Travel, Snapchat, and Life Lessons from 80 Countries with Brock Groombridge

Brock Groombridge has visited 80 countries since he started traveling seven years ago. In 2010, when he started vloging he was the first person to video blog a trip around the world. Today he is still traveling like crazy and documenting his adventures on Snapchat and Youtube.  Whether he is exploring new cafe's in Toronto, getting fish and chips in London, a haircut in India, or adventuring on his way to his goal of 100 counties before he's 30, Brock is always spreading happiness and positivity.  We talk with Brock about how he got his start video blogging, how Backpack with Brock has evolved, how he decided to document his days with Snapchat, and a lot more.  Covered in this episode: Documenting travel with Snapchat How Brock decided to start traveling in the first place How the recession helped Brock find his dream job Video blogging way before it was popular Getting haircuts around the world Setting travel goals (100 countries before 30-years-old) How documenting life can make you appreciate it more Balancing enjoying experiences with documenting experiences The value of creating a project to document your trip If you're on Snapchat, follow Brock's adventures @ backpackerbrock Check out links to video's mentioned in this episode in the show notes at theworldwnaderers.com ---------------- Thanks to this episodes sponsor italki.com. If you're looking to connect with a real live language teacher visit theworldwanderers.com/italki and get your second lesson free when you sign up.  ---------------- Music credit: bensound.com