The World Wanderers Podcast
by Amanda Kingsmith and Ryan Ferguson
We’re Amanda & Ryan and we’re the hosts of The World Wanderers podcast. We’re a traveling couple originally from Alberta, Canada with a love of exploring the world, eating great food (mostly Mexican food, if we’re being honest), learning new languages, and meeting new people. The World Wanderers podcast is a travel diary of our adventures since we started traveling together in 2011. We take you with us as we travel through Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand as 22-year old budget backpackers looking for the best party hostel. We take you with us to South America where we go through some our deepest personal transformations. We take you with us as we move to a small town in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and take a massive career pivot. We take you with us to the southern US where we lived for a year. We take you through Asia as we navigate the world of “digital nomad life”. We take you on all our adventures in Mexico, which is the country we both feel most at home
Episodes
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Life Update: Hawaii, Cabo & Having a Second Baby!
This week on the podcast, we’re doing a bit of a life update, sharing about our recent trips to Hawaii and Cabo, as well as giving you some big personal news and show updates. We kick off the episode by talking about our first trip of 2024, which was a family trip to Maui, Hawaii. We talk about...
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Exploring the World & Writing About it with Andy Corbley
This week on the podcast, we’re excited to welcome back Andy Corbley, a traveler, writer, and the founder of World at Large News. In this episode, Andy discusses significant changes in his life, including becoming a father and publishing his travel book 'On the Face of It: A Traveler On His…
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10 Years of Travel & Digital Nomad Life with Nathan Aguilera
This week on the podcast, we’re chatting with Nathan Aguilera, a longtime friend and recurring guest, to discuss his 10-year journey as a digital nomad and food blogger. In this episode, Nathan shares his experiences visiting nearly 70 countries across five continents, managing an online…
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Navigating The Global Tech Scene as a Solo Female Traveler With Margaux Miller
In this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Margaux Miller, a global community builder in the tech industry. Margaux shares her experiences as a woman in tech, her advocacy efforts, and how she leverages LinkedIn for networking during her travels and remote work. She delves into balancing…
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Argentina Part 3: Buenos Aires
This week on the podcast we are diving into the final part of our Argentina series, focused on the captivating city of Buenos Aires. Often referred to as the "Paris of South America," Buenos Aires offers a vibrant cultural scene, rich history, and a unique blend of European and Latin American...
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Argentina Part 2: Bariloche
In this episode of the podcast, we are talking about our experience in Bariloche, a city located in Argentina's Patagonia region. We talk about our time spent in the city, its stunning alpine scenery, and its location in the Lake District near the Chilean border. We also discuss the city's…
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Argentina Part 1: Traveling to Argentina with a Toddler
We're kicking off 2024 with our first podcast episode about our trip to Argentina! We spent the month of November 2023 in Argentina and are so excited to share about our adventures. In this episode, we talk about why we decided to go to Argentina, where we went and why, and how we were preparing...
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2023 Year in Review
It's the most wonderful time of the year! That's right, the holiday season is upon us and that means that it's time to review 2023. In this episode, we reflect on the last year, including where we went, what we did in each place, how each trip was, as well as some of our highlights from the year....
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Tips for Air Travel with Babies from 0-12 Months
This week on the podcast we are talking about air travel with a baby from 0-12 months old. We kick things off by sharing the different stages and ages that we've traveled with Lou and what we've learned through these different trip. We also share our top tips for traveling with a baby from 0-6...
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Worldschooling with Rekha Magon from Boundless Life
This week on the podcast we are joined by Rekha Magon. Rekha is the co-founder of Boundless Life, an avid world traveler and an ed-tech entrepreneur. She leads the charge for Boundless Education and is whole-heartedly passionate about creating a purposeful and personalized, hands-on learning...
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Why Becoming a VA is a Great Career for Travelers & Digital Nomads with Hannah Dixon
This week on the podcast we are joined by Hannah Dixon. Hannah is a VA and Freelancer Coach, Recruiter, and the Founder of Digital Nomad Kit. Committed to creating a more equitable future through the freedom and accessibility of freelancing, her teachings have readied 27,000 learners in over 170...
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Nomadic Travel with a Dog with Mitko & Sarah Karshovski
This week on the podcast we are joined by our friends Mitko & Sarah Karshovski. Mitko & Sarah are full-time digital nomads who are currently based in Mexico. In 2022, they adopted a dog named Dexter, and are here to share what life has been like traveling and being nomadic with a pet. In this...
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Traveling the World by RV with Heath & Alyssa Padgett
This week on the podcast we are joined by Heath & Alyssa Padgett! Their story started with a 50-state cross-country road trip in an old RV as two broke newlyweds. After they finished that trip, they had fallen in love with travel and couldn't imagine go back to what they were doing before they...
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10 Awesome Things to do in Tokyo
We're wrapping up our Japan series with an episode on Tokyo! While there are literally thousands of things to see and do in Tokyo, we narrowed down some of our favorite experiences to create a list of 10 awesome things to see and do there. In this episode, we talk about the Tokyo Skytree, the…
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Japan Part 3: Exploring Osaka & the Surrounding Area
This week on the podcast we're talking about Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe and Nara. We based ourselves in Osaka for nearly 2 weeks and took that opportunity to explore the city of Osaka, including the Osaka Castle, Dotonburi, Universal Studios Japan, as well as some of the amazing restaurants and arcades...
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Japan Part 2: Snow Monkeys in Nagano & Kanazawa
This week on the podcast we are continuing to share our adventures from Japan! In this episode, we're joining you from Tokyo and talking about our travels to Yudanaka and Shibu Onsen in Nagano prefecture where we stayed at a ryokan, enjoyed the onsens, and saw the snow monkeys! We also share a...
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Japan Part 1: Long-Haul Flight Update, Jet Lag & Revisiting Tokyo
Hello from Japan! This week on the podcast, we are joining you from Osaka, Japan! In this episode, we give you a play-by-play on how our long travel day went, including the 3-hour drive to Mexico City, 6 hours waiting in the airport for our flight, our 15-hour long haul flight, and then the 3…
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Planning for a 15-hour Flight & International Adventure with a Baby
This week on the podcast we're talking about our upcoming trip to Japan! This is our first time taking Lou on a long-haul flight and in this episode, we share the preparation that we've done for both the trip and the flight. We talk about why we're going to Japan, how we planned this trip...
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Your Questions Answered!
This week on the podcast we are answering a few questions submitted by listeners of the show! We're talking about life in Mexico, raising a child abroad, safety concerns, our favorite tacos, what's on our travel bucket lists and more! This episode was really fun to record so hopefully you guys...
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How to Travel Around Mexico
Mexico is an amazing place for a beach vacation, a road trip, or a few weeks or months of traveling around! There is so much to see and do in Mexico, but because it's such a big, diverse country, we often get asked what is the best way to travel Mexico. In this week's podcast episode, we discuss...
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One Month of Work & Travel in Medellin, Colombia
This week on the podcast we are talking all about the month that we spent in Medellin, Colombia this past January. This was our first big nomad trip since having Lou and we were super excited to get back on the road and explore a city that we haven't been to for 9 years! In this episode, we share...
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Returning to Panama City after 3 Years... with a baby!
This week on the podcast, we are talking about our most recent trip to Panama City, Panama! You may remember that we were living in Panama City in 2019 and 2020 and left really suddenly at the start of the pandemic. It's been almost 3 years since we were there last and we were so excited to…
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Life as a Professor, YouTuber & Professional Traveler with Mark Wolters
This week on the podcast, we are joined by Mark Wolters. Mark is a PhD professor of marketing, a professional traveler, and a YouTuber. He shares his worldly experiences with over 3 million loyal Wolter's World followers every month, and he has made it his mission to share wholesome, honest…
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2022 Year in Review
It's that time of year again! We're sitting down to recap 2022, including where we went, what we did, and some highlights of the year. With the arrival of baby Lou, we didn't travel as much as we have in passed years, but we did some really fun local trips and daytrips, plus a big trip through…
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Finding Adventure Through Retreats with Mantas Szvinas
This week on the podcast we are joined by Mantas Szvinas. Mantas is the founder of SurfYogaBeer the largest fitness adventure company in the US that takes groups of amazing likeminded people to magical places around the world. He is most passionate about creating habits in people that lead to...
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Living a Nomadic Life & Having Babies Abroad with Amy Scott
This week on the podcast we are joined by Amy Scott. Originally from the United States and currently based in central Mexico, Amy has been traveling and living abroad since 2004. She’s passionate about helping entrepreneurs, freelancers, and remote workers harness the power of location…
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Adding a Baby to a Nomadic Life: An Interview from Nomadtopia Radio
When we found out that we were pregnant and decided that we wanted to have our baby abroad, we went in search of resources where people were talking about what it was like to have a baby in another country and found very little. This is one of the reasons that Amanda was super excited to be a…
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Is It Time to Move to a New Country? With Mikkel Thorup
This week on the podcast we are joined by Mikkel Thorup. Mikkel is the founder of Expat Money, a #1 best-selling author, and a podcast host. After dropping out of school at 12 years old he started traveling the world as a teenager. In the last 22 years, he's visited over 100 countries, lived in…
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Running a Fully Remote Local Business & Traveling the World with Neel Parekh
This week on the podcast we are joined by Neel Parekh. Neel is the Founder and CEO of MaidThis & MaidThis Franchise, which helps homeowners and short-term rental hosts (Airbnb, VRBO, etc) with their cleaner needs. Neel's business has generated millions in revenue while having a fully remote team,...
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Exploring Latin America by Boat with Stephen Ladd
This week on the podcast we are joined by Stephen Ladd. Stephen is a city planner, voyager, and memoirist. He is the author of Three Years in a 12-Foot Boat, in which he rowed and sailed to South America and back in a tiny boat of his own design, and The Five-Year Voyage: Exploring Latin American...
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Roadtripping in the US & Canada with a Baby!
During the month of July 2022, we took a big road trip from Mexico all the way to Canada with stops in the US along the way. This was our first big trip and road trip with baby Lou and her first time in Canada and the US. In this episode, we talk about planning our trip, what it was like…
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Language Learning with Gabriel Wyner from Fluent Forever
This week on the podcast we are joined by Gabriel Wyner. We had Gabriel on the podcast back in June 2015 and it was really fun to follow up and talk about what's changed over the last 7 years. Gabriel is the creator of the Fluent Forever app, author of a book of the same name, a life-long…
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Nomad Insurance and Location-Independent Work & Travel with Sondre Rasch from SafetyWing
**Description:** This week on the podcast we are joined by Sondre Rasch. Sondre is a co-founder and CEO of SafetyWing. Born in Bergen, Norway, he studied economics and computer science, before starting work as a policy advisor for the government of Norway advising on social policies. After…
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Traveling the World by Boat, Bus & Motorhome with Pat & Ali Schulte
This week on the podcast we are joined by Pat & Ali Schulte. Pat & Ali have been traveling the world for the last 20 years by boat, bus, motorhome and more, the last decade of which they've been traveling with their two kids. In this week's episode Pat & Ali share their travel story, including…
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Why Having a Second Passport is an Investment with Brandon Miller
This week on the podcast we are joined by Brandon Miller. Brandon provides a unique insight that will have you convinced that a Second Passport is not just nice-to-have, but a life-transforming investment. For more than a decade, Brandon has been involved in the immigration and settlement of...
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Bike Touring with Kids with Dale Majors
This week on the podcast we are joined by Dale Majors. Dale is an entrepreneur, a family man, and an adventurer. One of his biggest passions is cycling and bike touring. He's toured over 9,000 miles in North America and Europe, 3,000 of which have been with his family. In this episode, Dale…
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Travel Hacking & Living in an RV with Nate Ritter
This week on the podcast we are joined by Nate Ritter. Nate has been a tech executive and entrepreneur for most of his career and today he travels with his family full time in an RV while advising startups at Techstars and building RoomSteals.com. In this episode, Nate shares his travel story…
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Journalism & Living in Italy with Andy Corbley
This week on the podcast we are joined by Andy Corbley. Andy is an American traveler, remote reporter, staff writer at Good News Network, and the founder of World at Large news. He joined us from Italy where he lives with his wife! In this episode, we talk about how Andy ended up living in Italy,...
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Life Update: We Had a Baby in Mexico!
This week on the podcast we are sharing what we've been up to since we did our year in review episode at the end of 2021! We share where we've traveled to, what it's been like planting roots in Queretaro, and of course, having baby Louise in Mexico and what life as parents has been like so far.…
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Working Full-Time Internationally, Teaching Yoga & Starting a Location Independent Business with Angela Sealy
This week on the podcast we are joined by Angela Sealy. Angela is currently based in Barcelona, Spain and runs a boutique design agency called Good Karma Works. Angela fell in love with travel when she was in college and after doing an exchange, she decided that she wanted to find a job that…
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Campeche, Mexico
This week on the podcast we are taking you to Campeche, Mexico! San Francisco de Campeche is the biggest city in the state of Campeche, located in the southeast corner of Mexico near the Yucatan and Quintana Roo. This is one of the smaller states in Mexico and it is likely not a place that is on...
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Top Day Trips from Mexico City
This week on the podcast we are talking about our top day trips to take from Mexico City! Being one of the largest and most diverse countries in the world, there is a ton to keep you busy in Mexico City, but if you're there for more than a few days it can be great to get outside of the city and...
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Why Digital Marketing is a Great Digital Nomad Career
This week on the podcast we are joined by Tawan Perry. Tawan is a full-time remote digital marketer and YouTuber living in Mexico. In this episode, Tawan shares his journey to becoming a digital nomad and how he has been able to live full-time in Mexico through his work as a digital marketer. He...
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5 Under the Radar Cities in Mexico
This week on the podcast we are talking about 5 under the radar cities in Mexico that we recommend adding to your Mexico travel bucket list! We kickoff this episode by sharing the cities that we would consider most on the radar, as well as the cities that you may have heard of, but haven't...
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Digital Nomad Life with a Baby with Annette & Daniel Fortner from Chase for Adventure
This week on the podcast, we are re-joined by Annette & Daniel Fortner. Annette and Daniel are digital nomads and YouTubers at Chase for Adventure. We caught up with them a little over a year ago and at that time, they were living in Thailand and getting ready to have their first baby! Since then...
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Month 91 of a Six Month Trip with Nathan Aguilera from Foodie Flashpacker
"This week on the podcast we are joined by Nathan Aguilera. Nathan is the founder of Foodie Flashpacker, a food-focused travel blog aimed at helping followers discover the best dishes and where to find them around the world. Nathan is currently based in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and splits his…
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Running a Business While Living on a Yacht with Erin Carey
"This week on the podcast we are joined by Erin Carey. Erin is the founder of Roam Generation, a travel and lifestyle PR agency focused on helping brands and experts inspire curiosity and exploration through traditional PR done in an untraditional way. And that untraditional way is that she lives...
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Our 2021 Year in Review!
This time on The World Wanderers we're diving into our annual year in review episode! We're recapping our travels over the last 12 months from Mexico to Canada and talking about our favorite spots and lessons learned over the last year. Enjoy! This episode is brought to you by the Daily Job Hunt!...
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Inspiring Travel Through Story with Rishi Paparaiya
This week on the podcast we are joined by Rishi Paparaiya. Rishi is a best-selling author and former executive. After years of working his way up the corporate ladder, he left his corporate job to spend his time doing what he loves - traveling, writing, and mentoring start-ups. In this episode of...
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Road Tripping from Canada to Mexico
This week on the podcast we are taking you on an adventure of driving from Canada to Mexico! We took a trip back to Canada this summer to visit family and friends and decided that we wanted to drive our car down to Mexico. At the time of our trip, the US land border was still closed so we ended…
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About this show
We’re Amanda & Ryan and we’re the hosts of The World Wanderers podcast. We’re a traveling couple originally from Alberta, Canada with a love of exploring the world, eating great food (mostly Mexican food, if we’re being honest), learning new languages, and meeting new people. The World Wanderers podcast is a travel diary of our adventures since we started traveling together in 2011.
We take you with us as we travel through Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand as 22-year old budget backpackers looking for the best party hostel. We take you with us to South America where we go through some our deepest personal transformations. We take you with us as we move to a small town in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and take a massive career pivot. We take you with us to the southern US where we lived for a year. We take you through Asia as we navigate the world of “digital nomad life”. We take you on all our adventures in Mexico, which is the country we both feel most at home
Hosted by
Amanda Kingsmith and Ryan Ferguson