How To Get Off The Beaten Track with Gunnar Garfors

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Are you the type of traveler that avoids crowded tourist destinations at all costs? Accomplished author and globe trotter, Gunnar Garfors, shares his experience and wisdom gained from seeking out the road less traveled and writing a book about the hidden secrets of his home country Norway. If you’re curious to learn more about how curiosity and adaptability can help you achieve a one-of-a-kind adventure experience, you don’t want to miss this episode. What is the most memorable travel experience that led you somewhere unexpected? I'd love to hear about it and hope you will share by sending me an audio message. Premium Passport: Want access to the private Zero To Travel podcast feed, a bonus episode every month (decided on by YOU), exclusive content, direct access to me to answer your questions, and more? Click Here To Try Premium Passport For Only $1 Tune In To Learn: How the pandemic influenced Gunnar’s travels and deep dive into Norway What exactly does getting off the beaten track mean How to research and plan for a trip outside off tourist hot spots Advice for connecting with locals amongst diverse cultures and customs Thoughts on exposing unexposed locations A few favorite destinations and experiences that helped inspire the book Gunnar’s proudest accomplishment in writing "Beyond the Beaten Track” Reflections on living away from home and whether world travel is back Top 3 takeaways from Gunnar’s interview And so much more Resources: Join Zero To Travel Premium Passport Wildly Goods & Pimsleur - Today's Sponsors Learn more about all of Gunnar’s adventures on his website and follow his Instagram Check out Gunnar’s Podcast Globsrulett Location Indie Camp Indie Want More? Visiting Every Country In The World...TWICE with Gunnar Garfors Getting Off The Beaten Path with Writing Legend Joe Cummings Lessons From Traveling To 193 Countries While Working Full Time w/ Brian Asher

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0:00.0	Everybody's aiming to get the same Instagram shots, you know, of themselves being alone in this place.
0:04.8	And that's not going to happen because there are too many people there.
0:07.3	In the end, you end up Photoshopping your own Instagram photo to take away all the other people
0:11.1	to get one of those pristine shots that you're aiming for, but you can't have.
0:14.5	So it's a fake reality.
0:15.7	And I don't understand why everybody wants the same shot instead of finding a much better secret place and
0:22.3	taking a photo or many photos or videos or whatever of yourself there and then I think you can
0:27.6	really brag hey I found somewhere special that was a clip for my interview with Gunnar
0:33.3	garfors you might recognize that name or that voice because he's been on the podcast before he
0:40.2	lives here in Oslo, Norway. He's been to every country in the world twice. We talked about that the
0:46.2	last time he was on this show, but he's got a new book out and what he did was travel around his
0:50.4	home country and intentionally get off the beaten track.
0:59.6	So this whole episode is about getting beyond the beaten track.
1:02.2	That's what all independent travelers want, right?
1:08.7	You want to get to the stuff that is not as visited, maybe not as touristy, and gives you an authentic experience.
1:09.9	So Gunnar shares some awesome stories
1:13.1	from his travels through Norway writing this book. And I've got three big takeaways I want to share
1:19.8	in this episode as well as a few stories of my own that tie in with this whole getting
1:25.3	off the beaten track idea. It's all happening right now in this
1:29.4	show. So buckle up, strap in, get cozy, grab your favorite drink, a little snack. Let's get
1:37.2	into it. Welcome to the Zero to Travel Podcast, my friend.
1:55.1	You're listening to the Zero to Travel podcast where we explore exciting travel-based work, lifestyle and business opportunities, helping you to achieve your wildest travel dreams.
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