EPISODE 18: WORKING WITH THE KAREN, MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP

EPISODE 18: WORKING WITH THE KAREN, MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP

Author: Ruth Millington June 7, 2022 Duration: 26:34
In 1994, Kimberly Brown embarked on a lifelong dream of travelling the globe overland. Her trip innocently began in San Francisco on a hippie bus called the Green Tortoise. She worked the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland, traversed Russia on the Trans-Siberian railway, and rode horses on the high Mongolian plains. If it hadn’t been for a nasty stomach bug she caught in China, she may never have volunteered as a teacher at Mae La refugee camp on the Thai/Burmese border in the middle of a ...

Ever wondered what happens when a holiday goes far beyond a simple break and becomes a defining moment in someone's life? That’s the territory explored in Ruth Millington's Extreme Holidays Podcast. Here, you won't just hear about picturesque destinations; you’ll be plunged into raw, firsthand accounts from people whose travels have tested their limits and fundamentally altered their perspective. Each episode is a deep dive into narratives that are as much about internal discovery as they are about external adventure, moving through categories from personal journals to societal documentaries. Guided by Ruth Millington, an award-winning travel writer whose own story includes surviving the 2003 Bam earthquake in Iran, the conversations carry a unique weight of authenticity and hard-won insight. This podcast serves as a collection of human experiences from the edges of the map and the extremes of circumstance, inviting you to sit alongside climbers, explorers, and accidental adventurers. It’s less about itinerary planning and more about understanding the profound shifts that occur when ordinary people encounter the extraordinary. Through these intimate stories, the series naturally becomes a compelling audio document of resilience, curiosity, and the sometimes perilous pursuit of seeing the world in a different light.
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EPISODE 2: CYCLING THE WORLD [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:12
In 2017 artist Hannah Scott got on her bicycle and went off to cycle the world. She discusses life on the road, the challenges she’s faced, meeting her fiancé, escaping Nepal as the Covid19 pandemic hit, and the family t…
EPISODE 1: DEADLY DISEASE IN PARADISE [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:29
The prolific Danish writer and poet, Peter H. Fogtdal, shares some of his extreme travel stories including contracting a deadly disease at a health spa in Thailand and nearly being kicked out of an ashram in South India!…
TRAILER (SEASON 1) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:15
Follow/subscribe now to Extreme Holidays, a brand-new podcast starting this September. In each episode, award-winning travel writer and adventure junkie, Ruth Millington - survivor and heroine of the 2003 Bam earthquake…