Hey everybody and welcome to you be tripping. Oh man, I'm excited about this. I really am. I've been

planning this for a while. It's a travel podcast and this is the introductory episode. So let me tell you

what it's going to be. My name's Ari Shafir. If there's one thing you know about me, a lot of people

know about this about me, it's that I love to travel. You know, I love to get out there and see the world and get my feet wet,

my hands dirty. Maybe you're like me. Maybe you're a lot like me. Maybe you caught a serious

case of wanderlust. Well, then this podcast is for you. You'll be tripping.

That's right, you guys.

Everybody has their adventures.

Now, that's what I want to hear about.

I want to hear about people's adventures in faraway places.

I'm not as interested in which restaurants to eat at or what sites to see.

This is not a guidebook.

If you're looking for a guidebook, go find that.

This is about experiences, about what there is're looking for a guidebook, go find that. This is about

experiences, about what there is. I want to hear what the, what the smells were like. I want to

hear about what the bathrooms were like. I want to hear about what types of food to eat. What were the

people like? What did you get into when you were in a place? I don't want to walk in someone else's path. I want to blaze my own trails, you know, and I want you to blaze your own trails too.

And this podcast is meant to inspire me and you to do exactly that.

Hearing about these adventures is going to make you motivate you, you know, to finally get out there and take that trip you've been wanting to take for so long. They've been putting off. God, it's an exciting world out there. It really is.

And these stories aren't meant for you to copy. They're meant to amaze you. They're meant to

inspire you to do your own thing, to have your own unique experiences. You know, not everybody's a traveler.

That's just the fact.

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