The World Awaits: travel tales to inspire your wanderlust
Where does your wanderlust lead you?
To Melbourne’s cafes or the vast deserts of the Empty Quarter, a New Zealand vineyard or the pavements of New York… what’s your neighbourhood?
Join travel journalists and editors Kirstie Bedford and Belinda Jackson for stories from across the world.
Hosts Belinda Jackson & Kirstie Bedford
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The World Awaits: travel tales to inspire your wanderlust
EP 60 Deserted island escapes, new flight routes from Oz, self-care on the road
Would you let yourself be dropped on a remote island, for total solitude? That's explorer and entrepreneur Alvaro Cerezo's job - he drops willing travellers on deserted islands in the most remote corners of the globe.
"We give fake names to protect our islands so they are secret to protect them from mass tourism.. [otherwise] we will destroy the feeling of isolation for the client… so that’s important to us to keep them secret,” he says. See
www.docastaway.com
We also cover off the top new international airline routes from Australia, and we have some tips about how to best take care of yourself while you travel; from Andrea Powis of travellingdivas.com
And a few of our stories up this week:
Read Kirstie's story on Melita Koulmandas of Cambodian retreat Song Saa
Read Belle's story on the next big things in travel: architecture and design
Read Kirstie's story about the All Black running a Sunshine Coast wine bar
and Belle's story about a self-guided hike from Falls Creek to Hotham
And for some hotel inspo, visit mandarinoriental.com
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