Guinness world record holders for longest journey by scooter and sidecar. First people to circumnavigate the globe by scooter and sidecar. Producers of the Armchair Adventure Festival... These guys know how to adventure!

We sat down with them at the ATFF (Adventure Travel Film Festival) and had a rather revealing insight into how they managed this ridiculous exploit and the similarities and differences between their World Loop and ours!

LINKS:
https://asseenfromthesidecar.org/
https://www.globalconvoy.com

For the past twenty-five years, Belinda Kirk's professional life has revolved around adventure. She's seen it change people first hand: turning the timid into the confident, the addicted into the recovering, and the lost into the intentionally wandering. As a force for change, adventure can be powerful like few others.

Joel sat down with here to find out more about her journey, her mindset and why she believes adventure is one of the greatest forces for good out there!

Order Belinda's new book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventure-Revolution-case-living-boldly/dp/0349428239

Stephan Meurisch is a passionate long-distance hiker and globetrotter. He ran several marathons, walked the Spanish Way of St. James and even walked from Munich to Tibet, a journey that would change his entire life. He also helps other people to realise their lifelong dreams and passes on his experiences in lectures, workshops and as a coach.

Joel sat down to have a chat with Stephan and learn about some of the highs and lows of his previous long distance adventures as well as the huge walk he is currently on and what we can all learn from such journeys!

We were lucky enough to meet Anja during our time in Bulgaria, and noticed quickly how much knowledge she had to offer regarding cryptocurrencies - a field in which we'd always been interested, but didn't know where to start. In Anja's own words:

There are three kinds of people

1. The ones who want to get rich quick and get into Bitcoin without any education
2. The ones who dismiss this "Bitcoin hype" and wait for group #1 to lose all their money
3. The ones who sense that Bitcoin will become really important for their financial future, and are curious to learn more before risking any money

You'll be unsurprised to learn that she chooses to work with the third kind.

Joel sat down with Anja to take a quick, yet insightful dive into the world of cryptocurrencies and what the average person needs to know if they're considering dipping their toes in!

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For questions and ideas, contact us at: https://www.globalconvoy.com
For Anja's courses and information: https://anjaschuetz.net/

There are many routes that people take to travel the world, but a growing trend is to become a digital nomad. This usually involves digitising your current job role or branching out into an industry where you can work remotely.

We've been at Coworking Bansko in Bulgaria for a while now and have met all sorts of digital nomads. But Christin Maschmann is definitely an unusual case!

Joel sat down with her and got to know the ins and outs of the Poker world, how it helped Christin to visit different countries, some of the insane stories that came from it and some of the serious struggles she's had along the way!

Thoughts or questions? Contact us at www.globalconvoy.com

Caravanistan: Serving the latest updates, sharing vital information and just generally saving all sorts of travellers throughout Central Asia and beyond!

We've used this website and it's forum A TON over the years and we were overjoyed when the founder was keen to sit down with Joel and have a chat about the website and all things Central Asia!

Everyone dreams of the open road and being able to travel where and when they like. But for the vast majority of people, employment in a fixed location is the main reason this isn't possible.

As technology improves, new works sectors open up and traditional work environments evolve, the idea of being a 'digital nomad' is becoming a reality for more and more people around the world!

Joel sat down with Matthias from Coworking Bansko (in Bankso, Bulgaria) to find out about how he started his venture ahead of the curve and why Coworking Bansko has been so successful.

https://coworkingbansko.com/

The Mission? To Walk the length of Africa's wildest rivers in the battle against wildlife crime.
In 2016-17 Chaz Powell spent 137 days walking over 3000km from source to sea along the Zambezi River and, frankly, it's incredible he's still alive!

This chat with Chaz covers all the ups and downs that from this trip and more but also his broader ideas and plans for how to keep life wild into the future!
Having explored and hiked the globe for over 16 years now, Chaz currently lives his life as an Explorer, Expedition Leader and Survival Guide. His ongoing project ‘The Wildest Journey’ is all about his wildest journeys by foot along Africa's wildest rivers with an aim to raise awareness for wildlife conservation and anti poaching.

https://www.thewildestjourney.com/

Unlike the stuffy explorers of old, Austin Vince realised the previous century of British ‘exploring’ was rather self-centred. He hopped on his motorcycle in 1995 with some friends and circumnavigated the world himself to learn from his fellow man - becoming the first Westerners to cross the recently-collapsed Soviet Union in the process!

Ever since, Austin has embodied the classic British exploratory spirit - encouraging the next generation to look past apparent borders and differences through his Adventure Travel Film Festival.

Here he tells Joel about how the UK, and beyond, truly is a melting pot of cultures... As well as some of the incredible surprises he came across along the way!!

Most of us have a hobby we'd happily swap our day jobs for but, as we all know, it's not quite that simple. Andre from Bucharest Romania, better known by his social media handle Abubus World, managed to turn his passion for photography while on the move into a fully fledged career and wants to now help support others chasing this dream.
 In this episode Andre covers how he got into photography, developed this hobby and eventually formed a career out of it.
 
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