The Radio Vagabond

Welcome back to The Radio Vagabond and Cape Town and in this episode, we're going driving – chatting with Uber drivers. And then we're visiting the District Six Museum. THE UBER DRIVERS OF CAPE TOWN I've learned that some of the best people to talk about what it's like in a city are Uber drivers. So, in this episode, we will do just that. A lot of the Uber drivers here in Cape Town are from other...

Recently I was in Dubai and heading to Kathmandu in Nepal. On the flight next to me was a young guy with one of the friendliest smiles I've seen in a long time.  On the flight, we became instant friends and decided to hang out some more when we got to Kathmandu.  That young guy was Robin from Germany.  This is an interview episode and you do not want to miss this one, because Robin is a very diffe...

Here's an episode that was recorded at WTM - World Travel Market in London in November.   World Travel Market London is the leading global event for the travel industry to meet industry professionals and conduct business deals. This is where global travel buyers network and make deals with over 5,000 of the biggest destinations and brands in the world.   When we're talking about travelling, flying...

Episode #148 - Finding Sugarman in Cape Town Pt: II V1.0 20.02.2020   Sawabona abangane! (Zulu for 'Hello friends!')    Welcome back to The Radio Vagabond for Part II of my interesting conversation with Cape Town local Stephen' Sugar' Segerman, amateur music detective and inspiration behind the Academy Award-winning feature documentary  Searching for Sugarman .  If you haven't listened to or read...

After coming down from my wine and gin-soaked euphoria after receiving the amazing news that I am officially cancer-free (yay!), I got the opportunity to chat with Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, the inspiration behind the Academy Award-winning documentary Searching for Sugarman . If you haven't seen the documentary yet (where have you been hiding?) then take a quick look at the trailer so you can be up...

I met Becky Gillespie on The Nomad Cruise , and we became good friends quickly.  Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Becky Gillespie has been living abroad since the age of 22, when she moved to Tokyo.  The plan was to spend one year working as a teacher, but one year turned into 12.  Becky is writing a book about the part of Tokyo she ended up staying in and loving so much. The title will be "Shimo...

We are back in Africa, and I have finally reached Cape Town – also known as "The Mother City". It's my favorite city in the world so I couldn't be happier, except for the fact that I'm still very worried about my health. So we start by going to the hospital where I get the verdict: Do I have cancer or not.  You can also join me on a wine tour and on a visit to a micro-distillery, Pienaar & Son tha...

This is just a quick Sunday update, so you are ready for tomorrow when we're back on track on my Africa trip. I left you in Ethiopia, and just as I was about to fly to Cape Town, I got a disturbing message from my retired doctor back in Denmark. Since you might have missed that episode, here it is again. Tomorrow when I will take you with me to a visit to the hospital in Cape Town where I get the...

NOTE: There was a bug in the episode when I uploaded it yesterday – so listen here instead.  ----- In this episode, I'll take you on a beautiful train ride through some beautiful nature in Sri Lanka, so I can understand why many people call it the most scenic train ride in the world.  But there's so much more for you in this last episode from Sri Lanka.  I also stay at Club Hotel Dolphin with the...

The Radio Vagabond is back, and this week you will get two more episodes from Sri Lanka.  In this one we go to the center of the country. We start by visiting two workshops – one doing batik and a wood workshop where we get a demonstration of how they make natural paint using what they call "The Rainbow Tree".    FESTIVAL OF THE TOOTH Then we go to a spectacular parade called "Kandy Esala Perahera...

When I left you in the latest episode here from Sri Lanka, we were heading to an authentic village in the forest.  You might remember that I was steering the bullock cart on the way there. After that, we walked a bit more along the rice fields down to the river where a "catamaran canoe" took us across. And then after a bit more walking, we got to a small house with a grass roof. Inside was a smili...

Sheila Dee and Evo Terra are friends of mine. I met Evo in Manilla at TBEX Asia in 2016, and when I got to Bangkok a few months later, they offered me to stay with them. At that time they were living in a beautiful condo with a fantastic view of Bangkok, after traveling the world for a few years. It started as a sabbatical became an epic world-wide journey for over three years. They basically did...

We're back in Sri Lanka for the third episode about what this country has to offer.  And now, it's time to leave Colombo.    THINGS TO SEE IN THE EAST AND THE MIDDLE OF SRI LANKA In this episode I will share (at least) five things, I would recommend you to explore in the central and eastern part of Sri Lanka.  Pineapple Farm  Ridee Viharaya  Koneswaram Temple  Sunrise on the beach in Trincomalee R...

This weekend I attended the BorderlessLive conference in London. It's a brand new two day event organised by Traverse Events and WTM all about travel content creating and how we as content creators can work with brands and destinations.   I had the pleasure of moderating a panel and we decided to put it out as a podcast right here.  So if you're a writer, blogger, YouTuber, Instagrammer or podcast...

We're back in Sri Lanka for the second episode in this miniseries with tips on what you should see on this island. In this episode, we're still in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Join me as we will be attending a cocktail party with some beautiful traditional music and dancing. Also, I speak to the Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism about what the terrorist attacks in April 2019 meant for this count...

Almost ten years after the end of its civil war, Lonely Planet has named Sri Lanka as the best country in the world to visit in 2019. And this is where we're heading in this and the next few episodes. I'm taking a small detour from my episodes from Africa, to bring you something that happened very recently. If you were waiting to hear what happened to me at the hospital in Cape Town – and everythi...

This episode is about the second half of my one full day in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. As you might remember from the latest episode, the first half of the day was amazing. I landed in the middle of the biggest religious celebration of the year and went for a drive around the city with a local guide. When I got back I got a text message from my doctor that makes me think I only have a f...

When I left you on my African journey, I was in Conakry, Guinea, in the western part of Africa. By then I had been traveling overland – except for one flight from Dakar to Conakry – in small crammed cars and minibusses on bad roads.   ROUGH TRAVELING It was from Fez in the northern part of Morocco to Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakesh, Tiznit, Tan-Tan. Then back to Tiznit when I needed to go to the hosp...

This is part 2 of my talk to Harry Mitsidis, the founder of Nomad Mania and possible the person who's been to most places in the world.  In this episode Harry shares some of the many stories from his travelling life. 

I'm in England to meet a true travel legend.  Harry Mitsidis, the founder of Nomad Mania , and the person who arguably has been to most places in the world. Nomad Mania is a community for extreme travellers and a website that divides the world into 1281 regions. When you fill out the regions you've been to you will appear on different rankings, which includes Cities, Sights, Museums, Islands, Airp...

Welcome to the third and final episode from Antigua in the Caribbean. Here you can join us on a so-called Triflexcursion. It's a small startup company run by Mark and Giles.   TRIFLEXCUSION We're going on a 2-hour biking, hiking and kayaking tour. First, we ride 15 minutes through St. John's to a beautiful beach, where we get into a kayak – two people in each – and paddle through a mangrove reserv...

In this second of three episodes from Antigua, I'll take you to some of the must-see places on the Island. We're going to Devil's Bridge, Shirley Heights for the sunset, learning to sail a small sailboat and a few other places.   FACT ABOUT ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Antigua & Barbuda is one of the smallest countries in the world, both in population and in size. The population is around 80,000, and it's...

This week I have three episodes for you from the island Antigua in the country Antigua and Barbuda. It is truly a Caribbean paradise. I've been invited to go on a trip with around 40 content creators on this trip. There are some of the worlds best travel bloggers, YouTubers, Instagrammers, and then we're two podcasters. We're going on a direct transatlantic flight from London Gatwick with Virgin A...

She calls herself Adventurous Kate for a reason. On her blog she shares stories of the time she was an extra in a really, really bad German movie, when she got naked in public and took a boob to the face in Istanbul, when she hit on Jon Stewart in New York City, which subsequently got her mocked on The Daily Show, and in this episode, Kate will talk about the time she was shipwrecked in Indonesia....

In this episode I speak to the two founders of Traverse Events, Paul Dow and Michael Ball.  They do multiple events every year for people in the travel industry. They also arranged the trip to Antigua where this interview is recorded.  Next week they do their main event of the year, the annual Traverse. This time in Italy, and I'm doing a workshop about starting a podcast.   This episode is made p...