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I had the pleasure of speaking to Avital Andrews about her success as an editor, writer and journalist.  We spoke about how Avital initially fell in love with travelling and how her curiosity was enhanced from her early adventures to explore more in the subsequent years. Avital explained to me how her writing and journalism career started. She puts it down to being bilingual and not speaking the n...

I sat down and spoke to Pharmacist and Travel Blogger, Dr Nabila Ismail about how she first fell in love with travelling and why she wants to make that a part of her life going forward in her professional career. Growing up in the United States of America, Nabila talked to me about her first experience of travelling abroad. Before starting university, she spent time as an Au pair in Spain which sh...

I spoke to Natasha about her life, travels, and whether you can find love whilst your love is travelling. Natasha is a Flight Attendant, Freelance Travel Writer, aspiring Actress, and Author. She is also the founder of Single Passport, where her aim is to get singles who travel into loving relationships. We spoke in-depth about why it has been difficult for some to find a companion whilst travelli...

Alex Thompson and I spoke about his life, career, his travels, and the reason he founded, Legaroo, a law firm that aims to help travellers worldwide. Alex spoke to me about his early stages, where his passion for travel started. He was sent off to Canada at 17 years old to study for a year, where his curiosity for wanting to see the world first started. I went into detail about Legaroo, based in C...

German spoke to me about his business, NananTravel. We also talked about Africa's beauty and why we should think about travelling there after getting back to some normality. I spoke to German about where his passion for travel started. I talked to him about his upbringing in Peru and how he got started in modelling. You will find out his modelling took him around the world. After living in qu...

Alaa is a businessman and owns a restaurant in downtown San Fransisco called Elixiria. His business had featured in Hoodline and Timeout and has had a lot of great success. Unfortunately, it closed during the pandemic, and he does state he is unsure of the future. Alaa talked to me about being born in Jerusalem and moving across to America with his parents at two years old. He states he is from a...

Ernest and I discussed his journey as a blogger, and when he started, the world of blogging was all so new. I discussed the transition he made in making that blog into a television docuseries called Fly Brother with Ernest White II. We spoke about the locations he filmed in and what he gained from those experiences, the plans he has for season 2 and what he would like to get out of that series and...

Jeannette and I sat down and spoke about 2020 and her career up to the present day. Jeannette spoke candidly with me about how she struggled when we all went into lockdown back in March 2020. She stated she fell into a mild form of depression. We spoke in-depth about why this was triggered and where she is now with it. We also spoke about why mindset is so important when it comes to wanting someth...

Jen and I sat down to go over her wonderful and successful career up to the present day. We discussed her transition from being a lawyer to a full-time travel blogger. She is also an established author. Jen is the founder of 'Jen on a Jet Plane', where her aim is to help people live life on their own terms. This ethos in life also led her to become the founder of; 'People of Puerto...

Romey, at the time of our talk, is the Partner, Head of Communications at ELMNTL, President at TravelUnity, and Forbes 30 under 30 Finalist in Marketing in 2016. Based in New York, I spoke to Romey about his passion for travel and why it is so important to him to bring inclusivity within the travel sector. Romey and I discussed his upbringing. His initial love for travel came to him whilst growing...

Christine and I spoke about her extraordinary journey in life up to the present moment. She fell in love with travel from an early age, and when she was in university, she was able to go on off the beaten path and experience what travel really had to offer. We discussed her work in the corporate world, where she eventually landed a job working remotely. She was married to her best friend, both wit...

I sat down and spoke to David about some of his travel experiences. David took his first trip with his parents to Ibiza when he was 18 months old (not that he can remember that). But from an early age, he was fascinated about travelling the world one day as he never went away with his family after that trip. I discussed with David his current situation as he was meant to be in China with his partn...

I had the pleasure of talking to my friend, Jimmy Dick Ezcurra. Jimmy and I met on a group tour in Peru, where he was my tour guide back in September 2016. We remained friends since that time, as I loved Jimmy's outlook on life. In our discussion, we spoke about how travelling started for him, as he stated his father was a pilot, which meant he boarded a flight for the first time before his f...

My talk with Sahil Pole was based on his early travels and what's ahead for him in the coming years. Sahil talked to me about how he has travelled a fair bit of India and parts of the country where many tourists and even Indians haven't been. He spoke to me in detail about specific trips and what he had gained from those experiences. To this day, Sahil has travelled with companions but i...

I sat down and spoke to Rutuja Kulkarni about some of her experiences regarding her travels. Rutuja is a solo female traveller from India. Not many females from India travel solo, but she spoke to me about why she explores solo. One of the big reasons behind it was due to her relationship as she was married. She talked to me about the different mindsets and environments in which the man she marrie...

Karl and I sat down and spoke about some of his experiences in travel and what it took for him to start his travel channel, 'Karl Watson-Travel Documentaries.' We spoke about some of his early days and where his love for travel started. The conversation then led to us talking about filming documentaries and where that all started. He has gone on to make some wonderful feature-length film...

I had the pleasure of talking to Lola about her life and career up to the present day. Lola is internationally recognised for her work and has won numerous awards. Some of her work has been featured in the likes of CNN Travel, National Geographic Traveller, and BBC Travel. We spoke about how it all started for her in the industry. Lola told me that she moved to Maryland, USA, and started her educa...

I spoke with Safoura Taheri about why Iran is a place to travel. Safoura spoke to me about the country's beauty and why there is a misconception about Iran from the western media. We talked about some of the places she loves to visit and that perhaps people should put on their bucket lists. She spoke to me about wanting to travel abroad after she has seen all of Iran. Some of the places on he...

Yashodha Edirisinghe and I sat down and spoke about some of her experiences travelling around her home country, Sri Lanka. We talked about why it was important to her to travel around her home first before embarking on a journey abroad. There were some specific places she spoke to me about and places where she recommended. Yashodha also spoke to me about why waterfalls were always on her list of t...

Max Taucher is a very charismatic young man. I sat down with him and spoke to him about his life, his YouTube channel, and what got him to start making travel videos. Max was born deaf, but with a successful cochlear implant technology in his ears, this now allows him to hear and speak. Max desires to have his 'Deaf Boy Abroad' channel grow and would like to reach 1,000 subscribers very...

I sat down and spoke to Robin about his travels and his love for photography. Robin discussed how he first started travelling and how that led him to explore more as time went on. He spoke to me about his love for Iceland and the Faroe Islands. He has the ambition to see more of the world and talked to me about a few places on top of his bucket list. We spoke about over-tourism as well. Our discus...

I spoke to Sucheta Rawal, a travel expert with a mission to raise awareness in the world through meaningful travel and cultural understanding. Sucheta spoke to me about when she moved away from India at the age of 17 to America. In particular, we discussed some fundamental reasons why telling that story, whether it is through writing or other various social media outlets, was a vital narrative to...

I sat down and spoke to Jeanine about her life and career up to the present day. Jeanine is quite eclectic in her pursuits. She is a travel writer and photographer, fashion and product designer, comedy screenwriter, and entrepreneur. (Her line of clothing, bags and wallets can be found here http://www.jthetravelauthority.com/store/ ) She has visited 100 countries and all 50 states, often bicycling...

I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking to Garance Choko about her life, career and her travels up to the present day. Garance spoke to me about her early life journey and how she found it difficult growing up in Paris, France. She explains that she had always wanted to leave due to not feeling welcome due to her race. You will see why this was the case as we spoke in detail about racism in...

I spoke to Chelsea about her journey through her extraordinary life. She has lived a life as a nomad since she was a baby, as her mother moved her around from country to country. In her own words, not even army brats have moved as much as her. We spoke about her journeys in more detail, where she is now, and what got her into Travel Energetics, with her being the CEO of her company Larrikin Travel...