A Backpacker's Guide to Travel

By Billy Roche

Welcome to A Backpackers Guide to Travel, a podcast for those who love to travel and those who dream too. I am your host, Billy, and each episode I am joined by a fellow backpacker as we discuss their... more

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The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.

A Backpacker's Guide to Travel episodes:

November 25, 2020 A Backpacker's Guide to Travel #9 | The Bolivian Pirlo - Juan Carlos Segovia
This episode's guest is Bolivia's answer to Andrea Pirlo, the wonderful Juan Carlos Segovia. Listen to the surreal story behind how Juan has ended up swapping Bolivia for Wales as well as how our passion for football and food sparked the bringing of our friendship.
Intro Music
Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/555-total-happy-up-and-sunny
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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30min
November 18, 2020 A Backpacker's Guide to Travel #8 | Little Miss Organised - Lauren Houlihan
This episode's guest is Lauren Houlihan, the most "sensible" person I have ever met (if you know Lauren, you will realise this is a huge lie!). Lauren and I lived together whilst I was completing my Teacher Training and became particularly close after her spending a day trying to cook a frozen pizza. Listen to Lauren tell this story and her interrail adventure as well as how she has "convinced" her boyfriend to ditch the lazy beach holidays for city-breaks which follow a strict itinerary, including lists, timings and lots of walking (hint - he didn't have much choice in the matter).
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34min
November 11, 2020 A Backpacker's Guide to Travel #7 | The Canadian Mary Poppins - Rae Heath
This episode's guest is Rae Heath, another one of my close friends from my time at Tyler Hill Summer Camp. Listen to Rae discuss her amazing experience as an Au Pair in Italy and how that opened up the world of solo travelling to her. We also touch on how important it is to write a journal whilst travelling and how using work can provide opportunities to travel.
Absolute Scenes - https://open.spotify.com/show/0mvNV0ogeiKuPIRipTG41i?si=9p2lQ3JPRxGStvO9AYEm8Q
Intro Music
Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/555-total-happy-up-and-sunny
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
32min
October 09, 2020 A Backpacker's Guide to Travel #6 | Leave The Mobile At Home - Lyndsey Roche
This episode's guest is Lyndsey Roche, my dear cousin and the original Roche Traveller. Listen to Lyndsey discuss how she started travelling in her 20s thanks to a great opportunity with work and managed to see hundreds of places by combing work with travel. We also discuss how things have changed in the travelling world in the last decade.
Absolute Scenes -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb8_TeNKsiShOiL2RaBSX-g
https://open.spotify.com/show/0mvNV0ogeiKuPIRipTG41i?si=9p2lQ3JPRxGStvO9AYEm8Q
Intro Music
Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/555-total-happy-up-and-sunny
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
41min
September 30, 2020 A Backpacker's Guide to Travel #5 | I Learnt So Much By Travelling - Anabel Ganado
This episode's guest is Anabel Ganado, who wants to prove that people from Spain are friendly! Listen to Anabel and I discuss her solo travelling experiences, how she worked towards her internship abroad and all the beautiful place she has seen.
Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ECGf7YKW3HJjGyg8pIDGQ
Absolute Scenes -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb8_TeNKsiShOiL2RaBSX-g
https://open.spotify.com/show/0mvNV0ogeiKuPIRipTG41i?si=9p2lQ3JPRxGStvO9AYEm8Q

Intro Music
Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/555-total-happy-up-and-sunny
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
36min
September 23, 2020 A Backpacker's Guide to Travel #4 | The Best Day of My Life - Dan Stagg
This episode's guest is the World Famous (well in the Rhondda Cynon Taff, anyway) Dan Stagg. Listen to Dan and I discuss his experience of exploring New Zealand in a campervan and how a day in Hobbiton became the best day of his life...just don't tell his wife.
Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ECGf7YKW3HJjGyg8pIDGQ
Absolute Scenes -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb8_TeNKsiShOiL2RaBSX-g
https://open.spotify.com/show/0mvNV0ogeiKuPIRipTG41i?si=9p2lQ3JPRxGStvO9AYEm8Q
Dan's Links
Selsig Musical Theatre Society -
https://www.facebook.com/selsigmusicaltheatresociety/
Intro Music
Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/555-total-happy-up-and-sunny
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
38min
September 16, 2020 A Backpacker's Guide to Travel #3 | Football Helps Me Meet So Many People - Anna Gregolynskyj
This episode's guest is Anna Gregolynskyj, a solo female traveller from the US. Anna and I met whilst working on a summer camp and have stayed in touch ever since. Listen to Anna and I discuss how she began travelling alone and how she uses her passion for sport to make new friends.

Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ECGf7YKW3HJjGyg8pIDGQ
Absolute Scenes -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb8_TeNKsiShOiL2RaBSX-g
https://open.spotify.com/show/0mvNV0ogeiKuPIRipTG41i?si=9p2lQ3JPRxGStvO9AYEm8Q
Anna's Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/annagregolynskyj/
Intro Music
Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/555-total-happy-up-and-sunny
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
32min
September 09, 2020 A Backpacker's Guide to Travel #2 | Exploring The Amazon In My Pyjamas - Adam White
This episode's guest is Adam White, first-team manager of Fremington FC. Adam and I met during an interview for a coaching role in the USA and have remained good friends ever since. Listen to Adam discuss how he plans to reach his target of 30 countries before 30 and how he ended up exploring the Amazon jungle in pyjamas.

Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ECGf7YKW3HJjGyg8pIDGQ
Absolute Scenes -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb8_TeNKsiShOiL2RaBSX-g
https://open.spotify.com/show/0mvNV0ogeiKuPIRipTG41i?si=9p2lQ3JPRxGStvO9AYEm8Q

Adam's Links
Fremington FC -
https://www.instagram.com/fremingtonfc/
Adam's Instagram (his partner's but he features in it a lot)
https://www.instagram.com/thediariesofatraveladdict/

Intro Music
Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/555-total-happy-up-and-sunny
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
40min
September 02, 2020 A Backpacker's Guide to Travel #1 | The Gastronome of Travel - Tom Rouse
This episode's guest fellow podcaster Tom Rouse, you can find his podcast "Show Us Your Kit" on Spotify and Youtube. He is also my cohost-on our other podcast Absolute Scenes which can also be found on Spotify and Youtube.
Show Us Your Kit -
https://open.spotify.com/show/29IPb43umBobZA0Nhow73y?si=yhLtq8EkRt2mv3KRFp5hvw
Absolute Scenes -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb8_TeNKsiShOiL2RaBSX-g
https://open.spotify.com/show/0mvNV0ogeiKuPIRipTG41i?si=QqErldlSQaCma178bM89IA
Intro Music
Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/555-total-happy-up-and-sunny
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
39min

FAQs about A Backpacker's Guide to Travel:

How many episodes does A Backpacker's Guide to Travel have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.