When we started this podcast back in 2014 to maintain our travel network while keeping in touch with one another, Trevor and I didn’t think much about where this would take us. Well, here we are a decade later, celebrating the 200th episode of Talk Travel Asia. We’ve covered a ton of ground, chatted with a load of interesting guests, considered aspects of traveling in this region that were new to us, and I think we love travel more than ever! Join us as we take a look back over the journey, reflect on some of our favorite episodes, most frequent guests, and everything we can think of in between. Here we go: the 200th episode of Talk Travel Asia podcast!
Trevor & Scott, recording the episode together in Bangkok for the first time in many moons, discuss how the podcast came about, touch on the reasons for the show’s two haituses, and celebrate the streak of continuous shows since Episode 100 back in 2020. They then rock through a retrospective of their most memorable episodes and guests based on the following categories:
Talk Travel Asia podcast episodes they’d like to listen to again:
- Episode 7: Impressions of Southeast Asia:
- Episode 10: Drinking Beer in Southeast Asia
- Episode 142: Favorite Beers of Asia
- Episode 67: Craft Beer in Vietnam with John Pemberton
- Episode 37: Trekking Asia’s Tea Trails with Jeff Fuchs
- Episode 50: 50 Things We Love About Traveling in Asia
Great Podcast Guests & Dynamic Storytellers
- #158 – Kopi Dulu: Exploring Indonesia with Mark Eveleigh
- #171 – Lesser Known Laos with Jason Rolan
- #193 – Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority provinces with Ryan Ver Berkmoes
Asian Destinations that Scott & Trevor Hoped to Visit
- Episode 15: Dream Travel Destinations
- Episode 46: Dream Travel Destinations 2
- Episode 49: Hiking & Mountain Biking in Hong Kong with Steve Coward and Dave Stamboulis:
Experiencing Animals in Asia podcast episodes:
- Episode 4: The Plight of Asia’s Elephants with John Roberts
- Episode 66: Animal Tourism in Asia
- #146: Free the Bears with Matt Hunt
Best Activities in Asia:
- Episode 8: Cycling Southeast Asia with Adam Platt-Hepworth:
- Episode 24: Traveling Vegetarian in Asia with Adam Platt-Hepworth.
- Episode 97: Travel Photography with Justin Mott
3 Nights In…, Impressions of, and XXX 101/201:
- Episode 9: Impressions of Kuala Lumpur.
- Episode 54: Impressions of Japan
- Episode 70: Impressions of Yangon, Myanmar
- Episode 21: Three Nights in Bangkok
- Episode 29: Three Nights in Chiang Mai
- Episode 33: Three Nights in Phnom Penh
- Episode 38: Three Nights in Hua Hin
- Episode 74: Three Nights in Luang Prabang, Laos
Practical advice for travel in Asia: shopping tips, packing tips, planning a honeymoon, 3 x travel tech, travel hacks, avoiding bangkok scams, and a general advice “Don’t do that”
- Episode 5: Bangkok Scams, Hustles & Tourist Traps
- Episode 11: Asia’s Somewhat Secret Beaches
- Episode 36: Traveling Southeast Asia
- Episode 60: Best of Asia
- Episode 64: Packing Tips
- #116 – Hidden Travel Gems in Asia
Wild Asian Podcast Episodes:
- Episode 37: Trekking Asia’s Tea Trails with Jeff Fuchs
- Episode 39: Climbing Nepal’s Himalayas with Billi Bierling
- Episode 41: Traveling North Korea with Geoffrey Cain
- Episode 47: Trekking the Great Himalaya Trail with Robin Boustead
- Episode 69: Skiing in Iran with John Fiddler & Kathleen Egan
- Episode 98: Southeast Asia’s Wild Side with Patrick Winn
- Episode 101: Traveling Afghanistan with Ric Gazarian
- #109 – Expedition to Preah Khan Kompong Svay, Cambodia
- #133 – Travel to Kyrgyzstan with Stephen Lioy
- #181 – Myanmar to Holland by land with Edwin Briels
- #197 – Traveling Iraq with John Fiddler
Asian travel tales podcasts:
- Episode. 13: Tantalizing Travel Tales
- Episode 25: Tantalizing Travel Tales, Part II
- Episode 40: Tantalizing Travel Tales 3
Asia food podcasts:
- Episode 10: Drinking Beer in Southeast Asia with Beervana’s Aaron Grieser and Brian Bartusch
- Episode 17: Favorite Watering Holes
- Episode 55: Vietnamese Cuisine with Bobby Chinn
- Episode 86: Asia’s Best Meals
All Around Cool Stuff in Asia:
- Episode 12: Phare, The Cambodian Circus with Craig Dodge
- Episode 58: Asian Bar Game Olympics
- Episode 61: Riding Vespas in Southeast Asia with Steve Mueller
- Episode 71: Famous Thai Film Locations with Chris Lowenstein
Asian Hotels:
- Episode 95: Cambodia’s Evolving Hotel Scene with Alexis de Suremain
- #110 – Jason Friedman: Creating a Great Hotel Experience.
- #141: Asia’s Next-Gen Hotels with Tomo Hamakawa
- #147: Most Memorable Hotel Experiences
- #161 – Love Motels to Colonial Hotels: Exotic Accommodation in Asia
Responsible travel in Asia podcasts:
- Episode 26: Responsible Tourism with Bodhi Garrett
- Special Episode: Traveling Nepal, Post Earthquake with Mads Mathiasen
- Episode 53: Nepal One-Year Post-Earthquake with Mads Mathiasen
- Episode 34: Ecotourism in Laos with Paul Eshoo
- Episode 93: Living Irrawaddy Dolphin Project with Paul Eshoo
- Episode 51: Volunteering While Traveling with James Sutherland of Friends-International
- Episode 76: Travel Light & Responsibly
- Episode 83: Traveling Responsibly in Asia with Shannon Stowell
- Episode 77: Overtourism with Chris Bottrill
- #123 – Think Pink Tuk Tuks with Mary Storrie
Most common podcast guests:
- Episode 30: Up and Coming Cambodia with Nick Ray
- Episode 72: Northern Myanmar with Nick Ray
- #121 – Laos Travel Tips from Lonely Planet writer Nick Ray
- #138: Exploring the Mekong River Basin with Nick Ray
- Episode 63: Joe Cummings on The Hunt and Sacred Tattoos of Thailand
- #117 – Mt. Kailash, Tibet with Joe Cummings
Scott’s Favorites
- Episode 85: 4,000 Islands & Vat Phou, Laos
- Episode 100: 100 Things We Love About Asia
- #153 – Mekong River Experiences
- #185 – Scott’s first trip to Asia
- #187 – Trevor’s First Trip to Asia
- #196 – How Asia has had a lasting impact on co-hosts Scott & Trevor
Thank you Patrons – it’s been so nice to know you’re there, have your financial support to make the show possible, and we hope you, more than anyone else, have enjoyed the travel talk.
