NOMADIC LIFE: The highs, lows, and strange realisations of travelling to 12 countries in 12 months

We look back on our second full year of travelling the world, hopping through 12 countries, and reflect on what it’s really been like living out of a suitcase for this long. We talk about our favourite and least favourite places, what each country taught us, and the strange moment of self-awareness when you overhear someone else name-dropping their travels and realise how pretentious you probably sound too. It turns into a bigger conversation about people, connection, love, and why saying no to war should really be the easiest decision of all. In “Scott’s WTF of the Week” we react to a story that somehow mixes dinner with disaster in the most surreal way, and in “Shelby’s Good Vibes Only” we share a moment of community solidarity that genuinely restores a bit of faith in humanity.Chapters(05:20) – Scott and Shelby’s Best Memories From Each of the 12 Countries(31:38) – Scott and Shelby’s Favourite and Least Favourite Country(35:39) – What We Learned From Our Second Year of Traveling the World(38:23) – Scott’s WTF of the Week: Thai Restaurant Flooded… and Diners Love It(42:13) – Shelby’s Good Vibes Only: Chicago Suburb Rallies in Under 24 Hours to Feed NeighborsScott's WTF of the Week🐟 Thai Restaurant Flooded… and Diners Love It 📅 November 14th🔗 ⁠https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/flooded-restaurant-thailand-brings-delight-swimming-fish-diners-127517880?utm_source=chatgpt.comShelby’s Good Vibes Only🥫 Chicago Suburb Rallies in Under 24 Hours to Feed Neighbors 📅 Sunday 3rd November 2025🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/evanston-illinois-snap-food-driveRecommended EpisodesCheck out these other episodes, they dive into similar stories and topics.🎧 Hong Kong: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong🎧 Inside the World’s Most Surreal Border: How Kpop Became a Weapon🎧 The One Thing We Wish We Knew Before Visiting China🎧 Surviving Laos: How Travel Breaks You… and Rebuilds You🎧 EP52 | We Had to Escape a War Zone This Is Our Story | Yalla Habibi Podcast---------------------------------------------------------------SubscribeIf you have ever enjoyed any of these episodes, could we ask you to please consider any or all of these: Subscribe, Follow, Like, Share and leave a short Review? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests.- "Yalla Habibi - Let’s go, my friend!"Watch Our Shorts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---------------------------------------------------------------Transcript Keyword SummaryAdventure Travel, Couple Travel Tips, Hidden Travel Destinations, Cultural Experiences, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania, Vietnam, Laos, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Yalla Habibi, Yalla Habibi Podcast, Couples Podcast, Relationship PodcastTranscript Quotes“We as a couple decided we are gonna commit to three years of full travel and adventure.”“To be open to not going with the plan.”“People have been amazing wherever you go. You know, the majority of people that we’ve had an experience with, met for a second, have been welcoming and loving.”“It just felt different,  it was just another country, but it just felt very calm and slow and quiet.”“Sometimes you’ve gotta sometimes go against what everyone else does, you do. Swim upstream as it were.”“It feels like that community is what a community used to be.”