Earthoria P16: Meditation retreat with Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai
Release Date: 05/21/2008
Earthoria P41: Basque Country and Ordesa National Park, Spain
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I made this podcast around Easter on a 1500KM road trip from Barcelona to the Basque Country (País Vasco), then on to the beautiful Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park in the Spanish Pyrenees. The trip takes in various locations including San Sebastian, Bilbao, Mundaka, Biarritz (in France), Torla, the Cola de Caballo trek and Cañón de Añisclo. ...
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Earthoria P40: Starting an internet business in Spain
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In this podcast, Tom talks about what he has done since leaving Argentina in July 2008. Coming to Spain to set-up a web-based business from Castelldefels, a small town just to the south of Barcelona.
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Earthoria P39: Eco Yoga Park, Argentina
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This podcast was recorded over the three weeks I spent volunteering at an Eco Yoga Park near General Rodriguez, 60km west of Buenos Aires in Argentina.Run by Hare Krishna devotees, and known by its other name Nueva Vrindavan, the Eco Yoga Park proved to be a wonderful break after nearly 8 months on the road. At only US $12 a day for food accommodation and yoga and meditation classes, it was also great value. Show notesAs it's a longer podcast than normal, I thought I'd include a summary of contents with approximate timings:0-7 mins - Introduction, temple sounds, why I came to the Eco...
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Earthoria P38: Bolivia
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In this Podcast from Bolivia I head from Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca
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Earthoria P37: South Peru - Lake Titicaca, Cusco, Machu Picchu
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Podcast I made on a gringo trail tour of Southern Peru taking in the Colca Canyon, Puno, Lake Titicaca and the floating islands, before making my way to Cusco, the Sacred Valley of the Incas and finally - Machu Picchu - the awe inspiring ancient Inca citadel.
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Earthoria P36: South Peru - Lima, Nazca and Arequipa
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Visit for the photos and videosThis podcast is part one of a series of two podcasts I’ll be making in Southern Peru, and it begins in Lima in the Plaza de Armas. I then head down underground into the catacombs of Monasterio de San Francisco - the old cemetery of Lima - and resting place of an awful lot of bones. I then head to the coast at Miraflores, and to the super cool Larco Mar bar complex.The following day is museum day, with trips to Museo Larco Rafael Herrera - home to 50,000 pre-Colombian pots, and a fabulous and famous collection of erotic ceramics, and later on to the ‘main’...
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Earthoria P35: North Peru
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This podcast covers Northern Peru, starting at Chiclayo I head out on a tour to the 1500 year old Moche ruins at Sipán. Following this, I head three hours down the coast to the town of Trujillo, where I visit the Chimu city of Chan Chan, the largest Adobe (mud) city in the World and around 1300AD home to 60,000 people. ...
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Earthoria P34: Studying Spanish in Cuenca, Ecuador
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Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage city, founded in 1557 by the Spanish, about 10 hours south of Quito in Ecuador. I chose to study here following my Spanish studies in Guatemala as Guatemala and Ecuador are the cheapest places to study, and with the 'cleanest' spoken Spanish in Latin America.
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Earthoria P33: Colombia to Ecuador overland
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Join us on another travel podcast as we head south from Popayan and the San Augustin Valley of the Statues in Colombia down to Ipiales on the border with Ecuador and the miracle center of Santuario de Las Lajas. Following Colombia, we head to the famous indigeous artisans and livestock markets at Otavalo in the Ecuadorian Andes, listen to some indigenous bands, and finish the podcast off in Quito, the old colonial capital of Ecuador.
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Earthoria P32: Amazon river boat trip, Brazil
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We made this podcast on a 6 day boat trip upriver from Manaus in the Amazonas region of Brazil, to Tabatinga, on the Peruvian / Brazilian border.In the podcast we discuss how to find a boat in Manaus (Brazil), the costs of river boat travel, hammocks Vs. cabins, being a vegetarian onboard (and general food options), and the risk of malaria and using anti-malarials like Larium. We also report live after our boat suffered a break down and started drifting downstream out of control!Visit to see photos and videos of this river boat trip.
info_outlineTina and I go on the Wat Suan Dok meditation retreat. The retreat is organised through the Wat Suan Dok Monk Chat program, and it departs from Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai, Thailand at about 2pm every Tuesday. By Thomas and Tina.