Hitchhiking on The Radio Vagabond

This WanderLearn episode is a sample episode from The Radio Vagabond podcast, run by a Dane named Palle Bo, who introduces himself as "My name is Bond, Radio Vagabond."

At the age of fifty, Palle Bo decided to change his life. As his daughters were grown up and moved out of the house, so did he.

He sold his house, car, and furniture and became a digital nomad, traveling full-time to visit every UN Nation and state in the USA.

Please search for "The Radio Vagabond" in your podcast player to subscribe to his entertaining and informative travel podcast. You'll hear Palle interview locals worldwide! Partake in his quest to visit all 193 UN countries! He'll surely achieve it this decade.

This sample episode from the Radio Vagabond podcast is about hitchhiking! It's divided into two parts:

1. Picking up hitchhikers: this section features me (Francis Tapon) because I picked up 3,000 African hitchhikers.
2. Being a hitchhiker: My Forbes article about 10 Hitchhiking Tips demonstrates that I'm a professional hitchhiker, but Palle interviews an Olympian hitchhiker, Daniel Shachory.

Here's what Palle wrote about today's episode:

PART 1: FRANCIS TAPON

Francis gave a talk at the Extraordinary Travel Festival called “Five Years of Nonstop Overland Travel To All 54 African Countries: Picking Up 3,000 Hitchhikers & A Bride”. And with three TEDx talks, he knows what he’s doing when he’s on stage, and we were in for a treat.

His mother is from Chile, and his father is from France, but Francis was born in San Francisco, so he was born with three passports – and almost destined to travel. He is fluent in English, French, and Spanish and claims he struggles with Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, and Russian. But I have a feeling he’s just modest.

Having never been to Africa, he took a boat there and effectively burned it. He vowed not to return home until he had climbed the tallest peak in every African country.

He expected that he could do it in three years, but his quest took five years to complete. He managed to get to the peak of 50 of the 54 countries. Also, he picked up 3,000 hitchhikers, found a bride, and nearly killed her and her brother.

Now he’s in the process of writing a book with 54 chapters – one for each country. He’s also the author of Hike Your Own Hike and The Hidden Europe. And then he hosts a podcast called WanderLearn.

PART 2: DANIEL SHACHORY

From one person who has picked up a lot of hitchhikers to a guy you can find at the side of the road with his thumb in the air. Daniel Shachory from Los Angeles and MyThumbLife on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. He’s on a quest to hitchhike in every country in the world.

He does that half of his time – and then the other half he spends back in the United States as an Uber driver. But not just that. Here he’s trying to become the first Uber driver that has worked in every state. So, another crazy project.

I met Daniel at lunch one day in Yerevan, and even though he’s not the most traveled of the guests in this mini-series, I asked him to come on the show because not only is he likable, but he’s also got a remarkable story. And then, when he’s accomplished some of his crazy projects, I’m able to brag about being one of the first podcasts to have him on my show.

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