The Travel Is Real

The Travel Is Real

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The Travel Is Real episodes

  • EP 7: Mr. Rodriguez- Parasites and Spiders and Snakes, OH MY!
    Chris Rodriguez is a world traveler who spent two years in the Peace Corps. and many more years teaching in English around the globe. In this episode, we discuss the creepy crawlers critters we encountered in various countries. We also touch upon a few local cuisines which retain peculiar health properties. Episode Highlights
    • Spider Invasion
    • Donating Blood to Leeches
    • Pinching out Living Organisms :)
    • Drinking Fire and Eating Balut
    • Peace Corps Advice
    44 min
  • EP 5: BA Emma- The Creeptastic Rescue

    Join my friend Emma, as she describes what it is like living on Magnetic Island. A small Island found of the coast of Australia. What she uncovers is an atmosphere of strangeness, only to be described as the real life island of the T.V. show "Lost". Its weird, its bizarre, its tense, its incredible!

    Episode Highlights:

    • Tips and Tricks for women traveling solo
    • Scuba Diving n Sharks
    • The real life horror movie experience .
    • More travel advice.
    32 min
  • EP 4: Chris A- The Hilariously Sad Travel Sickness Story

    My guest Chris Austin and I banter a bit about our Iranian friend we met in South Africa. We also discuss a few stories about Pang, a cab driver Chris and I befriended. Finally, Chris dives into his tale of the most gut wrenching, dire travel sickness story I have ever heard. It never stops getting worse and worse.

    Episode Highlights

    • Gangster Pang doin Gangster Thangs
    • Party in Europe
    • What NOT to do on Train in Eastern Europe
    • The Sickness
    • Academic Graduate Assholes
    47 min
  • EP 3: Viktoria- Train Troubles...Scary, Bizarre Train Troubles

    In this episode of the travel is real, Viktoria describes a horriific event that occurred in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. We laugh about it now, but at the time, it was quite serious and alarming. After that, Viktoria then confesses a startling, bizarre story that takes place on a train from Stollenbosh to cape town.

    Episode Highlights

    • Comedic Elevator Conversation
    • Un-comedic Mugging
    • The Sinister Train ride in South Africa
    33 min
  • EP: 2 LOCH- The Surfer's Miraculous Story...and the Supernatural

    Surfer, Business owner, Soccer Player, World Travel...Loch is a man of many trades. My guest describes an experience that left him both physically and emotionally damaged, but through perseverance and tenacity, he was able to return to do what he loves. Surfing and traveling. Also, we begin with a bizarre event Loch and I encountered in Bangkok.

    With this episode, I hope to inspire those who currently find themselves in a difficult situation.

    Episode Highlights

    • Loch's Introduction
    • Bangkok's Supernatural Resident
    • An Abroad Nightmare
    • A Miraculous Feat of Strength and Tenacity
    39 min
  • EP 1: Yoshi -The Ho Chi Minh Hustle Story

    My guest is Yoshi, an animal researcher that now lives in Korea as an English Teacher. He also is heavily engrained in the South Korean B-BOY (breakdancing) scene. Yoshi comedically discusses why he left the U.S. to move to Korea, and then gives an incredible story of his experience with a hustler in Vietnam.

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    Episode Highlights

    • Escaped Monkeys
    • Airport Nonsense
    • The Hustle
    • Pissed off Gangsters
    42 min

About The Travel Is Real

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The Travel is Real is a podcast about hearing captivating stories from adventures abroad. Each guest on the episode reveals an experience which occurred while traveling, backpacking, or living abroad. These stories range from fun, comedic, risqué, to bizarre, gross, harrowing or horrific. As long as the if the narrative is intriguing, I want to hear it! Typically if an interview revolves around an arduous, dangerous, or harrowing narrative, the guest and I will give advice and tips, so listeners can learn from the mistakes of the guests and myself (I've certainly made a few). Anything can happen when traveling around the world, which is why so many travelers posses fascinating stories to tell.