Metamo Travel
Pushing the Boundaries of Travel in Celebration of the Human Experience.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 37
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Intermission: The Journey to the Other Side of the Bridge (Episode 36)
Travel is with all of us as a fundamental part of being human. On our journey we occasionally come to bridges. We stop in the middle sometimes and look around, watch the water flow by, gaze at the tr…
Episode 35: Delivered Direct to You From Kileleshwa & Ace Hardware
A few random moments walking in Africa. From the tent to the main dining area unaccompanied by a Maasai guard makes you look extra closely for any sign of movement. Hornbills in Kileleshwa. A Maasa…
Episode 34: The Birds & the Chee (tahs) with David and Ronah Saunders
Birds are special creatures. While there are no bees in this episode, there are cheetahs. How about you....Do you have a spirit animal? And how about a spirt bird? On this episiode we visit again w…
Episode 33: The Winds of Travel - A Conversation with Chris McCaffrey Part 2
The winds of travel can blow you all the way around the world and back again. And again and again. They can take you to a cafe in Uttar Pradesh or on a wild rickshaw race from Rajasthan to Kerala in …
Episode 32: The Winds of Travel - A Conversation with Chris McCaffrey Part 1
When travel gets in your blood, watch out. Life will never be the same. 9 to 5's exist in that other world far away - you toss up grass blades to test the wind more often. If the wind is blowing tow…
Episode 31: Doors that Open to Insight & Pool Tables
Pool is like life in many ways. You can make a great shot but if you aren't planning for what comes next, or use the wrong or too much 'English,' ... watch out. 🎱
On this episode we travel from th…
Episode 30: The Coca-Cola Incident
Have you ever accidentally left a restaurant without paying your bill? Only to sometime later and quite unexpectedly have the unintended discrepancy righted without expecting it? Life can be that w…
Episode 29: The Sparkle of Humanity - > Hospitality
Hospitality goes back to our primordial roots - welcoming strangers who brought news from the distant lands. Today it can seem like a lost art - a transaction rather the sparkle of humanity. In thi…
Episode 28: Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication traveling 100,000's of Miles Per Hour!
We travel. We love life. We get up in the morning and walk outside. We go through our day in wondrous ways. When we pack out bags for a journey out into the world - whether it's to our job or on a g…
Episode 27: Having Fun & Mixing It Up with Bob Spoerl
Have you ever got mugged but didn't know it? How about ending up in a Russian hospital and being told you might have to find a different way home to America other than how you got there? From a smal…
Episode 26: A Solo Flight Across the Landscape of Travel
In this episode Greg flies solo for the first time and gives us an overview of where we are on our Metamo Travel Podcast journey now that we have passed 25 Episodes. We take a look at the concept of …
Episode 25: A long ride from Beni with 4 wives and plenty of surprises
In our 25th Episode, Greg describes a "typical" ride on his journey across Africa which was full of surprises. We learn how to make a certain kind of traveler's stew, seasoned with a spattering of l…
Episode 24: Melodies you never delete in your mind, with WIldlife Guide and Birding Expert John Wanyokie
John Wanyokie spent four years at the Nairobi National Museum but his mind and heart are in the forests of Kenya listening to the magical sounds or out guiding on safari in the bush. John shares with…
Episode 23: Instantaneous connections bursting with vibrancy & love in Nigeria with Jenna Adeleke
Deep in a bustling and vibrant market in Nigeria, Jenna Adeleke shares a transformational moment in her life. In an instant, she knows just what she will do. The humanity, the energy, and the vibra…
Episode 22: Probing the waters of transformational travel
In this episode Bob and Greg probe the waters of the topic of transformational travel. At the heart transformational travel is the realization that the journey we are on is not so much an external j…
Episode 21: A tiny spec on the floor of Ngorongoro Crater together with 30,000 large mammals
Each wildlife safari has its own magic to it. You never see the same scene twice. In this episode Bob asks Greg to share an example of a memorable safari he has been on. They end up on safari on th…
Episode 20: A Switch of Fate in Kuwait: a conversation with Maan Alyagout (Part 2)
In this episode we continue our discussion with Maan Alyagout. Maan describes how he was able to escape from Kuwait during the invasion by Iraq in 1990 into Saudi Arabia. A great storyteller, Maan c…
Episode 19: A Shift of Fate in Kuwait - a conversation with Maan Alyagout: Part 1
Our interview with Maan Alyagout takes us on a journey from the deserts of Kuwait, to the redwood forests of Humboldt County California, and back again. A great calamity befell the Kuwaiti people in …
Episode 18: How to Be a Digital Nomad: Debbie Arcangeles, Creator of The Offbeat Life
Today, we have a very special guest. Debbie Archangels is the host of The Offbeat Life. A podcast where she interviews travelers who ditched their 9-5 to become remote entrepreneurs and digital nomad…
Episode 17: Surreal animal sightings on safari: David and Ronah return to the podcast
On this episode we welcome back two special guests, David and Ronah Saunders. David and Ronah share with us just a few of their favorite stories in the wild. Ronah describes coming across a den of …