Passage to India

About this episode

Phoebe Smith embarks on a micro-retirement journey across North India, reflecting on her late mother's unfulfilled dreams.

What if we stopped saving our dream journey for “one day” and booked it now? Wander Woman Phoebe Smith hits pause on the grind and takes a micro‑retirement across North India by rail—soaking in Kolkata’s dawn ferry music, the riot of colour at the flower market, and the earthy taste of chai, before tracing slower paths to Bodh Gaya, Varanasi and Agra. The result is an immersion into India that her late mother always wanted but whose death age 50 meant she never got to experience. Also...

People in this episode

Host: Phoebe Smith

Topics covered

• travel
• micro-retirement
• India
• cultural immersion
• personal journey

Keywords

• India
• travel
• micro-retirement
• Kolkata
• Bodh Gaya
• Varanasi
• Agra
• chai
• cultural experience

Mentioned in this episode

Places: India, Kolkata, Bodh Gaya, Varanasi, Agra

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