Chetventure: Recent Episodes
Michael Collins & Chetan Bhatt
Stories of travel from everyday people that have stepped out of the ordinary for a moment and experience the extraordinary to broaden our perspectives.
Francesco Tomba shares his tales of marathon swims, spanning from Greece to Montenegro, circumnavigating an Indonesian island, and embarking on a 1400km canoe journey across the Lesser Sunda Islands to trace mankind's progression from Asia to Austronesia.
Michael Page explains the pursuit of his childhood dream, against all odds, to become a Stuntman.
Chetan moves to Brasilia, Brazil, and share life in the world's first fully planned capital city built in the middle of the savannah.
James, from the UK, left his swanky city life as a ship broker in Tokyo to head to the Japan Alps as a hunter and forest worker. We explore his why and what his life is like now.
Sam sets up a hostel in Scotland to embark on a life of travel and freedom, independent of the 9 to 5. He shares his surprising interactions with guests from different cultures.
Chetventure is all about learning through conversation. In this clip we ask Sam if he'd give up his life as a Hostel Owner in the Scottish Highlands to go back to London for work.
Sam leaves a lucrative IP career in London to go it alone and achieve a life of travel lived on his own terms. Currently he works as a Hostel Owner by the great Loch Ness (famed for it's monsters) for 9 months and spends the less busy period travelling. In this episode he explains the steps he took to embark on his path to an authentic life. Check out the Black Sheep Bunkhouse, Fort William online to visit Sam's Hostel And check us out at Chetventure Podcast on Spotify, Apple and other major platforms
Chetan visits the fishing villages around Monpos Colombia and is blown away by their generosity. Despite having lost almost everything to recent floods, he is taken in and sheltered, fed and accompanied them on their fishing excursions. An unforgettable experience that can teach everyone a thing or two on Kindness.
In episode 9 we explore the significance of fleeting human connections in travel. Chetan reminisces on his time volunteering at a Taiko festival, and has a surprisingly similar encounter of kindness as Michael.
A deep passion for their country and great acts of kindness. We talk about our experiences with the people of Japan
Chet arrives in Rio to the sound of Samba on every street then winds his way up the endless Brazilian coast discovering unique tongue numbing cuisine, history and secret beaches
Leaving the comfort of home, enduring freezing nights, mediating for endless hours.
Why did Dorothee undergo this journey?
She tells her mind-opening story the becoming ordained as a disciple of Zen.
And explains what Zen is.
Mike escapes the intense metropolis of Tokyo for a Zen Retreat in Japan, where he underwent a series of deep mediation practices and had space to wonder silently around pine forests. He explains his key takeaways when moving back to Tokyo, a city of 40 million people! Could we all take something away from his adventure?
In Episode 5 Chetan enters an unknown part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Colombia, to explore uncharted jungle with the Iku tribe and learn their philosophies which can inform and challenge all of us living in cities - from sleepless nights building mud huts to a night exposed mediating in the jungle.
This episode took Mike and Chet on a journey through the ancient world from the wonders of Lebanon and their 1000 year old cedar trees used by Ancient Egyptian architects to a little known Ancient Indian Civilisation that profoundly impacted the Egyptians, Phoenicians, Mesopotamians and even the Greeks! In this conversation Nick Collins, historian and author of 'How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World' unveils these new ground-breaking discoveries! Enjoy and explore with us!
Chet finds himself in strange Colombian town during Easter and Michael explains new evidence for the origin of civilisation in South East Asia
Mike questions how fish eggs (Ikura) are produced all year around and Chetan explores the reason why Uni (sea urchin gonads) are so delicious to humans despite only recently coming into popularity
Mike is experiencing plum blossom season in Japan whilst Chet has become obsessed with bananas and surprises mike with the largest species known!