Ten Minute Travels

Ski bumming, building chairlifts and falling upstairs with Herman the German and Polka Dan. Meet Larry Daniels. Larry worked and skied in the West as a young man before learning a bit about building ski lifts. He jumped on a job offer to come to Alaska in the early 1970’s. Larry takes us on a journey through the early years at Alyeska Resort to skiing in Japan in the 80’s and beyond. We touch on b...

Charles Fleming is not only a New York Times best selling author. He rides motorcycles, plays tennis, snowboards and scuba dives. Take a stroll with us while Charles shares his early days surrounded by writers and thinkers. Follow the conversation as Charles talks riots, journalism, the Japanese mafia, writing car reviews, publishing walking books, overcoming physical hurdles,  and going on motorc...

Charles Fleming is not only a New York Times best selling author. He rides motorcycles, plays tennis, snowboards and scuba dives. Take a stroll with us while Charles shares his early days surrounded by writers and thinkers. Follow the conversation as Charles talks riots, journalism, the Japanese mafia, writing car reviews, publishing walking books, overcoming physical hurdles,  and going on motorc...

Charles Fleming is not only a New York Times best selling author. He rides motorcycles, plays tennis, snowboards and scuba dives. Take a stroll with us while Charles shares his early days surrounded by writers and thinkers. Follow the conversation as Charles talks riots, journalism, the Japanese mafia, writing car reviews, publishing walking books, overcoming physical hurdles,  and going on motorc...

Charles Fleming is not only a New York Times best selling author. He rides motorcycles, plays tennis, snowboards and scuba dives. Take a stroll with us while Charles shares his early days surrounded by writers and thinkers. Follow the conversation as Charles talks riots, journalism, the Japanese mafia, writing car reviews, publishing walking books, overcoming physical hurdles,  and going on motorc...

Charles Fleming is not only a New York Times best selling author. He rides motorcycles, plays tennis, snowboards and scuba dives. Take a stroll with us while Charles shares his early days surrounded by writers and thinkers. Follow the conversation as Charles talks riots, journalism, the Japanese mafia, writing car reviews, publishing walking books, overcoming physical hurdles,  and going on motorc...

Charles Fleming is not only a New York Times best selling author. He rides motorcycles, plays tennis, snowboards and scuba dives. Take a stroll with us while Charles shares his early days surrounded by writers and thinkers. Follow the conversation as Charles talks riots, journalism, the Japanese mafia, writing car reviews, publishing walking books, overcoming physical hurdles,  and going on motorc...

Charles Fleming is not only a New York Times best selling author. He rides motorcycles, plays tennis, snowboards and scuba dives. Take a stroll with us while Charles shares his early days surrounded by writers and thinkers. Follow the conversation as Charles talks riots, journalism, the Japanese mafia, writing car reviews, publishing walking books, overcoming physical hurdles,  and going on motorc...

Charles Fleming is not only a New York Times best selling author. He rides motorcycles, plays tennis, snowboards and scuba dives. Take a stroll with us while Charles shares his early days surrounded by writers and thinkers. Follow the conversation as Charles talks riots, journalism, the Japanese mafia, writing car reviews, publishing walking books, overcoming physical hurdles,  and going on motorc...

We invite a long-time friend to talk about a range of subjects that includes hand-drawn maps, scammers, pyramids, caving, local buses and fly-fishing waiters in Central America. Then we'll head back to Alaska, where Kevin has lots of back country experience doing remote construction work. He's lived on windy mountaintops building cell towers and experienced a National Park where for mont...

We invite a long-time friend to talk about a range of subjects that includes hand-drawn maps, scammers, pyramids, caving, local buses and fly-fishing waiters in Central America. Then we'll head back to Alaska, where Kevin has lots of back country experience doing remote construction work. He's lived on windy mountaintops building cell towers and experienced a National Park where for mont...

We invite a long-time friend to talk about a range of subjects that includes hand-drawn maps, scammers, pyramids, caving, local buses and fly-fishing waiters in Central America. Then we'll head back to Alaska, where Kevin has lots of back country experience doing remote construction work. He's lived on windy mountaintops building cell towers and experienced a National Park where for mont...

We invite a long-time friend to talk about a range of subjects that includes hand-drawn maps, scammers, pyramids, caving, local buses and fly-fishing waiters in Central America. Then we'll head back to Alaska, where Kevin has lots of back country experience doing remote construction work. He's lived on windy mountaintops building cell towers and experienced a National Park where for mont...

We invite a long-time friend to talk about a range of subjects that includes hand-drawn maps, scammers, pyramids, caving, local buses and fly-fishing waiters in Central America. Then we'll head back to Alaska, where Kevin has lots of back country experience doing remote construction work. He's lived on windy mountaintops building cell towers and experienced a National Park where for mont...

We invite a long-time friend to talk about a range of subjects that includes hand-drawn maps, scammers, pyramids, caving, local buses and fly-fishing waiters in Central America. Then we'll head back to Alaska, where Kevin has lots of back country experience doing remote construction work. He's lived on windy mountaintops building cell towers and experienced a National Park where for mont...

We take a rambling ride with Patrick Verity, mostly across Peru. Patrick's enthusiasm for bikes, adventures and general silliness shine through.  Packing tips and a misconstrued coffee device.  Want to hear the whole interview? Click Here to support Ten Minute Travels by Subscribing to our Travel Tribe Membership through Patreon. With your subscription, we will send you a private link, so you...

We take a rambling ride with Patrick Verity, mostly across Peru. Patrick's enthusiasm for bikes, adventures and general silliness shine through.  The dangers and beauty of adventure.  Want to hear the whole interview? Click Here to support Ten Minute Travels by Subscribing to our Travel Tribe Membership through Patreon. With your subscription, we will send you a private link, so you can hear...

We take a rambling ride with Patrick Verity, mostly across Peru. Patrick's enthusiasm for bikes, adventures and general silliness shine through.  A day in the life of riding in Peru. The thing about coffee. Why it's sometimes necessary to use lights and sirens to save the ice cream. Want to hear the whole interview? Click Here to support Ten Minute Travels by Subscribing to our Travel Tr...

We take a rambling ride with Patrick Verity, mostly across Peru. Patrick's enthusiasm for bikes, adventures and general silliness shine through.  Where trust and corners meet. Friendly horns and tire repair protocal. Are Peruvians the best drivers? The guy in the white jeep suggests that they are. Want to hear the whole interview? Click Here to support Ten Minute Travels by Subscribing to our...

We take a rambling ride with Patrick Verity, mostly across Peru. Patrick's enthusiasm for bikes, adventures and general silliness shine through.  Flat tires and group separation help us discover the best Spanish to use to find your mates is to look un-Peruvian. An old lady leads us to the plaza and Rallye at through construction. Want to hear the whole interview? Click Here to support Ten Min...

We take a rambling ride with Patrick Verity, mostly across Peru. Patrick's enthusiasm for bikes, adventures and general silliness shine through.  We visit the restaurant Super Gordo. "Donde esta el baño?" Through the kitchen, past the rooster kill zone. Want to hear the whole interview? Click Here to support Ten Minute Travels by Subscribing to our Travel Tribe Membership through Pa...

We take a rambling ride with Patrick Verity, mostly across Peru. Patrick's enthusiasm for bikes, adventures and general silliness shine through. Patrick talks about the lifetime it takes to work through first to third gear in Trujillo.  Want to hear the whole interview? Click Here to support Ten Minute Travels by Subscribing to our Travel Tribe Membership through Patreon. With your subscripti...

“Hard work, low pay." So read a classified ad that Phil’s dad handed him years ago. Phil somehow passed the interview process and found himself employed as a packer on the Alaska Peninsula. There he met our guest, Tia Shoemaker for the first time. Tia joins us to talk about growing up in Bush Alaska, twice-yearly trips to the grocery store, jammed rifles, smoking airplane engines, thoughts on...

“Hard work, low pay." So read a classified ad that Phil’s dad handed him years ago. Phil somehow passed the interview process and found himself employed as a packer on the Alaska Peninsula. There he met our guest, Tia Shoemaker for the first time. Tia joins us to talk about growing up in Bush Alaska, twice-yearly trips to the grocery store, jammed rifles, smoking airplane engines, thoughts on...

“Hard work, low pay." So read a classified ad that Phil’s dad handed him years ago. Phil somehow passed the interview process and found himself employed as a packer on the Alaska Peninsula. There he met our guest, Tia Shoemaker for the first time. Tia joins us to talk about growing up in Bush Alaska, twice-yearly trips to the grocery store, jammed rifles, smoking airplane engines, thoughts on...