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Weird travel is visiting places that other people try to leave or places that are not usually thought of as tourist destinations. Adam Fletcher talks about North Korea, the unexpected beauty of Chernobyl, a tuk-tuk race across India, and the death rituals of Sulawesi, as well as the peculiarities of being British, and how to notice the unique weirdness of your own country, wherever that is.
Adam Fletcher is the best-selling author of Weird Travel books and humorous memoirs, including Don’t Go There, Don’t Come Back, and Tuk-Tuk for Two. You can find all his books on Amazon.
Show notes
- What is weird travel — and why is it a different way to approach the world?
- How travel can help us notice strange things about our own culture — and a discussion on being British
- Travel in North Korea
- Questioning the morality of travel to places where the money goes to a regime you might not want to support
- Weighing the danger of a trip against the desire for something unique
- Respecting a culture’s rules, even if you don’t agree with them
- Learning to tune into the weird and unusual in every place
- Driving 1000km in India in a tuk-tuk race
- Recommended travel books
You can find Adam Fletcher at Adam-Fletcher.co.uk and his books on Amazon.
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