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Jennifer Peedom is a mountaineer and filmmaker who made my favorite documentary about the mountains. It's simply called Mountain. It's free for Netflix subscribers or you can rent it for $4 on YouTube:
The documentary has four elements and Peedom hits a home run on all of them:
Most people (including Africans) would love it if Africa no longer needed charity. If Africa was able to economically stand on its own two feet, charities could focus efforts elsewhere. The planet would be better off.
Although parts of Africa are rich, most parts are still poor.
The question is: how can we help lift Africans out of poverty?
On February 16, 2019, Nigeria will pick its new president. Learn more about the Nigerian election on Wikipedia.
In the 28th WanderLearn podcast episode, I interview Sharon Georgewill. She's a Nigerian from Port Harcourt.
She's traveled to many African countries. When I interviewed her in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I asked her to reflect on her continent and her country.
As a bonus, Rejoice Tapon, my wife, interjected a few times during the interview.
You'll hear an unseen side of Nigeria and Africa.
After listening to this podcast, find out who won the election! On January 1, 2019, I predicted that Atiku Abubakar would win.
Was I right?
Vagabonding is a seminal travel book. The author, Rolf Potts, made people realize that they don't need to settle for just two weeks a vacation every year. Rolf shows you how you can travel for two months per year or even travel nonstop for two years!
In this podcast, Rolf and I discuss:
I recorded this one-hour conversation in 2018 when I was still in Cameroon. Rolf, who is from Kansas, was in New York at the time.
iinside is obsessed about the last kilometer at the airport.
You may use Google Maps, Maps.me, or some other mapping system to figure out how much congestion there is on your way to the airport.
However, the automobile traffic congestion may not correlate with the congestion inside the airport.
Wouldn't it be nice to know what's going on inside the airport? How long are security checkpoint lines? When will my luggage arrive?
iinside aims to answer those questions.
Sam Kamen is the Chief Operating Officer of iinside, a company that is working to make airports smart.
There are 524 major airports in the United States. The top 30 airports account to 75-80% of all passengers.
They use lidar technology to track humans and bags to measure congestion within the airport. In 2019, iinside is working with these 4 USA airports:
Sam oversees all operations for iinside. More about Sam:
Sorry for the lousy audio in this particular episode.
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This show was sponsored by Health Access Sumbawa. In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded this nonprofit that is helping bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org
Whether you're into travel tours or not, you should listen to Travis Pittman, the CEO of TourRadar.
I've always been skeptical and resistant to tours. I've always preferred independent travel.
Travis makes a pretty convincing argument of why TourRadar is a compelling platform and marketplace.
TourRadar aggregates 1,000 tour operators with 30,000 different trips all over the globe.
About 70% of those who book with TourRadar are females, especially solo female travelers.
Group sizes vary from 6 to 50 people.
TourRadar focuses on regions, not cities. For instance, you'd search for Tuscany or Italy, not just Florence. Tours last at least 3 days. The sweet spot for them is about 12 days. So if you only want a tour of Paris, don't use TourRadar.
Travis reveals:
This is episode #21 of the WanderLearn podcast.
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TourRadar is the best search engine for multi-day tours. They are the world’s largest online travel agency for multi-day tours. Revolutionizing how multi-day tours are compared and purchased, TourRadar provides travelers with a trusted online marketplace to find and book life-enriching experiences worldwide. TourRadar works with over 2,000 tour operators to offer more than 40,000 tours in over 200 countries.
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