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....
Daniel Kahleyss from Germany is one of the few people to have touched every one of the United Nations countries and he has even flown in every one, which might well be a world record. An avid aviation enthusiast, his is a unique approach to travel, and he tells us...
The June issue of TBT Magazine brings you the interview with Max Leyerer, a young and diligent traveller from Austria. Here you can read more about his travel experiences and goals. Max, this indeed is a big accomplishment for a young man of your age, to have...
In the May issue of TBT Magazine, we bring you a very personal interview with Jose Antonio Ruiz Diez. He's travelled extensively, lived in quite a few countries and learned quite a few lessons about the world and life. Jose Antonio, you are one of the best...
We invite you to read the interview with Sascha Duerkop, CONIFA General Secretary. In it, you can find everything you need to know about this organisation and its activities. And there are many. Sascha, you are the General Secretary of CONIFA. Can you tell us a little...
Why did you make your website? There wasn’t a particular moment that I thought “I am going to develop a website dedicated to WHS, that serves as a reference for other travellers“. It evolved organically over the past 18 years into what it is now. It started as a...
This time, we interview an avid traveller from 'Rossiya-Matushka', Mr. Vladimir Stepanov. Vladimir tell us a little about your background and how your interest in travel has grown. Looks like that my taste for travel was created in my childhood. When I was...
Today we talk with Frank W. Grosse-Oetringhaus, "The Best Travelled Man on Earth". Frank, could you tell us something about yourself? I am 73 and I started travelling when I was 15. I was brought up in Hamburg, and my father handed me a train ticket to England...
Q: Nina, in May 2014 you published your book entitled, in German 'Die Ländersammlerin', i.e. literally translated 'The female Country collector'. Do you see yourself then mainly as a country collector, or is that just one aspect of your travel self? Regarding...
Q: Slawek, you are half Kenyan and half Polish. What elements of these two very different cultures do you find in yourself? Has this mix helped you travel more, do you think? How? It is true that I have spent some of my childhood in Poland and some in Kenya and...
Q: Sele, what do you search for on your trips? What do you expect to find when you leave your home to discover the world? When I travel, I look for these moments that will always be among the happiest in my life. We don't travel only to places; we travel to those...