The Friday Take Five

From here to Timbuktu? Join us on a quest to the El Dorado of Africa. A city nearly 1,000 years old shrouded in history and mystery. Join in on our 44th adventure to learn more about the very real city that was a beacon of scholarship, religion, wealth, and more!

Episode 43 just so happens to be one of the best preserved cities of the ancient Mayan civilization and also the base of Rebel forces from the 4th Star Wars movie. Needless to say, it’s got a lot going on! Join us on a journey through time and space to Tikal, Guatemala.

Adventure 42 is an expedition to the land of cigars and classic cars: Havana, Cuba. Join us as we explore the unique story of the Latin American country that has gone from a Spanish colony to a Republic to a Communist regime in the span of just a few hundred years, and hear why we still have this destination on our travel bucket list.

Cuba photo gallery via Wayne Moran Photography: https://wayne-moran.pixels.com/art/cuba

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, marries a couple of my favorite concepts together: History, and beach accessibility. Listen in to our 41st adventure as we take on a part of the USA that will get beach lovers and history buffs equally excited.

Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is yet another destination with great food, great things to experience, and a hundreds of years of a great history just waiting to be explored. Join us as we take on "The Land of The Vikings" in our landmark 40th episode.

The second capital of the Portuguese Empire? Transport yourself to the Brazilian city of Rio, which for a short time served as the only European capital not even remotely close to Europe. Listen now to our 39th episode and discover more of the intriguing history and mysterious beauty of the city.

Welcome to the "City of Tribes": Galway, Ireland. This city has 900 years of stories; surviving, and even thriving through an oligarchy, occupation, feast, and famine. This city has persevered and become one of the friendliest and most exciting in all of Europe. Join us in episode 38 to learn more about this great place, and then start planning your adventure!

Adventure number 37 takes us to one of the most remote human inhabited places in the world: Easter Island. Over 1,000 statues across the island tell the story of the native Rapa Nui people that have inhabited the island in good times and bad for nearly as many years as there are statues. Listen now to learn about the story of this awesome place and get it on your travel bucket list!

With roughly 12,000 years of history, this geological masterpiece just so happens to be a tourist trap, but I still think it's worth your time. Explore the history and beauty of the incredible Niagara Falls in our 36th adventure, and then book your adventure!

More than 238 days of this wild Adventure I've been calling The Friday Take Five. Thank you for following along for 35 episodes of me digging into the stories of incredible places around the world. On our 35th, we head to the southern US and the birthplace of MLK: Atlanta, Georgia. Adventure awaits!