384: From Antarctica to South India to Indigenous Communities in Costa Rica: Priyanka Surio on Regenerative Travel in Practice

About this episode

Priyanka Surio discusses her transformative travel experiences in Antarctica, South India, and Costa Rica, focusing on responsible and regenerative travel practices.

Learn how real travel experiences can transform the way you see impact, responsibility and your role in the world. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE In Part 3 of this conversation, Priyanka Surio shares how her travels across Antarctica, South India, and Costa Rica reshaped her understanding of what it means to travel responsibly. She reflects on how the fragile ecosystems of Antarctica shaped her blueprint for “sustainable travel,” and how participating in a community-led travel caravan in South India demonstrated what regenerative travel looks like in practice. Priyanka also recounts her experience engaging with Indigenous communities in Costa Rica and how those encounters challenged her to rethink tourism, reciprocity, and the role of travelers in local ecosystems. Along the way, she explores how music can create meaningful cross-cultural connection and explains how she builds community in an itinerant nomadic lifestyle. This episode offers a grounded look at how real-world travel experiences can transform…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Bowles

Guest: Priyanka Surio

Topics covered

• regenerative travel
• sustainable travel
• Indigenous communities
• cultural connection
• responsible tourism

Keywords

• regenerative travel
• sustainable travel
• Indigenous communities
• cultural connection
• responsibility
• tourism
• ecotourism

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Antarctica, South India, Costa Rica

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