Guiding Light Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Eric and I sat down a while back and chatted about the 10 day long driving tour we took around Iceland. We drove the Ring Road counter clockwise and then did the western pennisula and the Golden Circle. We had a wonderful time during our trip and loved sharing it and helpful hints in this podcast. Check out the links to other material I have made for Iceland:
Iceland Ring Road travel video
Iceland Golden Circle travel video
Iceland travel guide
Iceland day 1 blog - The capital day
Iceland day 2 blog - Waterfall day
Iceland day 3 blog - Airplane wreck day
Iceland day 4 blog - Ice day
Iceland day 5 blog - Volcano day
Iceland day 6 blog - History day
Iceland day 7 blog - Day of Trolls
Iceland day 8 blog - Golden Circle
Iceland day 9 blog - Puffins & lava tubes
I have Rondal joining me today and we are talking about translation and languages, which is very helpful to the world traveler. Rondal has spent his entire career as a translator of the Bible and is more than qualified to discuss translation and languages.
The first half of his field work was done in Papua New Guinea, so we also cover that nation in-depth, which I find to be fascinating and very remote.
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Below are links to several of the subject matters we discuss in the podcast:
Pioneer bible translators
Switzerland
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Madang
Africa
Crimea
Travisa
Polish language
Dagestan
Damon and his two kids, Ava & Dalton, join me today as we discuss traveling with kids and also we hear from both of them as they discuss their perspective on traveling. These kids are super adorable and really funny to listen to as they discuss where they have been, what they like, and where they want to go in the future.
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Some of the items we discussed are linked below for your convenience:
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Broken Bow Camp Ground
Orange Beach
Disney World
Crabbing in Galveston
Crater of Diamonds State Park
Six Flags of Texas
Working a fishing boat in Alaska
Lost In The Barrens book
The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float book
Hawaii
New York City
Two Story McDonolds in NYC
Statue of Liberty
Las Vegas
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Louvre Museum
Israel
Japan
Australia
The real Crocodile Dundee
Warren & Erica join me as we talk about their three-month road trip around the southwest USA in a pickup truck that Warren modified. We had a great time chatting about different places they visited and how they lived. Towards the end of the show we talked about their transistion onto a catamaran and what the new chapter in thier life entails. I think many of you will find some very useful information about some of the locations they visited, how to do a road trip like they did, and what it is like to move onto a boat.
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Below are links to different things we talk about in the podcast:
Topper EZ Lift
Luggable loo
How Not To Pee In Your Boots is the 6th chapter of a book called How To Shit In The Woods
Golden Fire Department
Southwest USA
Havasu Falls
Bryce Canyon NP
Arches NP
Zion NP
Lake Powell
Antelope Canyon
Horseshoe Bend
Grand Canyon NP
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Wupatika National Monument
Meteorite Crater
Annual National Park Pass
Difference between Maine lobster and Caribbean lobster
Fountaine Pajot Lipari 41
Crowley
WEsail YouTube channel
I have Mike Bayer with me for this episode of the Guiding Light podcast and we talking about cruising with kids. He and his wife have chosen to take a year and cruise from Grenada to Florida with their two young girls in order to build stronger bonds as a family.
Plus we also talk about him and his wife traveling to SE Asia and going on safari in Africa before they had the girls.
It is super entertaining subjects and I hope you enjoy our banter for the next 50 minutes. Below you can see some of the links we talk about and as always I would love to read what you think of the episode.
Moose on the Loose (BayerFootTravels.com) Sailing Totum Cruising Guide For Kids Blog about playing with local kids Japan Ticket to Ride Settlers of Catan China Hong Kong Macau Singapore Most powerful passport in the world Kilimanjaro Safari - Big 5 Corlette Wessels Photography Grenada Great Loop of America Dry Tortugas Cumberland Island Skipper Bob Cruising Guide
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I have Greg and Susan talking about their first experience with blue water sailing, which they did with me as we sailed overnight from Trinidad to Grenada. They are very candid and honest about their first impressions with blue water sailing.
We also talked about Trinidad quite extensively as we had just spent two weeks there exploring bays and ashore. This will be a great lead in to the blogs I am about to write about Trinidad. So if we talk about a site of activity you want to learn more about then come back to the blog each day as I will be writing about each and every experience we had in Trinidad.
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We will be talking about Mongolia, Russia, and the Trans-Siberian Train in this podcast as my dad joins me to talk about the month long trip we took in 2016. In fact we had so much fun chatting, remembering, and sharing about our trip that it turned into a two parter. Part 2 we are talking about Yakutsk, Lena Pillars, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Vladivostok, the second half of our time on the Trans-Siberian train, and we finish with a tour around Mongolia with all the special sites there.
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As always, below are links to the different things we talk about in the podcast. I try to keep them in the same order as we discuss them to help you check something out in more detail if you like.
Russia
Yakutsk
Lena Pillars
World Heritage Site
Zoo in Yakutsk
Russian Alphabet
Irkutsk
Lake Baikal
Tran-Siberian Train
Vladivostok
Mongolia
TraVisa
Golden Gobi - tour guide and hostel
Amarbaysgalant Monastery
Karakorum
Erdene Zuu Monastery
Hujirt Hot Spring
Elsen Tasarkhai
Hustai National Park
Camels
We will be talking about Russia and the Trans-Siberian Train in this podcast as my dad joins me to talk about the month long trip we took in 2016. In fact we had so much fun chatting, remembering, and sharing about our trip that it turned into a two parter. In part 1 we are talking about St Petersburg, Moscow, Vladimir, Suzdal, and finish in Yakutsk while also talking about part of our time on the Trans-Siberian train.
I would love to hear your comments about this podcast and if you enjoyed it I hope you Subscribe above to make sure to keep up with each podcast as they come out.
As always, below are links to the different things we talk about in the podcast. I try to keep them in the same order as we discuss them to help you check something out in more detail if you like.
Russia
Story of my flight delay is due to Israel security
St Petersburg
Church of the Nativity
Hermitage (Winter Palace)
Russian Museum
Peter and Paul Fortress, church, and Tsar tombs
Russian Revolution
Peter The Great
Catherine The Great
Ivan The Terrible
Peterhof - summer palace
Château de Versailles
Red Arrow Express
Moscow
St Basil Church
Kremlin
Cold War
Bomb shelter in Moscow
Russian losses in WW2
Red Square
President Putin
State Historical Museum
Unknown Soldier Memorial
Lenin’s Mausoleum
Vladimir
Mongol invasions
Suzdal
Trans-Siberian Train
Booking website for Train
Yakutsk
Lena Pillars
We are talking about boat systems & electric motors with Joel James in this episode of the Guiding Light Podcast. Joel helped me chose to purchase a Lagoon 410, and we will walk through that process. Then we get into talking about boat systems including getting to know the different systems, the best practice when upgrading, and our thoughts. We talk about solar panels, batteries, plumbing, and other systems before we get into a lenghty discussion about electric engines and the pros and cons of such an upgrade.
With all that said I hope you join us in the podcast and I would love to read your comments below. Let me know what you think about our dicussion, electric engines, Lagoons, and this podcast in general. Thanks! As always below are links to some of the things we talk about:
Lagoon 410
Lagoon 380
Leopard 43
Kemah, TX
Grand Cayman
Solar power
Shore Power
Battery Isolator
Electric motors
Yanmar engines
Airhead composting toilets
Wire gauge
Amps, volts, & watts
Intracoastal Waterway (ICW)
Have you ever considered hosting a foreign exchange student? If so then this is the podcast you should listen to. Phil Cook joins me and talks all about the four girls he and his wife have hosted. He tells about the positives to him and his family along with the benefits to the exchange student.
During the discussion there are several things we talk about that I have references and links for below:
Foreign exchange student
Grand Canyon
Arkansas State Capitol
YFU - Youth For Understanding
Student visa (F1)
We are talking about life in Kyrgyzstan and home schooling kids with Jeff & Alisha in this episode of the Guiding Light podcast.
Jeff & Alisha moved to Kyrgyzstan a little over three years ago in order to start an adventure guide company called Taigan Expeditions. Jeff will tell us all about the culture of the people and Alisha will explain how they handle homeschooling their three children.
As always I am providing links to different resources we talk about during the podcast. I hope you enjoy it.
Homeschooling resources:
http://www.tapestryofgrace.com/index.php
https://www.mathusee.com/
https://www.apologia.com/
https://www.analyticalgrammar.com/our-products/analytical-grammar/
https://welltrainedmind.com/p/first-language-lessons-level-1/
Other resources and links:
Kyrgyzstan
Taigan Expeditions
Yurt
Flag
World Nomad Games
Silk road
In the second episode of the Guiding Light podcast I am going to chat with Steve Thorn, who spent two months with me this summer. We sat down during our sail from Tobago to Trinidad and talked about life aboard a sailboat. Our discussion started with St Lucia, where I picked him up at, and then went into what he thought of cruising, things he liked about being aboard, things that took some adjustment, and things he missed. I think it is a great insight from a novice and well worth listening if you have ever thought of living aboard or are just fascinated by the idea.
Here are a few links to different subjects and places we touched apon:
St Lucia
The Fruit Guy of Rodney Bay
The Guiding Light (a Lagoon 410)
Trade winds
Soccer (football)
Cruising Outpost
Welcome to the very first Guiding Light podcast. I am so excited to be launching this cruising and travel podcast where we will talk about all things boating and cruising, but also talk heavily about traveling in general and specifically about different locations.
For this first episode I have my mother with me to help introduce you to me as your host. She has all kind of questions for me related to life aboard a boat, safety on the boat, and where all I have traveled in the offseason. On a personal note, it was a lot of fun doing this episode with her and I am glad it worked out as well as it did.
New episodes will come out every other Saturday. I hope you enjoy them and come back to listen every episode. If there is a subject you would like to hear please let me know. Also, please let me hear any suggestions you may have.
Thanks for listening!!!!!