Join me, Allan Hill (the Nostalgic Vagabond) for weekly one-hour~ish travel talks with unique and interesting travellers / adventurers who Zoom-in from all around the world. In conversation, we share compelling personal stories of trial, triumph and sometimes tribulation from journeys, exploring this world and its cultures, languages and landscapes. None of us claim to be experts, we aren't necessarily pros, we are regular people like you. But we decided to say, “YES!” Decided to step outside our comfort zone and have a go at creating our own journey, going our own way. You also don't have to be an expert or professional, all you need is to say, “Yes!” Commit. And go on your own journey – your own way. You can be a traveller too! Hey - Maybe travel could help you discover, your best you. And you can also follow me, @thenostalgicv
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episode 24: How Life Changes - When We Go Through the Ages
On this final, full episode of 2020, the Nostalgic Vagabond Zooms-in across the pond to the USA, and to a little place in North Carolina to talk with one of the best talkers around, Tommy Gwynn.
Both Tommy and Allan met at significant turning points in their lives, a time where they were embarking on journeys into the unknown. Tommy was about to board a commercial fishing vessel to work for months on end in the freezing seas off Alaska. Allan was planning to attempt a vagabonding journey, a pilgrimage of self-discovery with no end date. His only one obligation, to head east.
That was 10 years ago in April 2010.
Over 10 years later, Tommy tells of his experiences on board the ship during seasonal contracts. He comments on what the daily routine was like, what the atmosphere was like at sea, and the life-changing events that took him, in the end, away from his fishing career and back home to settle and raise a family.
So many years had passed since that initial meeting in Seattle but catching up over Zoom, it was like we only last spoke yesterday...
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