Is There Anything You Can Do About Travel?

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Travel makes you stronger in the sense that it helps you to be happier with less, I think. And also it helps you not take for granted what you have at home because when we were in Africa the last year and then Norway had a tap on his house where they would just switch it and have running water,. They would have to walk to the next D.L. River. Normally, there was a woman doing that and they would have towalk like one mile to get a big full load full of water to their house. We'll have taps with running water. So I think traveling has this little, you know, twist that can make you a more aware person. Then you have

Travel writer Juan Pablo Villarino had visited 90 countries before making the trek to exotic Arlington, Virginia for this chat with Tyler. Amazingly enough, this recording marked his first trip to the mainland United States, which is now the 91st country in an ever-expanding list.

The world's best hitchhiker talks with Tyler about the joys of connecting with people, why it's so hard to avoid stereotypes (including of hitchhikers), how stamp collecting guides his trips, the darkest secrets of people he's gotten rides from, traveling and writing books with his wife, the cause of violence in the Americas, finding the emotional heart of a journey, where he's going next, and more.

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Recorded May 4th, 2018 Other ways to connect

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