After I left Pietermaritzburg, I went to St. Lucia – the hippo place of South Africa. There were signs everywhere saying that the hippos roam in the streets at night. The day after I joined a Hippo & Croc Boat Cruise in iSimangaliso Wetland Park just outside St Lucia, and I was picked up at the hostel and got into an open minibus with some of the others and our guide Ndu. It’s a 2-hour boat tour, where they make a promise: “100 % Guaranteed Hippo Sightings or You're Money Back” And I guess i...
Jul 30, 2020•32 min•Season 4Ep. 167
Greetings from KwaZulu-Natal! Welcome back to the next instalment of my enchanting road trip across South Africa. This episode is part 5 of my journey, so if you have missed the previous 4 episodes then I suggest you go back and catch up, otherwise you will never know just how I ended up here. I left Durban in the rear-view mirror of my hired Toyota Corolla en route to Lesotho - a tiny country completely surrounded by South Africa. It’s a country within a country - like a Russian doll of autonom...
Jul 21, 2020•32 min•Season 4Ep. 166
Groete van Durban! Welcome to the next instalment of my amazing road trip across South Africa. In this episode, you still find me in the vibrant coastal city of Durban - but more specifically, perched on top of one of the city’s most renowned landmarks, Moses Mabhida Soccer Stadium. Just what exactly am I doing 106 meters (348 ft) from the ground? I'm about to jump… The reason why I am about to jump off this stadium arch is not because I’m crazy, or because this global pandemic has gotten all to...
Jul 16, 2020•22 min•Season 4Ep. 165
Molweni! Welcome to Part 3 of my epic road trip across beautiful South Africa. In this episode, we pick up where I left off in Part 2 , leaving local bungy jumpers at Bloukrans Bridge on my way to Port Elizabeth. But not long after I hit the N2 national highway I made a scheduled stop at one of South Africa’s rare gems. The exquisite Tsitsikamma National Park is nestled along the southern coast of South Africa and forms part of the Garden Route National Park. With dramatic coastlines of towering...
Jul 09, 2020•42 min•Season 4Ep. 164
Welcome to the second half of my meetings with Tarek Kholoussy. If you haven’t heard the first half yet you should definitely do that first and then come back here for the second part. In the first one that was recorded back in December 2018 when we just arrived in Brazil on the Nomad Cruise from Spain, Tarek talked about him fulfilling three big life goals: To run 25 marathons, to visit 100 countries and the third one – that we’ll dive deep into in this episode, to start a social enterprise. Wh...
Jun 28, 2020•27 min•Season 4Ep. 163
This and the next episode are about a nomad called Tarek Kholoussy, recorded in two continents. In Brazil and Bali. Tarek’s life had taken a huge turn a few years back, and today and tomorrow you will hear about that. This is the first half of Tarek’s story, and get ready to meet a super interesting guy. It’s a story about change, about goals being fulfilled, signs from the universe, and a bit of serendipity… We start in Bali, where I’m at the beach having a cold beer with my good friend Tarek; ...
Jun 27, 2020•30 min•Season 4Ep. 162
Welcome to day 3 and 4 of my road trip from Cape Town. In this episode, I visit Safari Ostrich Farm in Oudtshoorn here on the Garden Route in South Africa. It’s the only Tractor Safari on an Ostrich Farm in South Africa, and it’s interesting to see and learn something new about this weird bird – a specie whose ancestors have been around since the age of dinosaurs. Then I head to Knysna – a quaint town located in the heart of the world-famous Garden Route. If Oudtshoorn is big on Ostriches and Kn...
Jun 23, 2020•35 min•Season 4Ep. 161
The Radio Vagabond podcast is back...! This is an episode that was recorded pre-Corona and is the first leg of my road trip from Cape Town to Johannesburg. I start driving Garden Route to Cape Agulhas – the southernmost point of Africa where the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean meet. Then I head north towards Oudtshoorn and on the way I visit Ronnies Shop that had its name changed to Ronnies Sex Shop as a prank from his friends. He was angry at first but that turned the business around, because as ...
Jun 16, 2020•29 min•Season 4Ep. 160
This is really a story of connecting the dots as Steve Jobs talked about. This guy went from studying to be a nurse – to becoming a soldier in Kuwait – to being stationed in Guantanamo – to working for the FBI busting criminals – to landing a high-paid job while being drunk in a karaoke bar – to doing spy-stuff and nearly getting killed in a rocket attack in Afganistan – to becoming an app developer and then a digital nomad. Wade Sellers is also a Nomad Cruiser but we’ve never been on a cruise t...
Apr 12, 2020•46 min•Season 4Ep. 159
As a full-time solo traveller, it's always great to have visitors, especially from your kids. You might remember that my youngest daughter travelled with me for four months at the beginning of my journey to Asia. She met me in Bangkok, and then we were in Chiang Mai, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hongkong, China, North Korea, South Korea. And when we got to Japan, my oldest daughter joined us, and we had two weeks together there – during cherry blossom season. Since then, I've only seen them when I'v...
Apr 03, 2020•26 min•Season 4Ep. 158
This episode is recorded in November, before the Coronavirus outbreak. Since then, Matt Kepnes has tested positive for COVID19 – but as he’s telling on his blog , he’s feeling better. - - - - - - - Matthew Kepnes is an American travel blogger, and among travel bloggers he's a rock star. He's a New York Times bestselling author and has been featured in the New York Times, CNN, National Geographic, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and BBC. Matt was born in Boston in '81 and growing up, he...
Mar 26, 2020•26 min•Season 4Ep. 157
Welcome to the second half of my visit to a child and youth care centre in Cape Town. If you haven’t heard the first half, you should listen to that one first. And then you will know that Florian Kraemer, the CEO and founder of this place called Vulamasango is so passionate about caring for these kids. He goes out of his way to do what is right. He tells about a specific girl in the children’s home and how far he went in her case. Her mother who was an alcoholic – and regularly he had to take he...
Mar 25, 2020•47 min•Season 4Ep. 156
We’re in the Cape Flats – the township-areas around 25 km/15 miles south-east of what we know as the city of Cape Town. Here we meet the CEO and founder of Vulamasango , Florian Kraemer. This is a remarkable story that comes full circle, about a man that was saved by a young African boy when he was just a teenager himself. At that African boys ends up getting killed in an attack in the civil war in Congo the very next day. This was a turning point and Florian from Germany dedicated his life to h...
Mar 23, 2020•29 min•Season 4Ep. 155
In this episode, I speak with Jason Moore. He's an American living in Norway, who does a popular podcast called Zero to Travel . LINKS: Zero to Travel Zero to Travel on Facebook . Location Indie . Sponsor Hotels25.com The Radio Vagabond is produced by RadioGuru . See pictures on TheRadioVagabond.com You can follow The Radio Vagabond on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram , and YouTube ....
Mar 17, 2020•32 min•Season 4Ep. 154
It's Sunday, March 15th 2020. This is a special episode where we dive into the situation of the world right now. Both my own and the effect it has on my travelling friends around the world. How should I react to my government's recommendations? GÆSTER: Toti from Italian Trip Abroad . He's an Italian living in London. Nick and Margherita from The Crowded Planet . They are in Milan, Italy. Becky Gillespie from The School of Travels Podcast. She's an American in Japan. Torbjørn Pedersen from Once U...
Mar 15, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 153
Today we’re meeting Sean Tierney. I got to know him through Nomad Cruise and he’s got an interesting story, that he’s sharing with us today. After Nomad Cruise X we both ended up in Bali and got to hang out even more. He’s also nomadic like me. Well, partly nomadic now. We started around the same time but he travels slower than me – hence the title "Sean Tierney is Slowmadic”. He’s also a podcaster. He does the Nomad Podcast – and actually I’m a guest on that one also today. Recently he quit his...
Mar 13, 2020•32 min•Season 4Ep. 152
Welcome back to The Radio Vagabond and Cape Town and in this episode, we’re going driving – chatting with Uber drivers. And then we’re visiting the District Six Museum. THE UBER DRIVERS OF CAPE TOWN I’ve learned that some of the best people to talk about what it’s like in a city are Uber drivers. So, in this episode, we will do just that. A lot of the Uber drivers here in Cape Town are from other countries. Three of the four, I speak with here, are from other countries: Congo, Malawi and first P...
Mar 09, 2020•30 min•Season 4Ep. 151
Recently I was in Dubai and heading to Kathmandu in Nepal. On the flight next to me was a young guy with one of the friendliest smiles I’ve seen in a long time. On the flight, we became instant friends and decided to hang out some more when we got to Kathmandu. That young guy was Robin from Germany. This is an interview episode and you do not want to miss this one, because Robin is a very different type of full-time traveler than most of us. And the way he travels has really inspired me a lot fo...
Mar 05, 2020•30 min•Season 4Ep. 150
Here’s an episode that was recorded at WTM - World Travel Market in London in November. World Travel Market London is the leading global event for the travel industry to meet industry professionals and conduct business deals. This is where global travel buyers network and make deals with over 5,000 of the biggest destinations and brands in the world. When we’re talking about travelling, flying is a big part of it, and since 1 in 3 people have a fear of flying I thought it would be interesting an...
Feb 28, 2020•14 min•Season 4Ep. 149
Episode #148 - Finding Sugarman in Cape Town Pt: II V1.0 20.02.2020 Sawabona abangane! (Zulu for 'Hello friends!') Welcome back to The Radio Vagabond for Part II of my interesting conversation with Cape Town local Stephen' Sugar' Segerman, amateur music detective and inspiration behind the Academy Award-winning feature documentary Searching for Sugarman . If you haven't listened to or read Part I of this fantastic story, then I suggest you go back and do so before continuing, otherwise much of w...
Feb 25, 2020•33 min•Season 4Ep. 148
After coming down from my wine and gin-soaked euphoria after receiving the amazing news that I am officially cancer-free (yay!), I got the opportunity to chat with Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman, the inspiration behind the Academy Award-winning documentary Searching for Sugarman . If you haven’t seen the documentary yet (where have you been hiding?) then take a quick look at the trailer so you can be up-to-date with what this episode is all about. Go on, I’ll wait. Finished? Alright, let’s jump into i...
Feb 23, 2020•31 min•Season 4Ep. 147
I met Becky Gillespie on The Nomad Cruise , and we became good friends quickly. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Becky Gillespie has been living abroad since the age of 22, when she moved to Tokyo. The plan was to spend one year working as a teacher, but one year turned into 12. Becky is writing a book about the part of Tokyo she ended up staying in and loving so much. The title will be "Shimokitazawa: Your Guide to the World's Most Walkable Neighborhood". She became a digital nomad in 2017 and...
Feb 21, 2020•43 min•Season 4Ep. 146
We are back in Africa, and I have finally reached Cape Town – also known as "The Mother City". It’s my favorite city in the world so I couldn’t be happier, except for the fact that I’m still very worried about my health. So we start by going to the hospital where I get the verdict: Do I have cancer or not. You can also join me on a wine tour and on a visit to a micro-distillery, Pienaar & Son that produces some great gin. LINKS: Pienaar & Son Produced by RadioGuru . Sponsor Hotels25.com ...
Feb 17, 2020•34 min•Season 4Ep. 145
This is just a quick Sunday update, so you are ready for tomorrow when we’re back on track on my Africa trip. I left you in Ethiopia, and just as I was about to fly to Cape Town, I got a disturbing message from my retired doctor back in Denmark. Since you might have missed that episode, here it is again. Tomorrow when I will take you with me to a visit to the hospital in Cape Town where I get the news about my health. See you tomorrow.
Feb 16, 2020•28 min
NOTE: There was a bug in the episode when I uploaded it yesterday – so listen here instead. ----- In this episode, I’ll take you on a beautiful train ride through some beautiful nature in Sri Lanka, so I can understand why many people call it the most scenic train ride in the world. But there’s so much more for you in this last episode from Sri Lanka. I also stay at Club Hotel Dolphin with the biggest swimming pool in the country on the beach north of Colombo, where I speak to the German manager...
Feb 12, 2020•30 min•Season 4Ep. 144
The Radio Vagabond is back, and this week you will get two more episodes from Sri Lanka. In this one we go to the center of the country. We start by visiting two workshops – one doing batik and a wood workshop where we get a demonstration of how they make natural paint using what they call “The Rainbow Tree”. FESTIVAL OF THE TOOTH Then we go to a spectacular parade called "Kandy Esala Perahera” – also called The Festival of the Tooth. It happens every year and is one of the most important celebr...
Feb 10, 2020•25 min•Season 4Ep. 143
When I left you in the latest episode here from Sri Lanka, we were heading to an authentic village in the forest. You might remember that I was steering the bullock cart on the way there. After that, we walked a bit more along the rice fields down to the river where a "catamaran canoe" took us across. And then after a bit more walking, we got to a small house with a grass roof. Inside was a smiling Sri Lankan woman about to cut a coconut in half with a big knife. AUTHENTIC VILLAGE EXPERIENCE I g...
Oct 24, 2019•28 min•Season 4Ep. 142
Sheila Dee and Evo Terra are friends of mine. I met Evo in Manilla at TBEX Asia in 2016, and when I got to Bangkok a few months later, they offered me to stay with them. At that time they were living in a beautiful condo with a fantastic view of Bangkok, after traveling the world for a few years. It started as a sabbatical became an epic world-wide journey for over three years. They basically did what I did: Sold everything to explore life on the road – and (like me) they were podcasting about i...
Oct 17, 2019•34 min•Season 4Ep. 141
We're back in Sri Lanka for the third episode about what this country has to offer. And now, it's time to leave Colombo. THINGS TO SEE IN THE EAST AND THE MIDDLE OF SRI LANKA In this episode I will share (at least) five things, I would recommend you to explore in the central and eastern part of Sri Lanka. Pineapple Farm Ridee Viharaya Koneswaram Temple Sunrise on the beach in Trincomalee Riding Bullock Carts and Canoe Catamaran in Habarana I'm on a press trip, invited by Sri Lanka Tourism, and I...
Sep 22, 2019•30 min•Season 4Ep. 140
This weekend I attended the BorderlessLive conference in London. It’s a brand new two day event organised by Traverse Events and WTM all about travel content creating and how we as content creators can work with brands and destinations. I had the pleasure of moderating a panel and we decided to put it out as a podcast right here. So if you’re a writer, blogger, YouTuber, Instagrammer or podcaster, this might be interesting for you. ON THE PANEL: Kim Leuenberger, @kim.ou and @travellingcars Sandy...
Sep 09, 2019•58 min•Season 4Ep. 139
