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My name is Derick Fiedler, I’m a world traveler. When I backpack abroad I chose to stay in hostels, cheap lodging where one shares a room with multiple people of usually mixed gender. At first glance hostels come off as dirty, uncomfortable, and dangerous. If I tell an American I stay in hostels 9 times out of 10 they mention the horror movie “Hostel” and that’s about the only thing they know about them but there is a secret beauty underneath it all that deserves to be shared. Listen to my p ...
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It’s not a challenge. There is no goal. There is no pass or fail. This man simply wants to live life to the fullest and experience the world from a Bicycle. Find out how he was able spend the past two years cycling from Florida through South America and what it taught him about life
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On a rooftop in the Atlas mountains of Africa, Im surprised to find two all Americans, Colin and Riley from Wisconsin
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In this episode I break into the not so well known world of solo women backpackers in the hopes that listens are inspired to experience the reward of solo traveling themselves and realize if they wait for someone else to travel with them they may never travel at all.
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My First stop in Morocco is Marrakesh where I meet film photographer Byron Banasiak. We discuss the difference between a vacation and backpacking, having the courage to follow through with living out your dreams, bed bugs, biker gangs, and snake charmers. You can watch his videos at byronbanasiak.com…
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Galápagos Islands, smuggled out of civil wars, racing cars, exploding deer, flying naked man, and drunk pilots ...i am a backpacker traveling the world. Although the things I do and see are incredible, it’s the people I meet and the stories they tell that by far surpass any other experience. I sit down with one of, if not the funniest and most inte…
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