Simon Reeve

The Travel Diaries

Holly Rubenstein

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🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Today, I’m joined by one of travel’s most familiar faces. Known for his TV series tracing the Equator, the Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn, following the world’s sacred rivers and pilgrimages, travelling the length of the Americas, and deep diving into destinations like Burma, Russia and Colombia, visiting over 130 countries along the way. It is of course the adventurer, author and broadcaster, Simon Reeve.

Now, if you’ve watched Simon’s shows, you’ll know they’re not your typical travel programmes. He’s known for digging beneath the surface of a place, and telling the stories - both good and bad - that need to be told. What you may not know is that Simon is really very experienced when it comes to digging a little deeper as he began his career as an investigative journalist, and went on to become a NY Times best-selling author, all before he even appeared on our TV screens.

Simon has undertaken numerous extraordinary journeys, but none of them are quite as extraordinary as the journey his own life has taken. I think you’ll be both amazed and inspired by it.

Destination Recap:

Studland Bay, Dorset, England
Istanbul, Turkey
Hagia Sophia Grand Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey
Gabon
Madagascar
Bangladesh
Somaliland
West Country, England
Japan
New Zealand
Senegal
Mali
The Arctic
The Antarctic
Paraguay

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast.
0:10.4	I'm Holly Rubinstein. I'm a travel and entertainment journalist.
0:14.3	And here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about their adventures around the world and the travel experiences and
0:23.2	destinations that have shaped their lives. Today I'm joined by a guest who I've been hoping to
0:28.7	interview on the podcast since the day that it launched. He's one of our most familiar faces when
0:33.8	it comes to travel, known for his TV series tracing the equator, the tropics of
0:39.4	cancer and Capricorn, following the world's sacred rivers and pilgrimages, traveling the length
0:46.0	of the Americas and deep diving into destinations like Burma, Russia and Colombia, visiting over
0:52.7	130 countries along the way. It is, of course, the adventurer,
0:58.5	author and broadcaster, Simon Reeve. Now, if you've watched Simon shows, you'll know
1:03.5	they're not your typical travel programs. He's known for digging beneath the surface of a place
1:09.0	and telling the stories, both good and and bad that need to be told.
1:12.8	What you may not know is Simon is really very experienced when it comes to digging a little deeper
1:17.1	as he began his career as an investigative journalist, and he went on to become a New York Times best-selling author,
1:24.5	all before he even appeared on our TV screens.
1:27.8	Simon has undertaken numerous extraordinary journeys, but none of them are quite as extraordinary
1:33.1	as a journey his own life has taken.
1:36.1	I think you'll be both amazed and inspired by it.
1:39.6	So let's hear from the man himself.
1:41.8	Here are Simon's Travel Diaries.
1:49.4	Thank you so much for joining me today. I'm so excited.
1:56.8	How are you? Oh, that's very kind. Thank you very much for having me. I am honoured and I'm all right.
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