On this episode of 'the Nostalgic Vagabond' podcast, I talk with Tash Samek.
Tash is a creative strategy director and founder of Clayton's Cocktails in the UK. We met a few years ago at a screenwriters' conference at Regent's University in London. At that time I was unaware of how many fascinating adventures she had been on over the years in places like Australia, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
In conversation, we talk about Tash's initial independent trips away from home (4:50) and the moment she changed her mindsets on travel from a British Island hopper type to an uber-adventurous independent travel seeker. Tash shares some of her favourite experiences in Columbia, like that time she was hitching rides (17:45) off the back of trucks. Sleeping in hammocks on the beaches of a peninsula where very few travellers are brave enough to go. We talk about her haphazard journeys through deserted towns in Bolivia (24:55) climbing up mudslides to find her accommodation sometimes.
We discuss the positives and negatives of a tourist path known as the Gringo Trail (36:50) and Tash is reminded of her bizarre experience at the Potosi mine (38:30). We also talk about the idea of planning and spontaneity when seeking off-the-beaten-track adventures (39:50). It's all in the decisions you make along the way.
I ask Tash, what does authentic travel mean (43:20) and I probe about her ideas on risk verse reward when it comes to seeking off-the-beaten-track adventures (49:05). Find out why Tash recommends off-the-beat adventures (54:35) as well...
Enjoy.
You can follow Tash on Instagram @tashki123 and you can also check out Clayton's Cocktails, her new enterprise, @claytons_cocktails
A big thanks to Tom Forfar for creating the title tracks for the podcast series.
And, any comments or feedback feel free to email
Her favourite foreign word is... TBA