Vinney White Travels (and radio shows)

On the run from tourists in Thailand, I visit often-overlooked Wang Nam Khiao. Then the most tourist-filled street in Thailand for great noodles and shit comedy. On a mission to visit 100 countries, happily stuck on 95. Right-click to download podcast. Download or subscribe: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / YouTubePodcastsWant to get away from tourists? Stay here and ask Tu to show you around.Donate here to contribute towards hosting these podcasts please.Thanks!

Exploring the world's biggest religious site, an island of coconut palms and beaches, and getting chased by angry dogs. Again. On a mission to visit 100 countries, happily stuck on 95. Right-click to download podcast. Download or subscribe: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / YouTubePodcastsDonate here to contribute towards hosting these podcasts please.Thanks!

Silicon chips, law-abiding people, cartoon cat warning signs, stinky tofu and chanting in temples. Also: I get my beer stolen by someone on the run from the police.  Right-click to download podcast. Download or subscribe: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / YouTubePodcastsDonate here to contribute towards hosting these podcasts.Thanks!

Part two and we finally hit a beach. We meet a one-legged bar owner from England and his Filipino wife. We learn about Filipino culture, corruption and criminality. Lots of the other C-words too.   Right-click to download podcast. Download or subscribe: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / YouTubePodcastsDonate here to contribute towards hosting these podcasts.

Back on the road and it's country 94. I ask my friend's Filipino cleaner advice on travelling Philippines. Starting in testing Manila, I battle jet lag (by visiting a 24hr bar). Pete, my pal, arrives and we're off on motorbikes for adventure - which involves torrential rain and flooding. This is part one of a two part podcast.  Right-click to download podcast. Download or subscribe: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / YouTubePodcastsDonate here to contribute towards hosting these podcasts.

Back in 2012 I got in a huge truck, full of people I had never met, and rumbled across Africa. Two months, 8 countries, lots of laughs. This is the final podcast of the two, looking back at the overland adventure. Edited and audio-improved for today.    Right-click to download podcast. Download or subscribe: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / GoogleDonate here to contribute towards hosting podcasts and shows. 

Years ago, I lost my job. I immediatly booked a trip to Africa. Two months, 8 countries, lots of laughs. This is that adventure, from back in 2012. Two part podcast, edited and audio-improved for today.  Right-click to download podcast. Download or subscribe: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / GoogleDonate here to contribute towards hosting podcasts and shows. 

A weekend in Ireland.  A boy throws up on a car. A man drinks Guinness while telling a story. A good Irish friend admits he finds Irish people ugly. Right-click to download podcast. Download or subscribe: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / GoogleDonate here to contribute towards hosting podcasts and shows. 

A quick update on travels. Announcing: My upcoming Edinburgh show.  Hear a snippet of a similar old live performance (it's funnier now though). Right-click to download podcast. Download or subscribe: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / GoogleMore info on show & tickets: HistoryOfElectronic.com Donate here to contribute towards hosting podcasts and shows. 

Visiting a doctor in Austria. What happened? Doesn't count as a new country because I've already been, so still on 93. Right-click to download podcast. Download or subscribe: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / GoogleDonate here. Oh go on. 

Motorbike Madeira. A Portuguese island with Winter sun.  Doesn't count as a country, so still on 93. Right-click to download podcast. Download or subscribe: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / GoogleDonate here

Lobster, crime, corruption and La Isla Bonita. You'd better Belize it. Country 93. Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

Plastic Jesus pulled through Guatemalan streets, stone ruins, sexy volcanoes, cooking chicken in a tree-house. Country 92. Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, a longer-than-usual podcast: This time, The Azores! Wet, wild and wonderful. Country 91. Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

Last stops of inter-railing trip: Breakfast in Italy, lunch in Monaco, dinner in France. Why not stay in Monaco? Find out! It's cute and costly; country 90. Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

Smallest country on Earth: We look at crime, wine, paintings, Swiss Guards and a terrible song. Country 89.Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

San Marino: Guns, castles and a stone-mason on the run. Country 88.Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

Train to "Land of the Slavs" but what is a Slav? Live from Lake Bled and Ljubljana. Country 87: Slovenia.Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

It's double land-locked - but is it double lovely? Find out as I explore one of many small European countries. Country 86: Liechtenstein.Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

High adrenaline and high voices: It's the Isle Of Man, man! Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

Final part of a podcast about Colombia: Pablo Escobar, steak, annoying airport announcements, La Pintada, El Hotel Termales del Ruiz (hot springs), pure love. Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

Epic Colombia: Motorcycling, walking and causing small explosions in The Andes.Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

 A disappointing time in Copenhagen. Includes a murder. Right-click to download the latest podcast.Download with Apple or Spotify

A few beers and a chat in Nicaragua; one of the best countries in the world.  Right-click to download the latest podcast. Download with Apple or Spotify Travel diaries from around the world including all kinds of recordings, and a huge archive of previous radio shows.

Final part from Cape Verde: fat-beats, food-poisoning, frog-song and fish-pie.  Right-click to download the latest podcast. Download with Apple or Spotify Travel diaries from around the world including all kinds of recordings, and a huge archive of previous radio shows.

Cape Verde: Mind-blowing scenery, authentic living, terrible food. Let's explore it together.  Right-click to download the latest podcast. Download with Apple or Spotify Travel diaries from around the world including all kinds of recordings, and a huge archive of previous radio shows.

Lisbon is one of the best cities on the planet. Find out why. After a couple of timely rants about the world, that is.  Right-click to download the latest podcast.Apple or Spotify

What would it be like to motorbike from Toronto to Vancouver? I have some idea now. Listen to the adventure. Right-click to download the latest podcast.Apple or Spotify

Loads of avocado news. Polly joins Vinney to discuss angry people (and how not to deal with them), and Canada's moose-on-loose problem. Jeremy Corbyn storms Glastonbury - who is he and who started... Travel diaries from around the world including all kinds of recordings, and a huge archive of previous radio shows.

A quick look at the Canada day celebrations, then a show dedicated to Vietnam. Almost no mention of Trump! Listen to Vinney White live: 9pm-10pm every Sunday on NewsTalk 1010am.  Buy... Travel diaries from around the world including all kinds of recordings, and a huge archive of previous radio shows.

Live from Tokyo this week with news of Japanese vending machines and bullet trains. A quick chat with a Amanda in Toronto. A splash of news and also, a scathing ABC reporter with a Trump... Travel diaries from around the world including all kinds of recordings, and a huge archive of previous radio shows.

Live South Korea, we look at the work ethic and my brief experience of police corruption. We chat to Amanda about Justin Trudeau's PR team and that massive duck (again).   Listen to Vinney... Travel diaries from around the world including all kinds of recordings, and a huge archive of previous radio shows.

Introducing my new YouTube travel channel; ALBATROSS JIM. Then, a 1hr music mix featuring Bob Dylan, London Elektricity,  Kasper Koman, Gat Decor, Alpha 9, Crosby Stills & Nash, Unkle. Orbital. +MORE. Right-click to download the latest show.To subscribe with iTunes, click hereIf you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here

On a quest to get to 100 countries, I visit country 81; The Gambia. In this episode I travel by motorbike along the mighty Gambia river to discover mangroves and mangos. I drink baobab green tea with the locals and learn of government corruption. Find out what a beautiful friendly place The Gambia is, by listening to some of the people I meet along the way. Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click hereFeel the power of the bubble-wrapped beast. The Gambia. 

On a quest to get to 100 countries, I visit country 80 and 81, Senegal and The Gambia. In this episode I travel Senegal. Starting in Dakar, I go off-the-beaten track into dusty Djiffer and Toubakouta. Find out what Senegal is like by listening to some of the people I meet along the way. Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

An few bits from my show, on tour; The History Of Electronic Music. From bone-flute to drum loop. Enjoy! Come see it in 2020. Dates will be at HistoryOfElectronic.com -meanwhile, happy Christmas to you and your family, you delightful flange. Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

DACA scrapped (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) in the USA, Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (sounds bad, but is it?), Doug Ford announces he is running for Mayor of Toronto, the girl who landed a poo through window (then got stuck trying to move it). Amanda joins us to talk about the Toronto International Film Festival and cruise ships - oh and sharks. Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

A quick look at Helsinki in Finland then on to the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania). Renting scooters, eating meat, witnessing a sword fight, learning about the bleak past and the bright future, and being told I cannot rent a car. All that and more as the calm green Baltics bring happiness. Plan a trip for yourself.    Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click hereTallinn, Estonia

The final part from India and it's all about the Kerala. Go to the backwaters of Kochi for a unique house-boat ride through tropical paradise. Grab an ayurvedic massage and a coconut fish curry while you are there. Rent a motorbike and see the beaches if you can handle being stared at by people who have never seen white folks. See Vishnu standing next to Jesus. The trip finishes on Varkala Beach, absorbing sun and oddities. India is amazing. Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

Part three from India and it's all about the pink city; Jaipur. Then a train to Jaisalmer in Rajasthan to ride a camel in the desert. Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

Vinney is back on the road, this time in India for a four part podcast. Episode 1: London to Delhi, then on to Agra. The mad vibe in India, the pollution, what's the Red Fort all about? Plus a sprinkle on the Taj Mahal.Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

Part two from India and it's all about the most beautiful building in the world; The Taj Mahal in Agra. A quick rant about smells and noise. Next stop; the pink city; Jaipur. Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

A weekend trip to Berlin, via a place I have never heard of. After an unexpected diversion I give a quick guide to Berlin, and tell you how to be refused entry at Berghain (giant nightclub set in an old power-station). Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

Back in England, Vinney catches up with Charlie in Benin via Skype. They discuss visiting a Ghana church service at 2am and listen to the mad sermon that happened inside.Support Charlie at walkingforwater.dkRight-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

Motorbiking Ghana and Togo, Africa. The funny stories and the people met along the way. Part four.In this episode I visit a fetish museum/market (dead dogs head anyone?), I get talking to a prostitute, talk to Charlie who has been walking from Denmark for over two years - visit walkingforwater.dk to learn more.Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here Dogs heads and all kinds of other 'fetishes'.

Quick trip motorbiking Ghana, Africa. The reports on the trip and the people met along the way. Part one.Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

Motorbiking Ghana and Togo, Africa. The stories and the people met along the way. Part three, (the sad one): Visiting Cape Coast Castle (Ghana) to learn about the cruel history of slavery. This is a sad and out-of-the-ordinary departure from my usual stuff, but a really important look at the cruel exportation of people that shaped todays world.Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click hereBiking on a boat across Volta river and two pictures of Cape Coast Castle

Motorbiking Ghana and Togo, Africa. The stories and the people met along the way. Part two: The incident. Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

Vinney moved to England for Summer, but decided to stay. Here he thanks BobFM Ottawa and NewsTalk1010 Toronto. Time for a new chapter in Europe. There will be a new show, of some sort (radio, TV or web) soon enough. It's been epic.Meanwhile here's the last show, with an audio-trip down memory-lane. 12yrs of broadcasting in Canada. Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

Week three of booze-free and Vinney drinks a boozeless-beetroot-espresso-martini.We talk Cocaine (which country snorts the most?), the man who had a 4 day erection, Vinney and Amanda talk marathon traffic, and protests.  Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here

19yr old unqualified plastic surgeon works from her Toronto basement (what could possibly go wrong?) Trumpkin and his plot to destroy the universe (solution to those working with him: just tell him he's great and do what you want). Amanda and Vinney look at some interesting journalism in the Toronto Sun including the line "a one way ticket to the morgue". Finally: Huge USA fajita theft news.Link to Sun story we discussed here.  Right-click to download the latest show.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereTo subscribe with iTunes, click here