Season 4 Episode 18: Makin Moves with Miriam
About this episode
Miriam shares her experiences of living and working on a boat in French Polynesia and the lessons learned from a life of travel.
Ayyyy welcome back to your fave travel podcast. Thanks for tuning in and getting yourself ready to make some MOVES with me. Let's get it! In Season 4 Episode 18, I am joined by Miriam- a travel creator + Foreign Affairs journalist from North Carolina, USA. Miriam has never really gone home after studying abroad in Rome a few years ago. What started as a temporary adventure turned into a full-time lifestyle, as she slowly built a life on the road — volunteering at hostels in places like Colombia and Nicaragua, stretching budgets, making lifelong friends, and learning how to live with less but experience more. But her wildest chapter yet? Saying yes to life at sea. Miriam shares what it was really like to live and work on a boat with a family in French Polynesia — trading solid ground for endless blue, helping with daily life onboard, and sailing between remote islands that most people only ever see on postcards. We talk about the realities of boat life (the good, the messy, and the unexpected), the kind of trust and connection that forms when you live in such close quarters, and how slowing down in the middle of the Pacific changed her perspective on travel — and life. Tune in…
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