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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

September 23rd - Check out this guide to the Czech Republic

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

The Independent

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture

3.6628 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

I am in Brno in the Czech Republic, where I have come to meet Kevan Vogler – a Canadian who has been living in his adopted homeland of the Czech Republic for more than 20 years, and is therefore the ideal person to write Culture Smart! Czech Republic: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture.


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This episode is sponsored by Visit Costa Rica, your ultimate destination for nature, adventure and transformation.

0:39.5

Imagine trading a damp, chilly UK morning for warm sunshine breaking through a rainforest canopy.

0:45.4

Costa Rica holds 6.5% of the world's biodiversity, from scarlet macaws and sloths to humpback whales.

0:52.4

This extraordinary concentration of life includes lush

0:55.3

rainforests, cloud forests, mangroves, coral reefs and volcanic ecosystems. Over a quarter of the

1:02.0

country is protected through national parks and reserves. So every walk feels like stepping

1:06.5

into a wildlife documentary. It's a place where you disconnect from the noise of everyday life

1:10.9

and reconnect with what truly matters.

1:13.6

Nature and community.

1:15.6

At the heart of it all is pure aveda.

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Literally pure life.

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Whether you're hiking a volcano,

1:21.6

soaking in hot springs,

1:23.2

or watching sea turtles nest under the stars.

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