A travel podcast about weird, wonderful, possibly dangerous, and always creative ways to explore the world.
Hosted by travel writer Damien Gabet. Sponsored by Yesim, instant travel eSIM for global mobile data.
I'd rather go to Napoleon's prison island than the Maldives
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This week Damien Gabet explores places where isolation, geography, and sheer human eccentricity have produced properly wonderful oddities: Islands! From bizarre local pastimes to geopolitical catnip, join us as we journey to some of the most remote and surprising landmasses on Earth. In this episode:
• Easdale Island, Scotland: We attend the World Stone Skimming Championships, a highly competitive (and recently scandalous) event where adults hurl naturally formed slate across a flooded quarry.
• La Gomera, Canary Islands: Discover Silbo, a fascinating, UNESCO-protected whistling language invented to communicate across the island's dramatic volcanic ravines.
• Greenland: Navigate the world's largest island where zero roads connect the towns. We explore Nuuk, sail among the massive icebergs of Ilulissat, and uncover the ghost town of an abandoned cryolite mine.
• St Helena: Journey to one of the most remote inhabited islands in the South Atlantic to dive a sunken drug-running ship, swim with whale sharks, and meet Jonathan—the world's oldest living land animal at 194 years old.
• Damien's Rant: Season 1 wraps up with a fiery critique of the Maldives, taking aim at the sterile, meticulously packaged luxury resort experience that ignores the reality of the actual country.
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28 Sept 2026
24 hours across the Sahara on an iron ore train
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From crossing the Sahara on an iron ore train to driving the Karakoram Highway and trekking across the Himalayas, Damien explores some of the world's most extraordinary journeys, where the journey itself is the goal. Plus, a new Damien's Rant: why does he hate Christmas markets?
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21 Sept 2026
A tunnel to North Korea + the CRAZIEST borders on Earth
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Damien Gabet explores the world's weirdest borders - starting with a recap of the Lu-crusade litter pick and a night spent camping right on the England-Scotland line to show how differently the two countries treat wild camping. Then: Baarle, the Belgian-Dutch town shredded into 30 enclaves by an 800-year-old land deal; the Korean DMZ, where you can walk into a North Korean invasion tunnel; and Victoria Falls Bridge, where you can bungee jump between Zambia and Zimbabwe. He closes with a rant on why he fucking hates passports - including the time his was stolen in Porto and he blagged his way home by tall ship from Corsica.
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14 Sept 2026
Inside the world's weirdest hotels: prison cells, naked saunas and more
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From an extremely hot sauna in the Italian Alps to a 1,300-year-old Japanese hotel and a former Latvian prison, Damien explores some of the world's weirdest and most memorable places to stay. Plus, a new Damien's Rant, where he reveals why he hates planes and flying.
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7 Sept 2026
Noctourism – best places that get better, stranger or only possible after dark
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From setting fire to a Viking longship in Shetland to an all-night adventure in Seoul and the woods of Piedmont, Damien explores the world's greatest ways to experience the night. Plus, a new Damien's Dilemma: if you could travel anywhere in the world, at least 100 years into the past, where would you go and what one item would you take?
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31 Aug 2026
Dangerous, dramatic and disgusting food that will make your trip UNFORGETTABLE
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Damien Gabet goes around the world in search of food that's actually worth travelling for — from fermented shark in Iceland to whole lamb cooked over a fire in Chilean Patagonia and Sardinia's infamous maggot cheese. Along the way, he discovers the world's rarest pasta, before wrapping up with Damien's Rant: why tourist hotspots are awful.
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24 Aug 2026
World's COOLEST museum, surrealist jungles + art worth travelling for
This episode's main topic — art that's actually worth travelling for. From the weird MONA museum in Tasmania and a Japanese island that's been transformed by contemporary art to a surreal sculpture garden hidden deep in the Mexican jungle. Also a bonus: three world-famous paintings that you should skip and what you should see instead.
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3 Aug 2026
World's Weirdest Festivals and an Unexpected Fix for Overtourism
Damien Gabet kicks things off with a report from Barcelona, where local dissatisfaction with tourists has escalated into open protests. He then checks in with Japan, Jamaica and Copenhagen to see how they are pushing back. Then it's a run through the world's weirdest festivals before wrapping up with the first-ever Damien's Dilemma: a ridiculous hypothetical travel scenario worked through in real time.
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