JUMP with Traveling Jackie

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BMT 100: JUMP with Traveling Jackie Oct 24, 2018

Show notes

We've reached a milestone! Join me today as I reflect on the past 100 episodes and share some big news about the future of this podcast. View show notes and other episodes at https://thebudgetmindedtraveler.com/podcast
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BMT 99: "It Seems Impossible Until You Do It." Moving Forward with Erin & Erin Zipperle. Sep 19, 2018

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We first met Erin and Erin in episode 52, right after they had sold everything and moved to Austria, with a plan to stay for two years. Three years later, we get to reflect on how this journey has changed their lives and shaped their paths going forward. We talk about the importance of living in the moment, embracing new surroundings, and looking forward and around at life rather than backwards all the time. Everyone who has returned home from travel needs to listen to this episode!

Show Notes

Expat Life: 6 Months After Moving Back to the USA - read this post on Erin & Erin's blog
Erin & Erin’s website: SurvivingEurope.com
Follow Surviving Europe on Instagram

For full show notes and to see the snow day video from Austria visit https://TheBudgetMindedTraveler.com/99
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BMT 98: The Hardest Part of Travel is Returning Home: Reflecting with the Bensons Sep 05, 2018

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We first met the Bensons, a family of five, in episode 67 when they were preparing to take a giant leap, sell their house, and travel around the world for a year. We caught up with them again halfway through their trip while they were in South America to see what that trip ended up looking like (episode 76). Today, we get to chat with them again, now that they have been back in the US for over a year. This is a hard conversation, and we ask the question, "How do you keep the travel spirit alive at home after a huge adventurous trip has passed?"

Returning "home" is often the hardest part of travel, and not letting go of the life changes, but instead figuring out how to apply them to your new "normal" is the confusing part. Join us today as we reflect on the Benson's family trip and how it's permanently changed their lives, and as we dig into this question, the possibilities and opportunities that surround us, and how to take appropriate action in moving forward and adjusting to a new normal.

Show Notes

Rebekah's Etsy Shop - Semillas Collective
International Blessings (subscription-based international jewelry)
Everybody Always - Book by Bob Goff (also check out his book Love Does)
The Benson's Instagram: @beforewefinish
Before We Finish on Facebook
The Benson's blog: BeforeWeFinish.com

For full show notes visit https://TheBudgetMindedTraveler.com/98
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BMT 97: Life After Two Years Teaching English Abroad with Maddy Wolfe Aug 22, 2018

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As we approach episode 100, I'm bringing back some of our favorite guests from over the years to talk about where they are now. Today we chat with Maddy Wolfe, whom you'll remember from episodes 66 and 77. When we first met her, she was about to graduate college and take a job teaching English in Israel for a year. The second time we talked to her, she was in the middle of her year in Israel, and now, she is on the other side of another year abroad teaching English in Malaysia. Join us today as we chat solo travel, the Fulbright ETA program, loneliness, coming home after two years of teaching English overseas, and what's next for Maddy.

Show Notes

Find details and subscribe to get updates for my group trips here: travelingjackie.com/trips

Fulbright research grants AND English Teaching Assistant Program

Maddy's advice for returning home: Follow the path of most excitement. Think about the value that travel provides for you, how can you find that value in activities in your own back yard?

Link to loneliness post: Even Superwoman Gets Lonely

Find Maddy @msilkwolfe on Instagram

Find Maddy in the BMT Community on Facebook

For full show notes (and to see the photo of the nasi lemak burger) visit https://TheBudgetMindedTraveler.com/97
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BMT 96: On a Harley in Europe with Hayden Lee Aug 08, 2018

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Hayden Lee, aside from being the Audio Magician behind the scenes at BMT Podcast Headquarters, is the host of Travel Stories Podcast and a solo nomad, exploring every country in mainland Europe by means of his trusty Harley Davidson, Gloria. Just wait til his coffee kicks in about halfway through...

Show Notes

Hayden's podcast: Travel Stories Podcast (I've been a guest on his show twice, look for my name if you want to check out those episodes!)

Hayden's Instagram: @backpackdigital

Listen to Hayden's first appearance on the BMT podcast

For full show notes (to see the screenshot we took) visit https://TheBudgetMindedTraveler.com/96
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BMT 95: Jordanian Culture, People, Language... and more Magic. Jul 25, 2018

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Quick link to my Jordan recap. In the last episode, we traveled through Jordan as we recapped my experiences there in May of 2018, and today we're going deeper into the Jordanian culture. Listen as Ban and I continue our conversation, this time covering topics such as:

Jordan dress code - do's and don'ts according to where you are in the country
What it’s like to be a woman in Jordan
Ban’s story - where her family comes from, growing up in Saudi Arabia, what is home
Arabic v Dothraki, and other Arabic language lessons from a car in Amman
Alcohol during Ramadan
Reflections from my group trip participants
Why people say "Jordan is Magic"

Show Notes:

See Episode 94 show notes for more about today's featured guest Ban Barkawi and my experiences in Jordan, including guide information, accommodations and contacts in Jordan, photos, and the special song I shared
Alcohol during Ramadan NOTE: It IS possible to buy alcohol at tourist hotels and bars during Ramadan, but expect most roadside tourist restaurants and stops along the Desert Highway to be closed.
Jordan recap blog post - JORDAN: Land of Magic, Mars, and Men Wearing Eyeliner
GROUP TRIPS: View all the trips I offer here

For full show notes visit https://TheBudgetMindedTraveler.com/95
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BMT 94: Travel in JORDAN! Jordan Trail, Dead Sea, FOOD, Safety, and MAGIC Jul 11, 2018

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Quick link to my Jordan recap.

I have finally checked Jordan off my bucket list! I spent three weeks exploring beautiful Jordan in May 2018, attending an adventure travel conference and then taking a group of YOU with me hiking on the Jordan Trail to Petra. My guest today, Ban Barkawi, is a Jordanian friend of mine whom I met studying abroad in Italy years ago. Listen as Ban and I talk about travel in Jordan, safety, customs, attractions, history, FOOD, and so much more, including:

Five days hiking the Jordan Trail from Dana to Petra (named a world's top multi-day hiking trail by National Geographic)
Camping with the Bedouins in the desert
Feynan Eco Lodge
Jordanian FOOD and local communities
Um Qais (Northern Jordan)
Petra - the Siq, the Monastery, the Treasury, Indiana Jonesing
Wadi Rum - sleeping in Martian Domes, jeep tour in the desert, lamb cooked in the earth
Dead Sea - an experience that you absolutely MUST feel for yourself!

My guest today is my beautiful friend Ban, whom I met studying abroad in Italy when we were just 20 years old. She is Palestinian Jordanian and here to share her insights on living in this beautiful country. We got to meet up in Jordan on my first day there after not seeing each other in 9 years. Some friendships just never change.

Ban Barkawi is a Jordanian multimedia journalist and radio presenter based in Amman, where she hosts a daily morning show at an English-speaking station. Together with the podcasting platform Sowt she produced Eib, a podcast in Arabic that addresses gender-based taboos. In 2013 she produced the award-winning TV documentary Refugees in Business about the livelihood of Syrian refugees in Jordan's Zaatari camp. Ban holds an MA in multimedia broadcast journalism and a BA in news-editorial journalism.

Find Ban on Twitter and Instagram @banbarkawi - feel free to reach out to her if you have any questions about Jordan, she is an amazing human.

Show Notes:

Adventure Travel Conference - Adventure NEXT Near East powered by the Adventure Travel Trade Association

Guide for Petra and Jordan Trail - Experience Jordan - ask for Ayman! Tell him Traveling Jackie said to take you Indiana Jonesing through Petra

Guide for Um Qais or Pella in Northern Jordan - Baraka Destinations - stay at their B&B Beit Al Baraka

Activities in Um Qais - beekeeping (buy the bee products!), biking, guided ruins walk, cooking class, hiking

BUY THE COOKBOOK! --> Empowering Women Through Cooking - Stories and Recipes from Jordan

Wild Jordan - Visit the store in Amman and buy some locally-made goods, your money goes back to the communities

Feynan Ecolodge - Candle-lit, Bedouin-run eco hotel in the middle of the desert in Wadi Feynan

Wadi Rum Martian Domes - Sun City Camp

GROUP TRIPS: View all the trips I offer here, check out the Jordan itinerary here (sorry you missed it!)

For full show notes (and photos!) visit https://TheBudgetMindedTraveler.com/94
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BMT 93: Plan a Sailing Trip Like a Pro with Costas Mantratzis Jun 13, 2018

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Laugh with us today as Costas and I get into how to plan a sailing trip. Costas is from Greece and has been putting together sailing trips with his friends for almost 20 years, he knows what he's talking about! Sit back and take notes as the pro dishes out the details for pricing, budgeting, food, people, destinations, boats, skippers, packing, seasickness, and more. Just don't listen at work and try to hide it, you'll laugh out loud too much.

Show Notes

This episode is sponsored by BikeTours.com! They offer over 200 bike tours in 40 countries across Europe, including both of the tours I experienced that we talked about in episode 91. There's a special gift for you in that episode too, so don't miss it! Follow BikeToursdotcom on Instagram and check out the affordable and adventurous bike tours they have hand selected to offer on their website. Listen to me recap my experience riding a bike 220 miles SOLO across Austria!

Listen to this episode to hear us talk about:

Google sailboats for rent in _____ (just like renting a car)
Rent yachts “Bare boat” or with a skipper
€1,000/wk with skipper - going rental rate in europe
Tips for Greece sailing trips
How to rent a sailboat with a skipper
Sailing in the Mediterranean
Sailing in Greece, Croatia, Italy, Whitsundays
Biggest problem with planning a sailing trip
Best types of people for sailing trips
How to create a successful flotilla
Sailing boat bed situations and facilities
Packing for sailing trips
Tips for preventing seasickness

For full show notes visit https://TheBudgetMindedTraveler.com/93

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BMT 92: Long-Distance Running As a Way to Travel with Mike Sewell May 30, 2018

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Mike Sewell is a South African runner on a mission. Tune in today to hear about how he has taken up running long distances (like... REALLY LONG) as way to explore a new country. In the first half of this episode, we recap Mike's running expedition on the Carretera Austral, the same 1300km route through Chilean Patagonia that I did by car. Then in the second half we get into tips and advice for how to create a running expedition, how to pack for it, what to expect, and more.

This episode is sponsored by BikeTours.com - Listen to me recap my experience riding a bike 220 miles SOLO across Austria!

Show Notes

Mike's Facebook page for Project Patagonia

My road trip down the Carretera Austral, use this post to see all the places we talk about in this episode! Listen to this episode to hear my driving buddy Ford and I talk about our experience.

Mike's stroller "Harriet the Chariot" carried: a few shirts, multiple pairs of shoes, spare tubes, spare tires, tool sets, repair kits, food (lots of pasta and junk food!), lightweight tent and camping gear

Budget: $1,000 for Thule stroller and gear, $100 to ship overseas, less than $20/day on the road

Dave Chamberlain's Hug Run - Mike's inspiration

Long Road to Comrades Facebook page - Mike's May/June 2018 expedition

Mike's advice: JUST GO DO IT! Make sure you are prepared for the weather (rain, etc.), but there's not much else to it. Consider having it supported so you can document it.

For full show notes visit https://TheBudgetMindedTraveler.com/92

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BMT 91: 220 Miles Solo on the Danube Bike Path May 16, 2018

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I've done my bike tours and I lived to talk about them! Join me and Jim Johnson, Founder of BikeTours.com, again today as I reflect on my experience participating in two different bike tours for the first time ever, including a 200-mile week-long solo ride rom Germany to Vienna, Austria. We dispel the concerns I had, take reader questions, and even give YOU a special incentive to get on a bike yourself!

Show Notes

This episode is sponsored by BikeTours.com! They offer over 200 bike tours in 40 countries across Europe, including both of the tours I experienced that you're going to hear about in the next episode, along with a special gift, so stay tuned! Meanwhile, help me give them some love for supporting the show. Follow BikeToursdotcom on Instagram and check out the affordable and adventurous bike tours they have hand selected to offer on their website.

PROMO CODE ALERT!! Use code JACKIE to save $100 on the Danube Bike Path Upscale Lodging tour on BikeTours.com, the same tour I did!

As promised, here is my first boomerang ever, you'll need to swipe to see the badassery.

Check back for a video about e-bikes and a packing list for bike tours, coming soon!

For full show notes visit https://TheBudgetMindedTraveler.com/91

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