Ultimate Hub for Global Explorers

Jeff, tell us about your childhood - and when did your interest in the world and travel develop?   I was born in San Francisco, California in 1955, the son of Lawrence Shea from Brooklyn (of Irish and Hungarian descent) and Marie (nee Kambic) (of Slovenian...

Boris, tell us something about yourself and how you set out to see all the countries is the world.   Ah, what an impossible question to start with! So, I am from the Netherlands, and my travel career started when my parents put me in a travel cradle and took me...

Samer, you were hit by the travel bug at a young age. How would you describe the symptoms of this 'bug'?   That’s right, I was ‘infected’ at just 3 years old when I began traveling to and from Jordan and Syria to visit family. As soon as I realized that my...

Michael, you are a professional photographer. How does this influence the way you see the world? Travelling as a photographer allows me to see some of the most beautiful spots and connect with some of the most beautiful people on the planet. I make an effort to...

You seem to be a very avid traveller - do you have a 'normal' life as well, or are you a full-time traveller?   Since 2013 I have been renting out my house in the UK to fund my travels, so apart from a few weeks back home each year to give my friends the...

Renato, you are a young traveller from Brazil. What do you do when you are not travelling? In the time I'm not travelling I'm with my family, friends or dogs having some kind of fun, meeting friends on weekends is something that I like, going out to a club to dance,...

Jonny, you are the man behind the website 'Don't Stop Living' which you advertise as 'the longest running one man travel guide to all seven continents'. How did the website come about and what was your motivation in creating it?   I have always been a writer,...

Wendy and Michelle are from the United States and have been bitten by the travel bug. Talking with them is exceptionally entertaining, as you truly get the impression they are one person – the sentence that Michelle starts, Wendy completes, and vice versa. These...

Ric, your goal is to eventually visit all 193 countries in the world. What is it that drives you to do this? In 2004, I did a 9 month trip around the world and covered a lot of ground.  I returned back to my corporate life, but then got laid off in 2008.  I decided to...

Guilherme, you are one of the biggest Brazilian travellers. How does a Brazilian traveller differ from a European or a North American traveller? Travelling is a new thing for Brazilians. A couple decades ago we had very high inflation and our currency was very weak....