"The People You Meet". Travel stories from the author, Melissa Rodway.

About this episode

Melissa Rodway shares travel stories and insights from her adventures in Southeast Asia and discusses her new book.

Our epic guest this week, Melissa Rodway, is the creator and host of FLY Travel Radio and author of the book, "The People You Meet: Luxury, Leeches, Love, and Lao-Lao". Melissa lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; where the toilets are amazing. She joins us to talk about her new book and to reflect on a few memories of her venturesome journey through Southeast Asia. Book link on Amazon: https://a.co/d/db1jnK1 Instagram link: @fly_travel_media

People in this episode

Host: Starla Skelton

Guest: Melissa Rodway

Topics covered

• travel stories
• Southeast Asia
• book discussion
• adventure
• cultural experiences

Keywords

• travel
• Southeast Asia
• Melissa Rodway
• FLY Travel Radio
• The People You Meet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FLY Travel Radio

Books & works: The People You Meet: Luxury, Leeches, Love, and Lao-Lao

Places: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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