Global Conversation

Travelling these days is fairly straight forward (well, Pre-COVID at least): You search for flights online, book some accommodation and receive instant confirmation. Then as long as you have your passport and phone things will probably work out pretty well.
But how was it done before apps and the internet made everything 'instant'?
Getting your mail forwarded to the next city and hoping you arrive in time?
Writing articles on a typewriter in a tent!?

We spoke to the ever fascinating Rosemary & Pork Belly about how they started their adventures - back in a time before the safety and predictability we take for granted these days!

"Most travel narratives are written by superb travellers: people who crave adventure, laugh in the face of danger, and rapidly integrate into foreign cultures... But what about someone who is paranoid about traveler’s diarrhoea, incapable of speaking a foreign tongue, and hates not only flying but driving, cycling, motor-biking, and sometimes walking in the full sun..."

Based on this description we weren't sure if the Global Convoy and Jeremy Hance would have that much to discuss in an interview. But we were quickly proved wrong as Jeremy's openness and honesty regarding his struggles, mental challenges and fascinating line of work drew some surprising parallels between our own adventures, the average person's travels and Jeremy's own journeys through life.

More information on Jeremy and his new book can be found at his website:
https://jeremyhance.com/


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