Q: Ed, tell us how you started your travels... I’ve been travelling virtually my whole life. My first trips were as far back as 1939 when I was just four years old – from my home in Connecticut we would go to New York and New Hampshire. My parents later divorced and I...
Q: Luca, tell us something about yourself. I am researcher in economic history, I have written eight books, two of which have been translated into Russian. I was the first to discover certain Russian thinkers and bring their concepts to the west, the basic one is...
Q: Your blog headline is “live to travel…or travel to live”. What is the difference for you? With which one do you identify more? Arantxa: We don’t see a big difference, that’s the reason for the question…. If we had to choose one, I guess it would be… travel to live....
Q: Sarah, you were both in Washington DC, spent 10 years of your formative years in Moscow, your father is Scottish and your mother French. In what ways has this internationalism worked for or against you? I would say in a minor way it has worked for me- i have always...
Q: Sabela, you have a blog named “travelling, pictures and sensations” (viajandoimágenesysensaciones.com). That’s what you look for when you travel? Yes, I try to summarize the pictures that I capture during my travels. Not only photographs, of course. I'm talking...
Q: Kolja, you have a blog called Gentleman Adventurer. Can you explain how the name came about? What are your aims with this blog? I like to travel on the rough roads, but always in style, staying in top hotels and dressed like a relaxed businessman. I want to combine...
Q: You are the first Spanish-speaking woman who completed a trip around the world by motorbike. How do you feel about that? Was it a goal, a source of pride or something that just happened? Well, it’s certainly an honour but also a responsibility because I’m...
Q: Miloš, you grew up in two countries - first the 'socialist' Yugoslavia and then the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which included Serbia and Montenegro. How do you feel your character and world-view has been shaped by growing up there during what was a very...
Q: Andre, you are possibly the best travelled man in the world. What does this distinction mean to you? A:The Important thing in life is not to travel but to be happy. To be in agreement with oneself and to love the whole world. Which is my case. I have never been...
On a rainy Monday in October, Harry Mitsidis met Eki Siivonen in Helsinki. The two travellers spent half a day discussing life, travels and going over Eki's journals... Eki fetches me at a corner by the Helsinki Central railway station. He arrives right on...
On the 23rd September 2014, our founder Harry Mitsidis met one of the biggest travellers in the world, Don Parrish. Don is ranked first in the Most Traveled People website, which is no mean achievement at all. In this narrative, Harry recounts the meeting and the many...
Anthony, you're one of a few people who has been to all the countries in the world. What motivated you to do it? Since I was very young, I wanted to cross borders and oceans. When I was 5, I went on my first solo travel, on an inflatable boat, willing to cruise the...