Tomboy Tirade Episode 43: Adventures in Archaeology

"This week, Persis and Raven embark on an Indiana Jones style of adventure of their own. Joining their quest for a 2500-year old missing lamp is travel blogger writer, and history geek, Candice Walsh. But the stakes are high, as they are not the only ones coveting the precious artifact. Can the zany trio survive Soviet spies, time travel and nasty bugs in this zany new episode of Tomboy Tirade?"   The tomboys are in Greece but a beach holiday is far from their minds. With help of an ancient map that Persis had conveniently “borrowed” from the Metropolitan library, they are on hot a trail to unearth a mystery lamp. While excavating a top secret site, they run into Candice Walsh from Newfoundlands, Canada who is living the dream and the travel blogger behind the “Candice Does the World”. She offers to help with the digging that makes Raven very happy. Persis remains skeptical of her motive. The year has just started but many avid travelers have already looked ahead and planned ahead for their vacations. For those who can’t make up their minds, there is the Lonely Planet ‘s list for the top 10 countries to visit in 2015. Singapore tops the list, which is a big surprise for Raven. Candice did not have high hopes for Bosnia and Herzegovina, which she only visited because she won the trip to in a lucky draw but it turns to be unspoiled paradise and now she wanted to visit the neighbouring Serbia. Persis is attracted to Ireland and Candice talks about her experience about going there to find her roots, which involves seaweed baths, drunken Riverdance and 10 days of epic fun in the surfing town of Silgo. The discussion turns to Airbnb that has run into trouble with a few countries lately. Candice is a big fan of the service, having gotten some really good deals including a stay on a Greek island and opportunities to interact with the locals. The tomboys want to hear about Candice travel adventures last year where she spent the first half of the year in Europe. From New York, she flew to Greece and traveled to Turkey, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina before rounding the year off with a Caribbean cruise. Candice discusses her first overseas trip, why she is passionate about ancient Greece history, her relocation plans to Berlin later in 2015 and shares her experiences working on in vineyard and olive farm in Greece. Behind the glamour, traveling for a living is a lot of hard work. How do you sustain yourself while traveling or make your dream trip without breaking the bank? The trio discusses travel hacks, managing your budgets, online resources, how to get the best deals, Aktarer Zaman who is sued for sharing cheap flight loopholes, nomadic Matt and his new book, “Travel the world on $50 per day” and how people can get “high” from traveling.  Then it is fun part, the Rapidfire section with Candice where we find out about her “spacious” experience in Amsterdam, most memorable food experience, dream vacation spot and whether she would get a second travel tattoo. After all the tedious digging, the trio uncovers and locates the missing lamp! But alas, as it always does here on Tomboy Teee-rahd, things took a complicated and disastrous turn as the Soviet army strikes and Raven decides to take matter into her own hands. So what happens in the end? Well you’ve got to listen to find out, right? About Candice Walsh Candice Walsh is a redheaded Newfoundlander who travels and writes and the brains behind the popular  travel blog Candice Does the World. Her travels have taken her around Canada and the world with stopovers in Greece, South America, Iceland, Ireland, South Africa, Jamica, Jordan, to Turkey, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the a Caribbean. You can connect with Candice on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Or sign up for her mailing list. Go on, say hi, ask her about traveling, tell her she is beautiful or all three :) Of course, while you're doing that, don’t forget to check us out, the Tomboy Tarts! Here’s our official video and for more tomboy-related stuff, visit us at Tomboy Tarts, the official online home of Tomboy Tirade, the comedy chat podcast. Follow or like us on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and our official fan page onFacebook!