Around the World with Dan Perry
This podcast is about travel. I'll interview interesting characters to get their stories, learn how they travel, discover what motivates them. Hopefully in the process, I'll motivate you as well. You're going to learn that there's no right or wrong way to travel. You can do whatever you want on your trip, so what's stopping you?
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 76 minutes
- Episodes
- 83
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2019
#63: Ross and Theresa
My guests today are Ross and Theresa. They met several years ago in Beijing, China. They fell in love, traveled the world for two and a half years, got married, and had two kids. Pretty much in that …
#62: Brittany Dunn
My guest today is Brittany Dunn. She's a great storyteller, and on this episode she did not disappoint. She told me the craziest "welcome to China" story I've ever heard.
#61: Alice Chen (陈希)
In this episode I sat on the roof of a Beijing bookstore to talk with Alice Chen. She's from Weifang, in Shandong province, China. Right now she's specializing in cross-cultural communication; she ga…
#60: Ruby Tsai
My guest today is Ruby Tsai from Taiwan. We recorded our conversation from the top of a sand dune in the Gobi desert in Mongolia.
#59: Mongolian Nomadic Life
My guest this week is Tsenddavaa Nasanjargal, AKA Davaa. She and her husband own an amazing guesthouse called the Mongol Ujin Tourist Camp in the village of Khatgal, Mongolia. Davaa is passionate abo…
#57: Maria Khankhunova
I met Maria on the train to Ulan-Ude, Russia. She is an amazing leader in the Buryat community. She talked about her culture during the show.
#56: Lake Baikal Dreams
Katie and I (especially Katie) have been dreaming of coming to Lake Baikal for quite some time. Now we are here! How did we arrive? Listen to this week's episode to find out.
#55: Trans-Siberian Travels
Here is an update on our last week. Katie and I have been traveling across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Train. We started the last week in Suzdal, a little village near Moscow. We ended it in Krasnoy…
#54: Natalya Klimova
Natalya works for a company called United Tours, giving free walking tours of St. Petersburg. We talked about life in Russia, her time living in Egypt, and travel in Cuba.
Bonus: I discussed my attem…
#53: Trans-Siberian Tips
While staying in Helsinki, Finland, Katie and I met Jari and Nadezhda. They used to live in Beijing, so we had a lot in common. We swapped many China stories, and I found out that they had taken the …
#52: Iceland
In this episode, I go over our hike in Iceland and I give a few tips if you're interested in traveling there. Katie also gives some advice on food preparation.
#51: Morgan McKinnon
Morgan and I did a follow-up podcast, where she discusses her continued weight loss and skin removal surgery.
#50: Paddy Robertson
On this week's show, I talked with Paddy Robertson about our two-day bicycle trip from Beijing to the Iron Wall Silver Mountain, AKA the Silver Mountain Pagoda Forest. This is officially recognized b…
#49, Nina Krafft
Nina Krafft is a friend who lives and works in Beijing, China. We talked extensively about life in Beijing, as well as travel around China in general.
#48, Nitai Deitel
Nitai works at The Hutong, a cultural exchange center based in Beijing, China. We discussed the types of trips he runs through the Hutong, ranging from Great Wall excursions to bicycling around Yunna…
#47: Debbie Ma
My guest today is Debbie Ma. She's from Taiwan and has lived for a long time in Beijing. She's an acupuncturist and home brewer. She taught me the basics of how acupuncture works and we discussed the…
#46: Lisa Gay
My guest today is Lisa Gay. She has lived in China and Japan for a number of years. We talked about her upcoming trip around China, and of course we told a few travel stories.
#45: Mich Albor
My guest today is Mich Albor, from the Philippines. Katie and I plan to visit her country at the end of this year, so I got a lot of great advice from her.
#44: Carlos VillaWolf and Leah Ittner
Carlos VillaWolf and Leah Ittner are good friends of Katie's and mine. They lived in Beijing for four years and moved to Ho Chi Minh City about ten months ago. They were back in Beijing to visit frie…