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Interview with David Schlessmann
Tell us something about your childhood and how the travel bug bit you. I was born in 1986 and I´m the oldest of 3 siblings. In my childhood our parents always used to travel with us. My whole family is from Germany and my parents moved to Austria short before my...
Interview with Stefan Krasowski
Stefan, tell us something about your childhood and how the travel bug bit you. My parents are workaholics and the one vacation was Disney World when I was 4. I studied Mandarin Chinese in high school. Our junior year class trip to China lit the fuse. The first trip I...
Interview with Carlos Useros Moyano
Carlos from Spain joined the UN Masters List of individuals who have been to every country in the world a few months ago. In this interview, he tells us a little bit about his take on travel. Tell us something about your childhood and how the travel bug bit...
Interview with Jason Mayfield
Jason, you finished all UN countries in September last year. So, how did it feel? How did you celebrate? What did you do in your final country? It was really a mixture of emotions. A combination of relief and excitement more than anything. Exciting to have finally...
Interview with Jack Goldstein
For the first time, we are presenting a double interview with a travel couple - both professionals in the industry and who have developed their travel profiles independently to start with before 'joining forces' a few years ago. Jack and Sandy bring a flavour of South...
Interview with Fabio Cao
Fabio, tell us a little about yourself and your background and how your love for travel developed. I was born and raised in Milan, Italy. I started travelling at 18, I moved to the US then for a couple of years and circumstances brought me to live in Asia...
Interview with Ismo Porna
Ismo, tell us something about your early years in Finland and how you became interested in travel. I was born on Sunday 3rd September 1944 and the cease-fire of the Continuation War between Finland and Soviet Union started next morning and led to the final peace. I...
Interview with Michela Fantinel
Michela, you are Italian who has spent quite some time in Germany and you are now based in Australia. How has living in these different countries changed you as a person and how could you compare the experience in each of these places? I lived in Germany as an expat...
Interview with Sascha Grabow
For those well-versed in the traveller community, Sascha needs no introduction. One of our highest ranking travellers, whose knowledge of Africa is second to none and who has even formed his own club - which we thoroughly recommend - the author of Traveling: 30 Years...
Interview with Karin Sinniger
Karin, you hold the world record for dives in most countries in the world. Tell us a little about the background to your interest in diving, how you got the idea to try diving 'everywhere' and where you still feel you would like to dive. It was on a rough patch of the...
Interview with Merja Lunkka
Merja, you are one of the highest ranking female travellers on our website. Tell us something about yourself and why you are fascinated by travel. I’m Merja, 55 years old from Finland. I’m interested in all kinds of art and seeing it while travelling takes me more...
Interview with WeeCheng Tan
Wee Cheng, you are probably Singapore's biggest traveller. Does that mean you are famous in your home country? I was interviewed by Singapore’s main English newspaper in 2009, as the “most travelled Singaporean”, after being proclaimed as such by a publication known...