...