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Author: Ben Bardsley-Ball and Li Vinall

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Hosted by Ben and Li; a travel couple who are currently living full time in their self-built campervan. The Unravelling Travelling Podcast brings together a range of people to talk all things travel. In each episode we discuss different topics from within the world of travel with the occasional guest.This podcast is all about sharing stories, tips and discussing adventures in a fun and humorous way.

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Welcome to Episode 42 of The Unravelling Travelling Podcast - The Tuk-Tuk Diaries - Week 3! In this episode we discuss the third week of our three month Sri Lanka trip! We chat about the varying roads we've experienced thus far, such as the crazy traffic in Kandy to the narrow, steep bends leading to Nuwara Eliya and Ella. We also talk a lot about what we've gotten up to during this week, from visiting a cultural Kandyan dance to scenic waterfall hikes and everything in between. We also delv...
Welcome to Episode 41 of The Unravelling Travelling Podcast - The Tuk-Tuk Diaries - Week 2! In this episode we discuss the second week of our three month Sri Lanka trip! We chat a lot about beginning to feel settled, immersing ourselves in the way of life, and some of our favourite aspects that came with this week. We also talk a lot about how amazing our homestay host, Dhamikka was, meeting up with our friends Liv & Tom, and we chat about some of the amazing activities we did. This inc...
Welcome to Episode 40 of The Unravelling Travelling Podcast, and the first in our new series; The Tuk-Tuk Diaries - Week 1! In this episode we discuss the first week in our 3 month trip across Sri Lanka. We talk about all of our favourite parts so far, such as favourite meal, interaction, accommodation and moments. Some of these include eating shark for the first time, basically adopting a puppy, and seeing a crow perched on a cow. We also discuss how we are getting on using a tuk-tuk as ou...
Welcome to Episode 39 of The Unravelling Travelling Podcast - Planning for Sri Lanka! In this episode we discuss what we've been up to since our last episode. From travelling for our work, moving into our new home, and of course, GETTING MARRIED! We also discuss why now is the time to get the pod up and running again, with a huge trip to Sri Lanka planned. We talk through our booking process, the costs and what we are most looking forward to. All this and so much more in the latest episo...
Welcome to Episode 38 of The Unravelling Travelling Podcast - Travelling as you age! In this episode we have an open discussion on how our experiences travelling have changed now that we've got a few more grey hairs. We're both feeling our age slightly and we're starting to realise we're no longer the hip youngsters we once were. We also discuss the pros and cons of getting older, from taking on the cool Auntie vibe to age restrictions at hostels. We also throw in some tips for those who wa...
Episode 37 - Peru Guide

Episode 37 - Peru Guide

2023-04-2402:00:30

Welcome to Episode 37 of The Unravelling Travelling Podcast - Peru Guide! This is the first in a new series of episodes, in which we will give detailed, informative guides on our favourite, well-travelled destinations, starting with Peru! We break it down into 10 catergories; food and drink, value for money, accommodation, activities, nature & wildlife, weather & climate, safety, transport, accessibility and friendliness. We give each a score and get an average for an overall score! ...
Episode 36 - Rich Donaldson

Episode 36 - Rich Donaldson

2023-04-1001:36:41

Welcome to Episode 36 of The Unravelling Travelling Podcast with special guest; Rich Donaldson. Rich is a travel agent, a photographer, a solo backpacker and all round awesome guy. After meeting in Huacachina, Peru and immediately hitting it off we decided that he would be a brilliant addition to the podcast. During this chat we discuss where his love of travel originated, aiming for his 60th country, trying to reach every continent, his passion for photography and content creation, ...
Welcome to Episode 35 of The Unravelling Travelling Podcast! It's been over a year and a half since our last episode, so on our return to travelling we decided to give you all an update on our lives! In this episode we discuss Li's solo travels, meeting fans of the pod on a bar-crawl in Croatia, our current travel plans and of course... getting engaged! All this and much more in the latest episode! Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy! Instagram - www.instagram.com/unravellingtrav...
Episode 34 - Road-Trips

Episode 34 - Road-Trips

2021-09-2701:25:42

Welcome to Episode 34 of The Unravelling Travelling Podcast! This episode is all about road-trips! Having spent over a year and a half living in our campervan we have been a fair few road-trips together. In this episode we discuss our top road-trip snacks, we break down the roles of each seat in the car (and allocate a city to best represent them), and each add another tune to our road-trip playlist. All this and much more in the latest episode! Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy...
Welcome to Episode 33 of The Unravelling Travelling Podcast with special guests Eulanda and Omo of ‘Hey, Dip Your Toes In!’ Eulanda and Omo are a content creating couple who have worked with some huge names within the world of travel. Names such a Nat Geo, Lonely Planet, Etihad, Trip Advisor and so many more. During this chat we discuss how they managed to turn their passion into their work, their love of wine, their future travel plans, and how liberating they’ve found it counting stories ...
Welcome to Episode 32 of The Unravelling Travelling Podcast with special guest Tony Giles aka Tony the Traveller. Tony has been to 125 countries, been to every continent, crossed the Arctic circle, been to every US state, written 3 travel books and even has his own Ted Talk. He has achieved all of this whilst being totally blind and with partial hearing. His story is an inspiring one, and he was a pleasure to chat to. During this chat we discuss his experiences travelling solo around the wo...
Welcome to Episode 31 to The Unravelling Travelling Podcast with special guest Alice O’Connor! Alice is a backpacker who, on her travels, has taught in Vietnam, lived and bartended in Cambodia, as well as worked as a professional fire-dancer around Asia. During this chat we discuss her incredibly freeing and impulsive style of travel, as well as her adventures biking around Vietnam and other countries in South East Asia. We also also talk about getting tattoos whilst travelling,...
Episode 30 - Jo Crouch

Episode 30 - Jo Crouch

2021-07-1901:36:53

Welcome to Episode 30 to The Unravelling Travelling Podcast with special guest Jo Crouch! Jo is a wildlife conservationist who has been all around the world working alongside other organisations to save our wildlife. During this chat we discuss what we as travellers can do to better protect the wildlife whilst abroad, and shares some vital tips to ensure that we can travel responsibly and ethically. We also chat about her first time travelling, which was spent trekking around Mongolia, as...
Episode 29 - Anthony Browne

Episode 29 - Anthony Browne

2021-07-0501:36:21

Welcome to Episode 29 to The Unravelling Travelling Podcast with our special guest; Anthony Browne. Anthony is a travel blogger and writes about his incredible experiences whilst travelling around the world. Anthony's style of travel is all about having fun and creating amazing memories, whether that be out drinking in the streets of Brazil, or bungee jumping off of bridges. In this episode we discuss Anthony's travels around South America, his extensive bucket list, his ongoing efforts to ...
Episode 28 - Max Young

Episode 28 - Max Young

2021-06-2101:31:30

Welcome to Episode 28 to The Unravelling Travelling Podcast for part 2 with our special guest; Max Young. In this episode we sit down with the actor and musician, Max Young to chat about his awesome travels around the world. From travelling around Europe to visiting a jazz bar in every city he visits, Max has a very refreshing style of travel which makes for a really easy-listening episode. We also unpack his story about his adventures around Brazil, which he sent in for us to read out back ...
Welcome to Episode 27 to The Unravelling Travelling Podcast for part 2 with our special guest; Luke Mullett. As mentioned in the previous episode, Luke is an incredibly talented travel photographer and vlogger. His intense and raw style of travel is both admirable and frightening at the same time, and leads to some wonderful stories. In this episode we discuss even more of Luke's travels, including his 1,700 km hitch-hiking journey from Chennai all the way to Kolkata, his love f...
Welcome to Episode 26 to The Unravelling Travelling Podcast with our special guest; Luke Mullett. Luke is a travel photographer and vlogger. Luke's style of travel is incredibly unique, and he spends a lot of his time hitch-hiking, camping at the side of the road and eating the cheapest food to save money when travelling. In this episode we discuss Luke's ongoing love affair with India, treating himself to a 15 course meal in Nepal, and living off of Maggi noodles (which he had a rath...
Episode 25 - The Barclays

Episode 25 - The Barclays

2021-05-1001:45:43

Welcome to Episode 25 to The Unravelling Travelling Podcast with special guest's Connor and Carmen Barclay AKA The Barclays! Connor is an incredible musician, and his brand of rock has seen him play at some awesome venues all over London, as well as some festival spots. Carmen is a fashion genius, having recently launched her own ethically sourced, vintage clothing brand; 'Carmen Christine' and selling out of her first line in 48 hours. Together they live full time in their self...
Welcome to Episode 24 to The Unravelling Travelling Podcast! Here is part 2 of our Travel Stories episodes! We were sent in so many incredible and hilarious stories for the last episode that we had to make it into 2 parts. The stories we were sent in were absolutely brilliant and we have loved reading them out live on the pod. From accidentally crashing a sex party in Australia to getting an illegal business visa for Mozambique, this episode has a lot of wild content to stick your teeth int...
Welcome to Episode 23 to The Unravelling Travelling Podcast! For this episode we wanted to do something a little bit different. We put a call out online for some travel stories that people didn't mind being read out on the pod and what we received was absolutely incredible! Some are funny, some are wholesome, and some are just downright mental. From Italian militia, massive poos in the ocean and even rejecting presidents of small European nations, this episode has a LOT of crazy content to ...
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