Travel Tomorrow

Wonder isn't just found in far off places," said guest Dannelle Gay in today's episode. "It's hidden right beneath our feet."

Dannelle is a writer, TV host, podcaster, public speaker, group tour leader and author based in Wisconsin in the U.S. She operates several websites, including TheTravelingCheesehead.com, CrazyCampingGirl.com and WorldOfCaves.Com, which inspired this episode. Our conversation about cave kayaking and zip lining, caving with a family in tow, wild caves and the human fascination with these mysterious places had us feeling like kids again.

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Our guest today is Ana Milhazes. Ana is a Portuguese activist and entrepreneur who calls herself a "happy activist." She's known for her work sustainability, zero waste, and climate action. She's also the founder of an organization dedicated to promoting zero waste practices in Portugal, and a co-founder of Nomads and Pirates, a platform for finding meaningful remote work and she's a Climate Pact Ambassador for the European Union.

Our guest today is Jade Gosrani. Jade is a wildly impressive wildlife photographer based in Kenya's Amboseli National Park. We met last year in Nairobi and have kept in touch ever since. And folks, I know social media is to be taken with a grain of salt, but follow her on Instagram at @jadegosraniwildlife and it looks like she is living the dream.

So I started off by asking her how she went from a young girl in the UK to shooting up-close-and-personal shots of lions mating in Kenya.

Joe was recently a guest on Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk, a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur.

On the episode they chat about:

• How people learn the myth of America The Greatest
• Why Joe considers himself an immigrant, not an expat
• Why Joe moved to Germany
• How living in Berlin impacted Joe's views on American life
• What it's like running a marathon in the Omani desert
• Why Joe travels to run
• What's aging in reverse and how you can do it too
• What gives Joe hope

Check out Going Places at goingplacesmedia.com and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Our guest today is Maria Pasquale, an award-winning food and travel writer and journalist who contributes regularly to USA Today, CNN, Condé Nast and The Telegraph about all things Rome and Italy. She's also the author of several books, including How to be Italian, The Eternal City, and most recently, Mangia: How to eat your way through Italy.

Although she was raised in Melbourne, she always knew Rome was her destiny. So I asked her how she found her way to Rome.

I first started reading Emily's work with her book, Feral, a memoir following her journey of visiting each and every US National Park. She also regularly writes for Outside Magazine and is generally a lover of all things that get people out of their comfort zones.

I wanted to chat with her, not only as a fan of her work, but because she's been closely following everything that's been going on with the national parks since Trump the sequel started –– and I wanted to understand what the administration is really planning for parks, what travelers can expect this summer, and what you, dear listener, can do to push back against these threats to America's best idea.

But first… I had to do a bit of fan girl-ing over her connection to Nick Offerman.

Follow Emily

• @brazenbackpacker
• Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America's National Parks

More

• Wes Siler: Trump Budget Calls For National Park, National Forest Sell Off

Today's guest is Danielle Finch, founder of Equera — a mobile app that will radically change the economics of the tourism industry around the world. She takes us behind-the-scenes on her founder journey, including travels to India and Uganda where she's putting her theories on community-based tourism to the test.

Stella Guan is a tech entrepreneur, founder of Path Unbound, a UI/UX design program, and founder of Digital Nomad China––a curated coworking retreat in smalltown China for digital nomads and remote workers. We discuss how she went from being raised in China to making headlines in the Wall Street Journal before becoming a full-time digital nomad and launching this new retreat in Yunnan.

• Wall Street Journal: These People Rushed to Buy Homes During Covid. Now They Regret It.
• Digital Nomad China
• Path Unbound

Follow Stella

• @stella.guan

Questions, comments, ideas, concerns? Email us at [email protected].

Laura Ericson is the owner of Laura Ericson Group Trips. Over the past four years, she's taken a whopping 220 travelers to 8 different countries, including places like Morocco, Cuba, and India for the legendary Holi Festival. Laura and I met back in November during a group trip of sorts in Okinawa, so I was curious to ask her how she got started in group travel.

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