WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life

What would you do if you were caught in an avalanche? How do you minimize your risk when you're traveling in the snowy mountains?

Robert Hahn has studied avalanches and still managed to get caught in one. 

He works for the Northwest Avalanche Center. 

He shares his personal avalanche survival story.

He also shares tips on how you can avoid repeating his fate.

After 50 mins, we shift away from talking about avalanches and we talk about his harrowing experiences in the Himalayas.

After 70 minutes, we talk about his fascinating time in Africa, which includes two years in the Peace Corps in Uganda, climbing the 3rd tallest peak in Africa, and several cultural insights, including the importance (or lack thereof) of honesty.

I briefly mention my podcast with Sym Blanchard, who talks about how to live a meaningful life.

Robert Hahn is an Avalanche Forecasting Meteorologist who has worked at NWAC since 2017. Robert is responsible for twice-daily mountain weather forecasts for all zones and daily avalanche forecasts for the Olympics, Mt. Hood, Washington Cascades East South, and other zones as needed, while helping to coordinate the avalanche products throughout the region.

Robert believes that quality mountain weather and avalanche products will help backcountry travelers inform their decisions in the mountains, ultimately saving lives. Robert holds a master’s degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington.

When Robert is not working, you’ll find him backcountry skiing in remote corners of the Cascades or Canada and exploring tropical jungles when the snow melts.

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to win $1,000 in travel credits! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

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WanderLearn fans get a special chance to win $1000 in travel credits on TourRadar by going here:

https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn

About this episode: Jessica Husson was one of two people (out of thousands who applied) who won a round-the-world trip sponsored by TourRadar and Intrepid travel.

Jessica and Joan (a Spaniard) starred in some superbly produced videos about their travels. I watched all 8 episodes,

Today, the 8th episode, which takes place in Thailand, came out.

Questions I ask Jessica:

• You had traveled extensively before, so what did you learn from this trip?


• Do you now look at reality TV shows with a new lens?


• What fun things happened off-camera?


• What would you do with $1000 to spend on TourRadar?


• Can you pick who is on your tour?


• What can you do if there is a personality mismatch in your group?


• What did you learn from Travis, the CEO of Tour Radar, who traveled with you in Italy?


• What percentage of your waking hours were free?


• How was Thailand like?


• What's your next destination?

 This is my 55th WanderLearn podcast episode. 

The most popular podcast episode was the podcast I did with the CEO of TourRadar, Travis, whom we mention in this episode.

Although I encourage you to listen to the podcast, you might enjoy it more to watch it since there's a ton of superb footage that is shown during the interview.

WanderLearn fans get a special chance to win $1000 in travel credits on TourRadar by going here:

https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to win $1,000 in travel credits! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

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Elias Papaioannou is a Professor of Economics at the London School of Business (at the start of the podcast, I incorrectly say that he's at the London School of Economics).

Professor Papaioannou has authored the following academic papers on Africa:

• The long-run effects of the scramble for Africa


• The scramble for Africa and its legacy


• Pre-colonial ethnic institutions and contemporary African development

Because of his expertise and research on Africa's borders, I asked him many questions about them:

• Did the colonialists do any good with the borders?


• How do African borders compare to borders on other continents?


• How did the African political map look prior to colonization?


• How much better of a map could the Africans have drawn?


• Was violence widespread in pre-Colonial Africa?


• Do we place too much emphasis on the importance of the colonial borders?

As you can see, these contrarian questions stir some fascinating debate. 

WanderLearn fans get a special chance to win $1000 in travel credits on TourRadar by going here:

https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn

Share, rate, and review the WanderLearn podcast!

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Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to win $1,000 in travel credits! Enter at https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn 

Rene Steelman leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

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You might think that you're a responsible and ethical traveler, but are you really?

I talk with Alexandra Pastollnigg, who is the Founder of FairVoyage. She climbed Kilimanjaro. She's biked from Cairo to Cape Town. She's gone a few days without a shower. I ask her:

• Why did your Kilimanjaro trek change your life?


• Why is earning $2 a day bad if your costs are only $1.80?


• Is a shitty job better than no job?


• Aren't some of today's s**t jobs the dream jobs of the 19th century?


• What did you learn from biking across Africa?


• Are you just another person suffering from the White Savior Complex?


• What are common mistakes people make when planning their travel?


• If you could magically switch people's travel habits, what would happen?


• What kind of premium do FairVoyage trips incur?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XsPt9R3_U8

WanderLearn fans get a special chance to win a tour for two to Italy, England, Vietnam or California for FREE by going here:

https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn

Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to win a free trip for two to Italy, England, Vietnam or California. Enter now by going to http://tourradar.com/wanderlearn  

Rene Steelman is my top WanderLearn patron. She leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer sending me cryptocurrency, then please send your support to one of my favorite wallets:

• Bitcoin: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV


• Ethereum: 0x86D8Ab45260F82A5548F39BF21C9e244D0405a83

Algeria is Africa's biggest country.

It's also been the least touristy North African country for the last 100 years, on average. During Kadaffi's time, Libya received more tourists than Algeria. It's only since his fall that Algeria has become more popular than Libya.

In short, Algeria, despite its enormous size (about the size of Western Europe) is largely an enigma.

After getting rejected at three Algerian embassies, the one in Chad finally gave me a 3-month visa. It was one of the last countries I visited in Africa. 

In this podcast, I placed a microphone in the middle of a roundtable discussion about Algeria. 

I talk with Zakaria and Samir, two male Algerians. 

To have a Pan-African perspective, also sitting at the table are two women: Rejoice (from Cameroon) and Karen (from South Africa).

Because the microphone was in the center of the table and most people have hard to understand accents, you might struggle to follow the discussion, but this is the nature of traveling and cross-cultural discussions. 

WanderLearn fans get a special chance to win a tour for two to Italy, England, Vietnam or California for FREE by going here:

https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn

Do you want to take a life-changing travel adventure but you either hate planning or you don't know where to start?

TourRadar is a trusted online marketplace that helps you find, compare and book multi-day tours that will expand your horizons through life-enriching travel experiences.

Just type in a region you have always wanted to visit or your preferred travel style and TourRadar will do the rest.

And right now, WanderLearn listeners can visit TourRadar for a chance to win a free trip for two to Italy, England, Vietnam or California. Enter now by going to http://tourradar.com/wanderlearn  

Rene Steelman is my top WanderLearn patron. She leads the Steelman Family Foundation which helps families with non-ambulatory children to acquire wheelchair-accessible vehicles.

Their mission is to help families with children diagnosed with a permanent disability participate in the community. The Steelman Family Foundation also supports events to benefit cerebral palsy education and activities. They work exclusively with United Access and serve families nationally.

Learn more and donate at https://steelmanfamilyfoundation.org

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit.

In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer sending me cryptocurrency, then please send your support to one of my favorite wallets:

• Bitcoin: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV


• Ethereum: 0x86D8Ab45260F82A5548F39BF21C9e244D0405a83

Over a decade ago, when I was yo-yoing the Continental Divide Trail, I had a lot of time to think. When I got to a town, I would have all this pent up writing energy that would explode on my blog. 

One of my most profound articles was when I contemplated was what does it mean to be human?

In this WanderLearn episode, I read that old article because it's still relevant today (and it will probably always be relevant since it's about being a living thing).

Humans, like all life, is aiming to reach its carrying capacity. Environmentalists claim that we are "overpopulated," but if that were true, you would see a decline in the human population because we've hit our carrying capacity.

Another piece of evidence of overpopulation is that significant portions of the species are starving to death. One of the Horsemen of the Apocolypse isn't famine, but obesity.

In short, we're not even close to being overpopulated based on standard measures of overpopulation. 

Of course, one day Malthus will be right, but we can comfortably add several more billion humans.

Some doomsday prophets warn that someday soon we will hit our carrying capacity and hit it in a big way (thanks to climate change).

Perhaps.

Frankly, I doubt it. 

I expect we'll go well beyond 100 billion humans in the Solar System. 

I'm not saying it will be a paradise. I'm just saying that our carrying capacity is probably closer to 100 billion than 10 billion. 

I suspect some of you will disagree with me, so make your comments below.

WanderLearn fans get a special chance to win a tour for two to Italy, England, Vietnam or California for FREE by going here:

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TourRadar is the best search engine for multi-day tours. They are the world’s largest online travel agency for multi-day tours. Revolutionizing how multi-day tours are compared and purchased, TourRadar provides travelers with a trusted online marketplace to find and book life-enriching experiences worldwide. TourRadar works with over 2,000 tour operators to offer more than 40,000 tours in over 200 countries.

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit. In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer sending me cryptocurrency, then please send your support to one of my favorite wallets:

• Bitcoin: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV


• Ethereum: 0x86D8Ab45260F82A5548F39BF21C9e244D0405a83

To celebrate, I've produced an unusual WanderLearn episode.

Instead of one guest, I have two! Instead of one location, we wander throughout Cairo with two Egyptologists of High-End Journeys: Ramez Salama and Ahmed Aziz. 

Ramez appears first in the podcast, but I recorded more of my conversation with Ahmed. Both are fascinating.

If you're going to Egypt, you must ask for High-End Journeys to guide you. It's worth it!

Last year, I wrote an article about on Forbes entitled "What To Do In Cairo After You've Seen the Pyramids."

Much of my research was based on my travels with both of them. 

If you listen to the questions that I ask Ahmed, you'll get some insight into what I do everywhere I go. You'll see that I have a habit of asking impertinent questions about taboo subjects. I love to probe deep into a culture to understand what's really going in a society.

I recognize that my method has its flaws: anecdotal evidence has its own bias.

Still, if you do it often enough and with enough people, you usually can start forming a pretty accurate picture of a region.

I talked with dozens of Egyptians so that my chapter on Egypt is fair. Besides, it will be the final chapter in my book, so it has to be the best!

Speaking of my book, if you want to get a preview of the book as I'm writing it, please subscribe to my Patreon!

WanderLearn fans get a special chance to win a tour for two to Italy, England, Vietnam or California for FREE by going here:

https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn

TourRadar is the best search engine for multi-day tours. They are the world’s largest online travel agency for multi-day tours. Revolutionizing how multi-day tours are compared and purchased, TourRadar provides travelers with a trusted online marketplace to find and book life-enriching experiences worldwide. TourRadar works with over 2,000 tour operators to offer more than 40,000 tours in over 200 countries.

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit. In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer sending me cryptocurrency, then please send your support to one of my favorite wallets:

• Bitcoin: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV


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Rejoice Tapon and I host an Ask Me Anything episode on our podcast. The video is only available to my WanderLearn patrons.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Eko Atlantic Project in Lagos, Nigeria


• Is there going to be an audiobook of The Unseen Africa?


• Why did Rejoice end in prison in Zimbabwe?


• When I quote someone in The Unseen Africa, were you recording it?


• How many languages can Rejoice speak?

 If you have questions for us, send me an email, ideally with your voice asking the question!

WanderLearn fans get a special chance to win a tour for two to Italy, England, Vietnam or California for FREE by going here:

https://www.tourradar.com/wanderlearn

TourRadar is the best search engine for multi-day tours. They are the world’s largest online travel agency for multi-day tours. Revolutionizing how multi-day tours are compared and purchased, TourRadar provides travelers with a trusted online marketplace to find and book life-enriching experiences worldwide. TourRadar works with over 2,000 tour operators to offer more than 40,000 tours in over 200 countries.

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit. In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

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• Ethereum: 0x86D8Ab45260F82A5548F39BF21C9e244D0405a83 

Whenever anyone has visited over 150 countries, I'm impressed, but probably not for the reasons you think.

To get to 150, you had to have gone through some shithole countries. Those countries may not be warzones, but they are sketchy. They may have hard to get visas. They may be dangerous. They're definitely not tourist-friendly.

To visit 100 countries, you can avoid challenging countries. However, to get to 150 (there are 193 countries, according to the UN), you must go to no-go zones.

Still, some people find an easy way. They fly into the capital, take a secure taxi into and out of the city, fly home, and declare victory.

In Africa, for example, you can do that with the DR Congo, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan. Their capitals are usually pretty tame even though the rest of their countries are not. Same goes for Syria.

That's why overland journeys are, in my opinion, usually more interesting than jet-setting world tours.  

And that's why a bike journey around the world is truly jaw-dropping.

And we're talking a bicycle, not a motorcycle. 

Patrick Martin Schroder has biked to over 150 countries. He has climbed many of their highest peaks. He paraglides. And sometimes he even skips breakfast.

Watch the Video at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKpl5bJsNSY

If you loved my 2nd most popular podcast, which is about a 65-year-old adventurer showing you how to have a meaningful life, you'll also love this episode with Patrick.

In the podcast, I talk about a tough mountain in the Pacific that involved Ginge. Here are the details about that peak. I told Patrick that I wasn't sure of its height. It could be 2,000 meters, I surmised. It's just under 1,000 meters. It's not the tallest mountain of any one country. It's the tallest spot in a remote U.S. territory: Agrihan. That article is a great read.

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit. In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

You can post comments, ask questions, and sign up for my newsletter at http://wanderlearn.com.

If you like this podcast, subscribe and share! 

On social media, my username is always ftapon. Follow me on:

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Claim your monthly reward by becoming a patron at http://Patreon.com/FTapon

Rewards start at just $2/month!

If you prefer to do a one-time contribution, you can send it to my PayPal at [email protected]

If you prefer sending me cryptocurrency, then please send your support to one of my favorite wallets:

• Bitcoin: 3EiSBC2bv2bYtYEXAKTkgqZohjF27DGjnV


• Ethereum: 0x86D8Ab45260F82A5548F39BF21C9e244D0405a83

Europeans evangelized about Christianity.

Nowadays, one European is promoting something more secular: the gospel of basketball. 

Meet Tony Rodriguez.

For the last few years, he has been traveling through most of Africa with several basketballs in his car and not much else.

He really had a shoestring budget.

Listen to this podcast to hear how this Spaniard pulled it off.

Update: We recorded the podcast a couple of weeks ago when he was still in Africa. Tony is now back in Spain. He wasn't able to get through Sudan, so he drove back to Southern Africa and flew back to Spain.

You can follow his journey back to Europe at:

https://www.facebook.com/Titotonirodriguez

https://www.instagram.com/afroamericanquillo

https://twitter.com/ubrooklyn3x3

One of WanderLearn's top patrons, Kathy Kennedy Enger, asked me to draw attention to Health Access Sumbawa. I am happy to promote this remarkable nonprofit. In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded the organization to bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Since then, it's expanded thanks to generous donations. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org

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