The Travel Diaries

The world’s greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, has led an extraordinary life, travelling to some of the most remote and dangerous places on earth. He’s climbed Mt Everest, traversed from the North to South Pole, discovered a lost city and ran 7 marathons in 7 days in 7 continents. He’s cheated death many times, and raised millions for charity along the way. Chatting in the lobby of a busy London hotel, we discuss that time when he cut off his own fingertips and how he was nearly cast as James Bond. All that, and more, coming up on Episode 3 of The Travel Diaries.Destination recap:Table Mountain and Kruger National Park, South AfricaMt EverestThe Garden Route, South AfricaCrossing of Antarctica Isle of Rhum, ScotlandMuscat, OmanLondon, EnglandShisr, Nejd Desert, OmanZambezi river trip, TanzaniaThank you so much for listening. If you haven’t yet left a 5 star rating, why not do so now! Your support is so greatly appreciated and most importantly, helps others to discover the podcast. Come and find me on Instagram - I’m @hollyrubenstein - and to find out more about the podcast, visit TheTravelDiariesPodcast.com This episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When it comes to travel, names don’t get much bigger than Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group. On this short haul (bite size) episode of The Travel Diaries, recorded in the bustling lobby of the new Virgin Hotel San Francisco, Richard takes us on a journey around the world, from the mountains of Morocco to the plains of Kenya - and even into outer space. Destination recap:Virgin Hotel San Francisco Menorca, Balearic IslandsNecker Island, British Virgin Islands Ulusaba, South Africa Mahali Mzuri, Kenya Mount Toukbal, Atlas Mountains, MarrakechKasbah Tamadot, Marrakech Virgin Voyages Virgin Galactic Thank you so much for listening. If you haven’t yet left a 5 star rating, why not do so now! Your support is so greatly appreciated and most importantly, helps others to discover the podcast. Come and find me on Instagram, I’m @hollyrubenstein and to find out more about the podcast, visit TheTravelDiariesPodcast.com This episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Since winning the Great British Bake Off in 2015, life has changed immeasurably for Nadiya Hussain. In this episode of The Travel Diaries, Nadiya explains that travel wasn’t even something she contemplated as a young stay at home mum of three, except to visit her family in Bangladesh.Now, as a TV presenter and author, she is travelling the globe, discovering her favourite destinations, learning more about herself than ever and getting recognised in the most remote situations imaginable. Destination recap:Sylhet, BangladeshParis, FranceNepalToronto to Vancouver, Canada (1d 20hrs drive!)Koh Sukorn, Thailand Machu Picchu, PeruMauritius Nadiya’s cook book, Time to Eat, is out now.Thank you so much for listening. If you haven’t yet left a 5 star rating, why not do so now! Your support is so greatly appreciated and most importantly, helps others to discover the podcast. Come and find me on Instagram, I’m @hollyrubenstein and find out more about the podcast at TheTravelDiariesPodcast.com This episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subscribe now to The Travel Diaries, a brand new podcast series starting Tuesday July 23.Each week, travel and entertainment journalist Holly Rubenstein will be joined by an incredible guest, as she uncovers the places around the world and travel experiences that have shaped her guests' lives.Be transported to exotic and far flung places as Holly and her diverse lineup from across the arts and the world of travel, take you on a journey through eight key chapters of their life's travel diaries, from their earliest childhood travel memory and the first place they fell in love with; to their all time favourite destination, their hidden gem recommendation and what’s at the top of their bucket list. It's wanderlust guaranteed - so subscribe now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.