World Journeys Podcast

It's the series finale and today I head down to the Flight Centre Travel Expo in Melbourne and grab some interviews from the people at hand.Andrew chats with Natalie from Contiki, Julie from Rocky Mountaineer, Mana from the Tonga booth and Renee from Wendy Wu Tours. They talk about the amazing countries and tours on offer and talk a little about their companies as well. A special thanks to all of the people I interviewed at the Travel Expo, it was extremely kind of you to give me your time and it was much appreciated. Readers – if you are looking for more information on these companies then here are the websites (in no particular order) :www.tongaholiday.comwww.wendywutours.com.auwww.contiki.comwww.rockymountaineer.comThanks for listening to the second series, series three will be coming later in the year! May the Journey Never End!

Tim Blight from Urban Duniya is back in the penultimate episode of Series Two of the World Journeys Podcast. We talk about Pakistan in this podcast, a country close to Tim's heart, and ask the question - 'what's it like to travel there now?' and talk about safety of course. Also, see how Tim blitzes it on the Capital City Challenge!If you'd like more information about Pakistan, Tim has a book out 'Pakistan Traveller'. You can find it as an ebook and as a paperback HERE at Amazon.

This week we continue our chat with Elli Dean about her amazing time in South America. This time we chat about her experiences in Colombia and Ecuador, and of course Elli takes the World Journeys Capital City Challenge. However, she turns the table on the host when she asks Andrew to do it as well. How will Andrew go?

This week I interview Elli Dean and speak to her about her recent trip to South America. In the first part of a two part interview Elli talks about her experiences in Bolivia and Peru, as well as airlines and more! Plenty of great travel tales are in store!

In the second part of my interview with Chris Goldby we theorise on what would be the perfect 'round the world itinerary, and look at some of the best places he's been to in his travels. We talk quite a bit about Vietnam in this podcast too!

In this podcast I chat with Chris Goldby about taking an around the world trip, and some of the great places he's been such as Vietnam and Thailand, plus various countries in Europe. So take a listen to the first part of the interview!

Yes, another episode of the World Journeys Podcast! In this one, Andrew chats with Susy Carasas-Castillo who moved from Peru to Melbourne, Australia a few years ago. This podcast was recorded back in 2014 shortly after Susy's Australian citizenship ceremony. Susy talks about the differences between Peru and Australia and becoming an Australian citizen. So have a listen to the interview and see how Susy does on the World Journeys Capital City Challenge!

Welcome to 2016. This year the podcast kicks off with the third episode in the latest series where Andrew talks with Michael Davoren about working on cruise ships in the Caribbean! 

In the latest episode of the World Journeys Podcast Andrew chats with Simba Masango about Zimbabwe, tourism in the region and much much more!

Howdy! The podcast is back with series two. Today I interview Tim Blight or Urban Duniya and we have a good ol' chin way about the art of Travel Blogging!

Join the conversation as we continue and conclude the chat with Jock Read-Hill about backpacking Europe, especially in the UK, France and Istanbul/Turkey. Jock takes up the capital city challenge as well - how will he do? Listen to find out in this highly entertaining episode of the World Journeys Podcast!

In today's podcast I speak with Jock Read-Hill about backpacking through Europe, in particular the UK and Turkey. This is a great podcast with lots of humour and some great anecdotes! Jock is a highly talented fellow from down Melbourne way - writer, actor, chef and more. We also chat a little about hostels and travelling Australia. Oh, and we talk a little about Fosters!

The World Journeys Podcast is back! Episode 8 kicks off the next bracket of seven episodes with a BANG as I chat with Robert Lloyd - actor, improviser and the guy that David Tennant looks a bit like as he talks about his experiences taking his one-man show 'Who, Me?' to the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. What was it like being at such an amazing event, the biggest Fringe Festival in the world? What was it like putting a show on there? What was the city and the atmosphere like? What else did he see in Scotland? AND - how will he do at the World Journeys capital city challenge? These questions, and more will be answered on today's podcast, and you can listen HERE!

This week the World Journeys Podcast is heading to the World Cup in Brazil! Well, sort of! We have a good old chinwag with Michael Woolhouse who is heading to the World Cup to support the mighty Socceroos (Australia's football team).I met Michael in Japan, to discover he lived around the corner from me in Melbourne! So firstly we talk a little about being home in Australia after two years in Japan, and then we chat in depth about Michael's plans for Brazil, what games he'll go to, where he'll stay and visit, and how he and his mates planned out the trip of a lifetime to see football's ultimate competition. And of course - he takes the World Journeys' Capital City Challenge. How will he do?Leaderboard - World Journeys' Capital City ChallengeAndrew Higgins - 5Kamilah Harris - 5Micahael Woolhouse - ???So, strap yourself in for a great episode of the World Journey's Podcast!

Recorded in Ueno Park, Ueno, Tokyo, the sixth episode of the World Journeys Podcast includes not one but TWO Andrews! Fighting off crows and temple gongs, this podcast is a great listen.Andrew Higgins talks to me (Andrew Boland) about his two years thus far in Japan. Andrew loves Akihabara, he's even visited a Maid Cafe - so find out what that was like! Andrew also talks about an 'ugly' foreigner, you know the kind of person - giving foreigners a bad name wherever he goes!Andrew chats a little about elementary school teaching as well, shares a number of great stories and we do have a great laugh! So, don't hesitate, take a listen! And don't forget - you can subscribe on itunes to the World Journeys Podcast here - World Journeys Podcast on ItunesNext Friday sees the final episode in the first bracket of seven episodes for the podcast. I chat to Michael Woolhouse about being home in Australia after 2 years in Japan, but the main focus of the podcast is Brazil 2014 - Michael is heading there to support the Australian football (soccer) side the 'Socceroos' in the World Cup in just over two weeks. That's NEXT Friday on the World Journeys Podcast - May the journey never end!

It is with great pleasure that I present this week’s podcast. It’s been slow to start but I feel this and next week’s episodes are the best so far. Today’s podcast features Kamillah Harris. I recorded it two weeks back on a beautiful sunny day in Yoyogi Park, Harajuku, Tokyo. Kamillah is from Jamaica and we chat about life in Japan and teaching in Japan, but we also talk a bit about Jamaica too, the beaches, the highlights of this wonderful island where Kamillah hails from. This was probably the most fun I have had doing the podcast – Kamillah has a great sense of humour (and a great laugh), AND she is the first person to take up the ‘Capital City Challenge’. What’s that? Well, you’ll have to listen all the way to the end to find out. Please do take a listen to the podcast, and don’t forget that you can subscribe on Itunes here – https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/world-journeys-podcast/id866457004

In episode four I interview two people. Firstly I chat with James Patrus, who has been in Japan a year, about first impressions of Japan, teaching, students and driving.Then I catch up with Miho Terui and we talk about Australia and her experiences there, and also we chat about Japanese food. May the journey never end!

 Join the podcast today with special guest Maxime Savard. Maxime has been living in Japan for over eight years now, and was living on the Tohoku coast on the 11th of March, 2011 when the Great Tohoku Earthquake hit. In the podcast we talk about his experiences after the earthquake and what it was like on Japan’s scariest day more than three years ago now.Rikuzentaka on the map (A)Maxime sings it up at Karaoke! No singing on the podcast sadly! :(After the tsunami.

Today’s podcast continues with our look at living in Japan as a foreigner and today’s guest is the charismatic Dean H. Rueztler, a veteran here in teaching English. Dean talks about his time living in Japan, the things that annoy him about Japan, and the things he loves – especially snow sports. We also talk a little about Maid Cafes and hostess bars (don’t worry, nothing above a PG rating!) and Dean’s time living in Finland. Dean’s a great character, making this podcast a great listen! You can also subscribe on Itunes, here’s the link:https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/world-journeys-podcast/id866457004

Howdy all! Yes, it has finally arrived! The World Journeys Podcast!Michael Eastwood - our very first guest!I, your humble host, Andrew Boland, will be interviewing and chatting with a number of people this year about travel-related topics, the best of countries, the worst of countries, backpacking, taking a show overseas, the experience of living in another country and so much more.The topic or theme of 'travel' is a wide one and there are so many possibilities, so please join me as I begin this new adventure, my first ever podcast. Podcasts aim to be between 25 and 40 minutes.The first mini-series of 6 episodes features a range of interviews I have and will conduct with people here in Japan, and focuses mainly on living, working and teaching in Japan. I have a great line up of people with various experiences in Japan, and it's a really good look at expat life in North Asia (principally).Episode One is an interview with Michael Eastwood, who has spent the last eight years living in Japan teaching initially for the JET program and subsequently for a company called Joy Talk. We talk about the different companies and pros and cons, and about the JET program. We talk about the highlights of living here in Japan, about the food and about the people. It's a great listen and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did when I recorded it. It goes for about 30 minutes.So without further ado - Series One, Episode One is here!