The World Awaits: travel tales to inspire your wanderlust

• EP 102 Winter Series #1: The Italian Episode

  Welcome to our Winter Series!This week is all about Italy. We are taking you from the Amalfi Coast to a tiny town south of Rome. First up, host Belinda Jackson’s chats with author Maria Pasquale, who explores the food histories and dishes across regional Italy. Maria, born to Italian parents and raised in Melbourne, is the author of four books and has readers in more than 100 countries.Then, host Kirstie Bedford talks to award-winning freelance journalist, Natascha Mirosch, who swapped the sunny shores of Brisbane to move temporarily to a tiny village south of Rome. If you ever considered a move to Italy, this is the episode for you. And for those who haven’t heard, we have a trip to Thailand to give away. Our friends at Avani Hotels and Resorts have partnered with us to celebrate our 100th episode … kicking off the party with a tropical holiday to give away! You can win four nights for two people in a deluxe room at  Avani+ Khao Lak, with daily breakfast and dinner, airport transfers and a Muay Thai boxing class! All you have to do is go to The World Awaits Instagram competition post, like it and tag a friend and follow both TWA and Avani, and you are in for the win! Entrants can be located anywhere in the world. Entries close on 31st July.Support the showVisit us at https://theworldawaits.auSend us a textSupport the showVisit us at https://theworldawaits.au

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• EP 101 The storied streets of India; the new hotels you need on your radar & Australia's top road trips

  Veteran journalist Andrew Conway has been to India four times, but this time he's doing things differently. His latest month-long sojourn was self-funded, and he took his husband, Greg, who had never been to India before. Andrew talks about how having a personal driver (details below) changed his entire experience and lets us in on some of the lesser-known places to go in this often chaotic country.  1 Hotels opened its first property in Australia recently, and host Kirstie Bedford was there to review it, while host Belle Jackson was among the first to stay in the new villas at Alba Thermal Springs & Spa on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. We also cover all the other new hotel openings in Australia you need to know about.And, love a good roadie? We cover off Australia's best road trips with Rollin' car insurance. Contact Andrew's driver Manoj via email: [email protected] us a textSupport the showVisit us at https://theworldawaits.au

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• EP 100 We've hit 100 episodes! Our picks of the best episodes; our most bizarre travel moments & win a holiday in Thailand!

  The World Awaits has hit a remarkable milestone, celebrating its 100th episode!To get the party started, Avani Hotels & Resorts has partnered with us for a listener giveaway a tropical holiday in Thailand!  To enter, simply like, follow and tag a friend on our Instagram page here. On this special episode, our sound producer Alaisdair Leith joins us, and we chat about our favourite guests over the last two years (after all, there are now 100 to choose from!)And it's time to ask ourselves the question we ask all our guests: What’s the most bizarre thing that’s ever happened to you on your travels?  Flying pigs, anyone? Listen in to hear all about that escapade, and we also share our upcoming travels.We’d like to give a big shout-out to those who have partnered with us over the past 100 episodes and shown so much support for the show: thanks to Avani Hotels & Resorts, Explore Worldwide and Tourism Ireland.And finally, thank you to you, our listeners. We are so grateful to you. And we love hearing from you, so drop us a line at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts or discuss upcoming partnership opportunities.Send us a textSupport the showVisit us at https://theworldawaits.au

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• EP 99 Hiking in East Bhutan, the world's worst beaches & the rise and rise of wellness tourism

  Meet the singing teacher who founded a hiking company in Bhutan. Keen hiker Karen Haranis, of Rare Air Himalayan Travel, shares her favourite hikes, through the territory of Bengal tigers and red pandas, from the high mountain passes and lush rhododendron forests of this tiny mountain kingdom.Together with her guides Tashi and Namgyel, they scout new routes and cultural experiences in Bhutan, including the little visited East Bhutan, also known for its handicraft villages, rareairtravel.com.auAlso, we track down the most disappointing of the world's famous beaches. The USA has a strong showing at the top, with rubbish, noise and overcrowding destroying the experience at some of its iconic strips of sand, says with research by cloudwards.netAnd our tip is all about wellness tourism, which is forecast to be worth $1.35 trillion in 2028. The AvaniWell program focuses on personalised wellness at its resorts, where you can do everything from freediving to football camps, avanihotels.com This mini-series is brought to you by Avani Hotels & Resorts. With more than 40 properties across five continents, Avani offers city hotels, tropical resorts and retreats in nature. For more, visit avanihotels.comSend us a textSupport the showVisit us at https://theworldawaits.au

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• EP 98 Wellness in the Maldives; to tip or not to tip & best ways to claim your frequent flyer points

  “These dolphins surrounded me and I was hovering above the sand and they were playing with me and I swam up with them and thought I would die for them to be safe, it was like my heart was cracked open and I came up thinking how can I be more impactful in the ocean space,” says freediving champion turned conservationist Hanli Prinsloo.It was this encounter with dolphins in Mozambique while teaching a freediving course that made Hanli Prinsloo turn conservationist, and now she hosts retreats to teach others how to freedive and educate about marine conservation.For more about her next retreat in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Baa Atoll while staying at Avani+ Fares Maldives Resort, go to avanihotels.com. For more information about Hanli, go to hanliprinsloo.com Also, do you ever wonder when and where you should tip? Travelex has put a guide together to help you know which countries you should tip in and how much you should be handing over. For the full tipping guide, go to https://www.travelex.com.au/media/1338/tipping-guide.pdfAnd our tip this week is from Travelinsurance.com.au about how to maximise your frequent flyer points. For more, go to https://www.travelinsurance.com.au/This mini-series is brought to you by Avani Hotels & Resorts. With more than 40 properties across five continents, Avani offers city hotels, tropical resorts and retreats in nature. For more, visit avanihotels.comSend us a textSupport the showVisit us at https://theworldawaits.au

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