The World Wanderers Podcast

This week on the podcast we are pressing pause and taking some time to share the changes to our lives and plans because of the ongoing health crisis. We talk about our decision to come back to Canada from Panama, what it was like traveling on one of the last flights to Canada out of Panama, and what our plans our going forward. This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Audible. We thousands...

Costa Rica is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. With its tropical climate, incredible nature, great surf, and magical sunsets it has enamored travelers for decades. This week on the show we are breaking down the second half our trip to Costa Rica. When packed up our beach gear and headed for the mountains, visiting Monteverde and La Fortuna, before finishing our trip with...

Costa Rica is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. With its tropical climate, incredible nature, great surf, and magical sunsets it has enamored travelers for decades. This week on the show we are breaking down our trip to Costa Rica. Costa Rica has a lot to offer and a lot of places to visit so this will be the first of two episodes with a focus on the first half of our trip...

This week on the podcast we are excited to share an interview with Johannes Voelkner, the founder of Nomad Cruise. Johannes was very early to the digital nomad lifestyle, but after traveling, exploring, and working he realized that there was something missing. He started looking for ways to connect and build community among fellow travelers, which led him to create the Nomad Cruise. In today's epi...

This week on the podcast we are taking you to Monterrey, Mexico! Monterrey is one of the largest and most important cities in Mexico, but it often gets overlooked by travelers. We headed to Monterrey in the fall of 2019 to see what the capital of Nuevo Leon had to offer! From conquering our fears on a Via Ferrata to stuffing our stomachs with tacos, join us as we break down what to see and do in M...

This week on the podcast we are excited to be chatting with Christopher Schacht! Christopher is the author of Around the World on 50 Bucks: How I Left with Nothing and Returned a Rich Man his story of leaving home with only $50 and traveling around the world for years working and trading. From hitching across Europe, sailing across the Atlantic, and exploring Asia Chris was able to create the trav...

Today on the podcast we are excited to be talking about Guadalajara Mexico! We spent just under two months working and traveling in and around Guadalajara this past fall and quickly fell in love with the city and culture in Jalisco. In this episode: * Why we decided to spend two months in Guadalajara * Why Guadalajara is a overlooked as a nomad hub in Mexico * Super brief look at some of the histo...

This week on the show we are joined by ESL teaching expert, Jackie Bolen!  When Jackie graduated college with a degree in psychology she had never thought about working abroad as an ESL teacher. But adventure and opportunity called and she found her way to South Korea. She built a great career over ten years working as an English teacher in Korea and is now helping others find jobs and succeed as...

This week we are excited to be chatting with Kenny Rayman about traveling in Russia! Kenny is a Russian history enthusiast, speaker, and writer. In his writing, he focuses on helping change the perception of the culture in other's eyes and loved the thrill of learning from the source rather than a textbook or documentary. Apart from Russia, his historical interest includes the former Eastern Bloc...

This week on the podcast we are excited to share a new project with you! We are launching a new series of podcast episodes for supporters of the podcast on Patreon! It's called World Wanderers Insiders and you can find out more about it at patreon.com/theworldwanderers.  Something that we get asked a lot about is finding ways to travel and work at the same time. If you've been on the internet, you...

This week on the podcast we are jumping back into our series of episodes on our favorite cities around the world, and as you can see from the title, it is Tokyo!! We first visited Tokyo in 2017 and visited twice during our time in Japan. Since then, it has stayed right at the top of cities we want to go back to, and right near the top of the list for our favorite cities. We have spent about 2 week...

This week on the podcast we are excited to be talking with Simon from Freedomsurfer.com! Simon is a location independent entrepreneur who has been traveling the world non-stop since 2012, running his businesses remotely. For Simon, traveling full-time was never a goal and he was living a stable life in Canada, working in finance, until he found a radio show about how living as a nomad can your tax...

This week on the podcast we are excited to be catching up with our good friends Jake and Michelle (and Henley and Jagger) from Retired Toddlers. We first interviewed Jake and Michelle on the podcast in the spring of 2017 while we were in Bali and they were in Cambodia. Since then we've kept in touch and so we were excited to get to spend some time in person together and record a new conversation!...

This week on the podcast we are looking back at 2019 and doing our annual year in review episode! This is the fifth year we've done a YiR episode and it is a ritual that we love to pause, look back, and appreciate the past twelve months. A big part of that appreciation is for you the reader and listener! We know you've got a million ways to spend your time and we are so grateful that you all take...

This week on the podcast we are excited to be catching up with Jake Desyllas from The Voluntary Life podcast! We first interview Jake way back in 2016, when he was making the move from life in the U.K. to one of permanent travel. We talked about the ways that people can live a 'job free' life and travel more. Since 2016 a lot has happened! Jake has started a family and is based back in the U.K. We...

We are continuing our series on our favorite cities around the world this week with...Ubud, Bali! These episodes will be shorter (most of the time) and more information-packed. Covering the basics of the city, why we love it, and everything you need to know if you want to visit, from time of year, places to stay, what to do, and where to eat! Join us as we share why Ubud is one of our favorite pla...

This week on the podcast we are excited to be joined by Deanna Cook from LIYA Collective to talk about building a career abroad. From the time Deanna started university, she knew she wanted to start a career that would allow her to live in different countries and explore the world, but didn't really know what that would look like. After university, she took a job teaching English in Taiwan, which...

Guanajuato is one of the most beautiful and interesting cities in Mexico, so we were excited to spend a weekend there during our time in Mexico.  In this episode, we're taking you along with us to experience the trip and learn all about Guanajuato and why it should be on your list of destinations to visit in Mexico! This episode is brought to you by Away. Visit Awaytravel.com/wanderers to find the...

This week on the podcast we're joined by Annette and Daniel Fortner from Chase for Adventure. In 2018 Annette and Daniel decided they needed a big life change, so they sold their stuff, quit their jobs, and booked one-way flights to Thailand. Since then they've been all over Asia and the world, documenting it all along the way on YouTube. We dive into the decision to travel, to start a YouTube cha...

We're flipping the script on this weeks episode and bringing you an interview that we did for the Small Worlds Podcast. We talk to Corey and Lianne about traveling and life, from where we got the travel bug and started to do some long term travel to where we are today, living in Guadalajara, Mexico. ------ Music Credit: Bensound.com

We are continuing our series on our favorite cities around the world this week with...MEXICO CITY! These episodes will be shorter (most of the time) and more information-packed. Covering the basics of the city, why we love it, and everything you need to know if you want to visit, from time of year, places to stay, what to do, and where to eat! Join us as we share why Mexico City is one of our favo...

This week on the podcast we are continuing our series of episodes covering our favorite cities from around the world with Atlanta! These episodes will be shorter (most of the time) and more information-packed. Covering the basics of the city, why we love it, and everything you need to know if you want to visit, from time of year, places to stay, what to do, and where to eat! Join us as we share wh...

This week on the podcast we are starting off a new series of episodes covering our favorite cities from around the world! These episodes will be shorter (most of the time) and more information-packed. Covering the basics of the city, why we love it, and everything you need to know if you want to visit, from time of year, places to stay, what to do, and where to eat! Along with the episode, you can...

This week on the podcast we are excited to have Rachel from Grateful Gypsies back! We first interviewed Rachel and her partner Sasha in the summer of 2017 to talk about teaching English abroad and online and have since kept in touch and even met up in person last year in Mexico City, and this February, we caught up with them about their Year-Long Party at Carnival, The World Cup, and other festiva...

This week we are joined by Xavier Himma to explore bike touring. After working and saving Xavier was planning to drive from Canada to South America when he learned about bike touring. He fell in love with the idea and even though he didn't have experience decided he wanted to bike to Patagonia. 6 weeks later he set out a trip that took him throughout all of the Americas from Canada to Mexico to Co...