EP 135 The Hot Take: climbing the Pyramids and smoking on planes, we chat lost travel experiences & keeping e-docs safe on the road

About this episode

The hosts discuss lost travel experiences and nostalgic memories of past travel practices.

This week, we’re launching our new segment, Hot Take! Kirstie and Belle are hacking out lost travel experiences - things you may have done in a former travelling life but are now no longer possible. Let’s wallow in the nostalgia! Think climbing the Pyramids, or smoking on planes; just how golden was the Golden Age of Travel? What about animal interactions such as elephant rides, or scrambling up the metal poles that led to the top of Uluru. Some travel experiences are lost because they were s...

People in this episode

Hosts: Kirstie Bedford, Belinda Jackson

Topics covered

• lost travel experiences
• nostalgia
• climbing
• smoking on planes
• animal interactions
• travel safety

Keywords

• travel experiences
• Pyramids
• Uluru
• nostalgia
• Golden Age of Travel
• smoking on planes
• animal interactions
• e-docs safety

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Pyramids, Uluru

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