Fri, 29 October 2010
Two subjects today: Denver, Colorado and community-centered tourism with Milan Doshi from the Queen Anne BnB located in the city.
We talk about waste and ecological developments in hospitality then move on and get a great overview of things to see and do in the "mile high city".
Direct download: Episode2017220-20Denver2C20Colorado20and20community-centered20hospitality.mp3
Category:Travel, Colorado -- posted at: 1:29am EDT |
Mon, 18 October 2010
Washing your clothes while travelling is something you'll have to do if you're travelling for more than a week. And even if you're travelling for a week, you can pack lighter if you're prepared to do a little bit of washing along the way.
The most important thing to remember when travelling is to pack light. This means you need to take fewer clothes, but you should also consider what each item weighs, and how easy it will be to wash - and of course, since you will have fewer clothes with you, you'll need to wash what you do have more often.
Avoid very heavy things like jeans and bulky jumpers, as they are hard to wash and even harder to dry. Leave the big towel at home and pack a sports or travel towel, which takes up a fraction of the space and dries quickly.
If you're going somewhere cold, the trick is layering. Pack lightweight trousers and thermal underwear to put under them. Instead of one thick jumper, pack three thin ones - it'll weigh the same or less, you can rearrange them for a change of wardrobe, and they'll dry so much faster when you wash them.
For more, visit http://indietravelpodcast.com/
Direct download: Episode2017120-20Travel20clothes20-20packing20and20cleaning.mp3
Category:Travel, Living -- posted at: 7:41am EDT |
Fri, 8 October 2010
Scandinavia is a fantastic region of the world. We'd been wanting to
spend time there for a while, and apart from a weekend in Helsinki in
2007, didn't manage to get there until earlier this year. Mostly, we'd
been put off by prices - we'd heard that everything was expensive,
especially accommodation, transport and alcohol, and this had been
proven correct during our brief time in Finland. But thanks to
eurail.com and couchsurfing.org, we managed to have a great time on a
leaner budget than we'd expected.
For more, and links to everything we talk about in this show, visit http://indietravelpodcast.com/
Direct download: Episode2017020-20Scandinavia20travel20advice.mp3
Category:Travel, Scandinavia, scandinavia travel,scandinavian travel,scandanavia travel,sweeden travel,norway travel,sweden travel,finlan -- posted at: 7:49am EDT |
Tue, 5 October 2010
Benny the Irish Polyglot isn't your typical crazy Irishman. He spends his time completing language missions and currently speaks eight languages. Learn how to learn a language with Benny.
When he graduated from university with a degree in electronic engineering, he was fluent in only one language - English. He'd studied German at school, but didn't get anywhere with it, and after six months living in Spain was in a similar situation. But one day, he made a dramatic decision - he *really* decided to learn Spanish. He cut English out of his life as much as possible (he still had to work and talk to his parents) and spent the rest of the time speaking Spanish. It was the start of an epic journey.
Benny learned that the big secret to learning a language is to speak the language from day one. Don't wait until you're "ready" - you'll never feel ready. But you can communicate immediately, using what you have. In Spain, he used his body and extrapolated new words from ones he knew and ones other people used.
He learned that it's important to be confident and social. Just start talking to people with confidence and it will seem like you speak better than you actually can. To start, learn some phrases (Benny likes Lonely Planet phrasebooks) and leave the grammar to later - the point isn't to speak perfectly, it's to communicate. Break each task into small pieces and use creativity to help you learn - singing, for example, will help you remember phrases faster.
It can be difficult to get around the problem of people wanting to practice their English by talking with you, but it's possible. Benny always helps them by explaining how they can improve their Enlgish (websites, couchsurfing etc.) but he explains it in their language - giving him more chance to speak his target language.
Download Benny's book from http://indietravelpodcast.com/fluent
Direct download: Episode2016920-20Fluent20in20three20months2C20learning20a20language20with20Benny20Lewis.mp3
Category:Travel, Language -- posted at: 4:37am EDT |