Wanderlust Journal: A Travel Show: Recent Episodes
Sarah Leamy
Listen in for international travel stories, book suggestions, gear and tech ideas, events and anecdotes, interviews and reviews. Each bi-weekly episode also gives tips on how to improve your travel writing with simple ways to really catch your readers’ attention. Explore, Publish, Inspire with your host, Sarah Leamy, a bit of a writer and wanderer with a background in publishing.
A few recommendations and suggestions for ways to learn Spanish from anywhere in the world. I hope this inspires you to try again!
Immersive Language courses are available all across the globe, locally and internationally. Try your community college and look online for private schools. Ask on community FB pages too for others’ suggestions.
Lingoda.com for Zoom based conversational classes, flexible schedules, decent prices.
Duolingo - pros and cons of using this app.
Word search apps. I use Palabras on an iphone.
Podcasts such as Learn Spanish and Go with May and Jim.
Thanks again: Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
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Talking about what to bring across the border, on dealing with stray dogs and your own leashed ones, finding vets, when we've lost dogs and more.
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Lost a pet blog https://dirtroadsanddogs.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/lost-and-found-what-to-do-when-you-lose-your-dog/
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Health and dogs travel, Taking Harold and Billie to Baja the first time: https://sarahleamy.com/2022/09/29/baja-van-life-3/
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More from my notes on Baja and dogs: https://sarahleamy.com/?s=baja
And in Mulege, the winter Vet clinic: PAW https://pawclinic.wordpress.com
Find out more at www.sarahleamy.com Thank you.
This is the first of a short series on traveling with dogs and even adopting one here in Baja California Sur, Mexico. I'll come back in the next episode with the legalities and a few resources for you. So listen in to meet Teddy, my new rescue pup and the organization that saved him from the local dump.
Find out more about the Mulegé Animal Rescue at https://mulegeanimalrescue.com.mx/home
Music by Sofia Avery. Thanks, friend!
www.sarahleamy.com for more about my travels and writing. Thanks.
Episode 18: Today, I’m recording this from the San Juan Mountains in Southern Colorado in July 2023.
You’ll hear more anecdotes from life as a camphost, some recommendations for gear and an event here in Pagosa Springs, as well as an excerpt from my latest book, STAY (Madville Publishing, 2023). Enjoy!
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
Shop here for STAY by Sarah Leamy
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Recommendations: The Omni Oven.
Events: The Folk Festival, Labor day weekend, in Pagosa Springs. There’s a FB page: https://www.facebook.com/fourcornersfolkfestival/
(P.S. It’s a little confusing but this is a new season yet I’m keeping the numbers going for the episodes. I’m calling it Season Two as the new focus in on my own personal travels, the places and people I meet, life on the road as well as offering excerpts from short story collections and published books of mine, stuff you won’t hear elsewhere.)
Have you ever thought about how to become a campground host? Or what's really involved? I'll tell you about how I got the job, what I do, and other anecdotes from life here in Colorado.
You'll also hear another short story of mine...as yet unpublished. This and the others come from a collection of shorts that I'm sending out to presses looking for a home out in the world. Enjoy! AND thanks to Sofia Nehama for the music, it's perfect.
www.sarahleamy.com for more information.
Today, you'll hear about working as a camphost in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado as well as a short story set in the area. Enjoy!
I have some rather interesting news: I am passing along the website into the good hands of Rachel Schinderman. Wanderlust Journal, the online resource for many of us to publish our travel stories will be under her care from this summer of 2023 as I focus my attention more on my own writing and travels. I also talk about Colorado where I’ll be the next four months which will be explored more on the podcast, sharing trails, events, kayaking, hiking and more suggestions. I read from Dan Koeppel’s book “To see every bird on earth” as I’ve hit that age when feathered flying things make me look up saying, oh pretty…
I also read a VERY short piece from Stay, by me, Sarah Leamy, (Madville Publishing, 2023) which is coming out this month and is an unusual travel memoir, a mix of personal anecdotes, fears, cartoons, links to music, and photos.
Thanks again,
Sleam
And
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
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How have I gone this long without an episode on travels with dogs? Ridiculous! So, today you’ll hear a variety of voices with a focus on traveling with dogs. I’ll come back to cats another time, with stories from Stevie, my little feral bugger who explored national forests across the American West.
We’ll start with Lavanya Sunkara:
https://nature-traveler.com/2014/05/28/kissing-horses-and-hiking-mountains-with-my-dog-in-new-hampshire/
Travels with Charley by Steinbeck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travels_with_Charley
Dirt Roads and Dogs: In Colorado, https://sarahleamy.com/2015/12/04/boggy-draw-and-the-dispersed-camping-near-mcphee-co/
With more advice and places that I found to be dog-friendly, have a look at https://sarahleamy.com/?s=dirt+roads+and+dogs
And thanks again:
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com
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Thanks for listening!
Today you’ll hear from Anthony Bourdain, Meg Freer, Takera and her article on James Heming, and how food has a lingering affect on cultures and memories.
Anthony Bourdain, The Nasty Bits: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nasty-bits-anthony-bourdain/1100623147
Meg Freer, Russian Tea: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2019/08/27/russian-tea-by-meg-freer/
Takera: https://flightsandfoods.com/about-me/
And
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com
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Thanks for listening!
S1E13- Hiking Tales
Today you’ll hear from New Zealand, Iceland, Colorado and Nepal, a variety of style of writing and the way they focus their stories on a specific theme.
Upcoming this summer, the following two books will be available through Wild Dog Press.
Sam Brakeley, “Tramping Te Araroa. A Journey Through New Zealand with Captain Cook”
Anne Marie Wells, “Happiness in Iceland”.
We also hear an excerpt from Sarah Leamy, “Bring a Chainsaw”.
and Steve Gardiner, “A Moment of Truth in the Andes”
As always,
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com
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Recorded in Baja, Mexico. Feb 2023
With a wide range of stories, we hear about Kartik Vasan and Sim Bhadoria and @thebrownvanlife, as well as Kim Kingsman and her wish for others to be able to get their own passports, as well as Nicole Sutten in NZ and the confidence to go out on her bike with others. Lastly, we hear from James Agombar in Samoa.
https://www.instagram.com/thebrownvanlife/
https://theawkwardtraveller.com/all-about-kay-kingsman/
https://womanmoto.com/get-off-the-couch
https://wanderlust-journal.com/2018/04/16/is-this-the-end-of-the-world-by-james-agombar/
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com
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Thanks again. Come on back in two weeks time for more stories from travelers like us!
We have a range of excerpts today with a kayak from California to Hawaii, a solo biker in Iran, a couple of fellas in boxers, and a burro in the rain of Baja.
Including
Dave Shively:
The Pacific Alone: The Untold Story of Kayaking's Boldest Voyage
Lois Pryce: https://www.loispryce.com/about/
George Mahood: https://www.georgemahood.com/books/free-country-a-penniless-adventure-the-length-of-britain/
Graham Mackintosh: https://grahammackintosh.com
Last Thoughts: The purpose of life is to live it, to taste it, to experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com
The Podcast hosting website: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com
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Coming up, we’ll have more diverse travelers, sorry but this one ended up being rather white, straight, and euro-centric. I have a bunch of great women BIPOC travelers to tell you about. So please stick around for the future episodes which will be a better reflection on who is out there wandering and writing. Thanks.
S1E10: WHAT IS OVERLANDING?
Thinking about definitions, history, and the vehicles needed for Overlanding.
Recorded in Baja California Sur, Mexico in 2023
Definitions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlanding
The Camel Trophy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_Trophy
Overland Expo: https://www.overlandexpo.com/compass/what-does-overlanding-mean/
The Best Vehicle? Haha… https://www.overlandexpo.com/compass/the-best-vehicle-for-overlanding/
Scott, Chris (2017) [2011].Overlanders Handbook(2nd ed.). Surrey, UK: Trailblazer Publications.ISBN 978-1-905864-87-4.
Use what you have.
Make it reliable.
Balance time and money, which is more accessible to you? Can you save or work on the road? Do you really need all that shit hanging off the back of the 4x4? Nope. So, take what you have, and explore. Then publish. And inspire!
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste it, to experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
To submit your own stories to be included: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/wanderlust-travel-journals-lq3P2
Thank you.
S1E9: What’s in a name? Part One. OVERLANDING
Thinking about our travelers’ identity, self-label, trends and what Overlanding is.
Recorded in Baja California Sur, Mexico in 2023
FB poll as the initial motivation to talk about this topic. The various names we call ourselves include overlander, traveler, wanderer, nomad, van lifer, adventurer, adventure biker and
through hiker, or as Katie says, camper:
Definitions of Overlanding from
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlanding
Inspirational Travelers include:
Graham and Connie Rodham: story here https://7p.io/2015/09/25/legendofcampsix/
Ray and Marianne Hyland: London to Singapore in a 1954 Land Rover With a Family of 5, story here https://expeditionportal.com/london-to-singapore/
Roseann and Jonathon Hanson: https://www.exploringoverland.com/about
Events past and upcoming
Overland Expo
NW Rallies.
Escapar a Baja: Storyteller Nomad van builds
Cheap RV/Homes on Wheels alliance events
Skills building/ training/ vehicle sympathy: 7p.io with the Camel Trophy team, the various rallies, many states have private companies offering such workshops and hands-on.
Recommended books:
- Scott, Chris (2017) [2011].Overlanders Handbook(2nd ed.). Surrey, UK: Trailblazer Publications.ISBN 978-1-905864-87-4.
- Sheppard, Tom (1998). Vehicle-dependent Expedition Guide. Hertfordshire, UK: Desert Winds in association with Land Rover. ISBN0-9532324-0-9
Last Thoughts: The purpose of life is to live it, to taste it, to experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com
The Podcast hosting website: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com
To become a Patron: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2022/03/22/please-consider-becoming-a-patron/
A little tongue in cheek as I record this from Baja California, Mexico, bitching about the night lows of 52 degrees Fahrenheit! I know, I know…poor me.
House Calls by Dogsled by Keith Billington set in the Northwest Territories of Canada from the 1960s.
PolarPreet and her incredibly inspiring solo exploration of Antarctica. Click on her map to hear her latest daily check-ins, support her if you can.
Song, a short piece from the memoir STAY to be published by Madville Publishing in 2023.
Lastly, an offering for a sunnier and warmer event: https://www.escaparalabaja.com
Thank you all.
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com
To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com
The Podcast hosting website: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com
To Buy Me a Coffee (as they say!) : https://wanderlust-journal.com/2022/03/22/please-consider-becoming-a-patron/
Events: Escapar a Baja, Mexico in early February, 2023 near La Paz, BCS, Mexico. Check it out if you want a vanlife filled white sand beach kind of week! It’s too busy for me but hey ho…you might love it.
Thanks again, talk to you soon.
Sleam xxx
S1E7: Roadtrips (Not All Who Wander Are Lost10
On location in Gonzaga Bay, Baja California
Today’s links are:
Kim Sosin and Janet Rives: https://wanderlust-journal.com/shop/
Sarah Leamy, Bring a Chainsaw: https://bookshop.org/books?keywords=Sarah+Leamy
William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways: https://bookshop.org/p/books/blue-highways-a-journey-into-america-william-least-heat-moon/
As always, huge thanks for the music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com
To read and explore more with the hundreds of international contributors mentioned on the podcast: https://wanderlust-journal.com
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Every two weeks, there will be a new focus and examples of travel stories as well as recommendations for you. Thanks.
In today's episode, you'll hear more on the topic of solo travelers. Since my early twenties, I’ve been inspired by many of the following names. With this episode in mind, I did more research and came up with this how-to, taken from a few articles and presentations of mine on how I have wandered off the beaten track alone and kept my safe (so far)…
Inspiration. Laurie Lee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_I_Walked_Out_One_Midsummer_Morning
Research/Preparation. Languages, routes, culture, health, etc
Sarah Marquis: https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/wild-by-nature-interview-with-sarah-marquis
Budget/Financials/Timing: Tiffany Coates (re hair) https://www.globalwomenwhoride.com
Packing. Vehicle dependent, planes, tourist destinations (you can buy what you didn't bring!)
Tools and Skills. Apps, maps, GPS. A mix of all. iOverlander.com and The Dyrt, as well as printed maps such as Benchmark (USA).
Responses from society/family: Joan Wamayu-Ndarathi and her mother
https://www.globalwomenwhoride.com/joan-wamayu-ndarathi/
Food/social engagement. How to meet people? Know yourself!
Focus. What are you focused on while in new places?
Motivation. Skills, challenges, mindset.
Safety: Consider that in the US, 70% of rapes are done by men who know the female victims. And yes, there’s that other 30%. (eg me on train in France at 18.) Tell your friends, hosts, rangers. Spot/GPS trackers. Walkie-talkies (eg Motorola T600). Camping solo tricks. Self-defense training opportunities.
The Art of Solo Travels: https://fempotential.com/web/20170302035117/http/www.fempotential.com/scared-solo-female-traveler/index.htm
If you’re curious about the submissions process to Wanderlust: https://wanderlust-journal.com/submissions/
And for more on my own travel books: https://sarahleamy.com
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In today's episode, we’re focused on the topic of solo travelers. Since my early twenties, I’ve been inspired by women who went out on their own, despite cultural expectations to stay home as wives and mothers. With this episode in mind, I did more research and came up with this list of incredible adventurers of all ages, countries, and modes of travel. Here is a sample.
Anna Oberg, On Lostness. https://wanderlust-journal.com/2020/08/01/oberg/
Amelia Earhart - 20hrs 40 mins (one of the books of her travels) - as the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean/ first pilot to cross both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.
Bessie Coleman – 1921, first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any direct quotes or writings of hers.
Karen Darke: https://www.karendarke.com/blog/ paralysed by a rockclimbing accident – wheelchair bikes, kayaks, sleds and inspirational mindset coach.
Sarah Marquis: Between 2010 and 2013 she walked alone from Russia to Australia and since then many other long walks…Wild by Nature – Links to an interview with her.
The Art of Solo Travels: https://fempotential.com/web/20170302035117/http/www.fempotential.com/scared-solo-female-traveler/index.htm
Music by Sofia Nehama Avery @2022
If you’re curious about the submissions process to Wanderlust: https://wanderlust-journal.com/submissions/
And for more on my own travels and writings: https://sarahleamy.com
Please subscribe and become a patron for as little as $5/mth – you’ll have the simple joy of knowing you’re supporting this podcast https://wanderlust-journal.com/2022/03/22/please-consider-becoming-a-patron/
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In today's episode, you'll hear passages on the topic of through-hiking, that is the day-to-day challenge of following your feet across mountains and deserts. We’ll read what motivates folks to do just that, the people met along the way, and some of the ups and downs that come with it. For one writer, it was her knickers…
Megan Okkerse: https://meganokkerse.substack.com/p/everyone-cries-on-the-camino
Rahawa Haile: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/hiking-and-backpacking/hiking-appalachian-trail-rahawa-haile/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/exit-interview-i-was-a-black-female-thru-hiker-on-the-appalachian-trail
“Fear and Loathing on the Camino Santiago” by Mark West. The fuller post was published on the Wanderlust website a few years ago and itself is an excerpt from a larger piece. https://wanderlust-journal.com/2018/12/01/fear-and-self-loathing-on-the-camino-de-santiago-by-mark-west/
Tramping: A Journey Through New Zealand with Captain Cook. Sam Brakely. Soon to be published by Wild Dog Press: https://wilddogpress.com
Bill Bryson, Cheryl Strayed, and for Brits of a certain age (!) Laurie Lee.
Resources: For hiking across the world, here’s a great website for you to read, https://www.thehikinglife.com/hikes/asia/
For queer POC hikers, there’s a great community in the PNW (USA): https://qpochikers.com
(They might have ideas for other such groups outside of the States, it’s worth asking.)
For a US based community that helps planning and logistics etc: https://thru-hiking.com
For a list of 100 hiking and outdoor social media/ resources: https://www.fieldmag.com/articles/black-indigenous-poc-outdoor-instagram-accounts
If you’re curious about the submissions process to Wanderlust: https://wanderlust-journal.com/submissions/
And for more on my own travels and writings: https://sarahleamy.com
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S1E3: On Modes of Travel: You Can Go Far with Whatever You Have
In today's episode, we are focused on the various modes of travel. My advice, use what you have. Feet, bikes, motorcycles, 2WD, 4x4, cars, vans, and trucks of all sizes can take you where you want to go – for the most part. With that in mind, I’ll be reading from trip reports from each of those options, to inspire you to appreciate the vehicle you have and how far you can go. We’ll have a full episode on each of these versions of exploring the world later in the season.
Hiking: Anne-Marie Wells Happiness in Iceland
Rafting: Chris Wiewiora https://wanderlust-journal.com/shop/
Motorcycle: Tiffany Coates http://tiffanystravels.co.uk
Roshni Sharma https://www.tripoto.com/india/trips/roshni-sharma
Michelle Lamphere on https://adventureriderradio.com/michelle-lamphere
Bicycle: Ruth McIntosh https://wanderlust-journal.com/shop/
2WD: Me in a 1972 VW semi automatic Beetle going across the Continental Divide in July. More recently in a 2003 Dodge van, over 65,000 miles exploring the States and into Baja with pets (more another time on doing that) https://bookshop.org/books?keywords=Sarah+Leamy
4x4: Carla King in Baja https://www.discoverbaja.com/2019/02/04/trip-bahia-concepcion-la-purisma-san-juanico/
Resources: Overland Expo, Online forums, FB groups, Instagram, YouTube: stories and videos of all kinds of travel. Information, community, inspiration. https://www.youtube.com/user/sarahleamy/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf13FVNsn3m7IfwOLDHjvXw
The best advice is to build ‘vehicle sympathy’ (Graham Jackson), know your vehicle, get trained, take basic recovery gear and know how to use it. If in doubt, get out and walk the section. It bears repeating, we’ll have a full episode on each of these versions of exploring the world later in the season as well as training opportunities.
Submissions to Wanderlust: https://wanderlust-journal.com/submissions/
For more on my own travels and writing: https://sarahleamy.com
And don't forget to subscribe for more weekly episodes! Thanks.
In today's episode, you'll hear an excerpt from ON MEXICAN TIME by Tony Cohan, written in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 1985. That lead me to introduce another author, one I've met whilst in Baja California early in 2022, a funny fella and quite the slow and steady wanderer, Graham MackIntosh. I talk about the different types of travel writing, from trip reports, articles, blogs and long and far-reaching memoirs etc. You’ll also hear from Kristen Van Tassel, published on the Wanderlust website, and it’s her travel vignette, a moment on a bus in Mexico. https://wanderlust-journal.com/2021/10/19/border-crossing-by-bus/
You can also check out the following links for more ideas:
Submissions to Wanderlust: https://wanderlust-journal.com/submissions/
I recommend Lingoda for really improving your conversational Spanish. As for listening and comprehension, listen to the Podcast show, News in Slow Spanish Latino.
And for more on my own travels and writings: https://sarahleamy.com
Wanderlust Journal is focused on great storytelling, a weave of traveling and writing, and the cultures and people met along the way. You'll hear from published authors, and incredible adventurers, as well as listen to shorter pieces from all over the world that have been published on www.wanderlust-journal.com. Listen in for weekly trip reports, excerpts of memoirs, vignettes, documentaries, gear, recommendations, events and even writing tips. Explore. Publish. Inspire. With your host, Sarah Leamy, a travel writer with a master's in Writing and Publishing. She's been a bit of a wanderer since leaving England in her early twenties. www.sarahleamy.com