Ruth Millington's Extreme Holidays Podcast
Extreme, life-changing stories and adventures from the world's intrepid holidaymakers and travellers. The Extreme Holidays Podcast will entertain and inspire you, take you to places you've never been to before, and get you questioning life and human existence. Presented by award-winning travel writer and adventure junkie, Ruth Millington, survivor and heroine of the 2003 Bam earthquake in Iran. Find out more at www.ruthmillingtonauthor.com.
Episodes
34 episodes
EPISODE 30: A 57 DAY HIKE ACROSS GREAT BRITAIN (WHILST BAREFOOT!)
In May 2019, world traveller, the Barefoot Backer, undertook an epic 57-day, 952-mile trek from the furthest Easterly point of Great Britain to the furthest Westerly point. Few people had walked the route before, but it wasn’t the only chall...
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Episode 30
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46:01
EPISODE 29: SUMMITING 21 OF THE WORLD'S HIGHEST ISLANDS
TO WIN A ONE-YEAR POWER PLAN THROUGH HELPYOUFIND.ME, SHARE VIA MY SOCIAL LINKS BELOW A TIP FOR TRAVELLING SOLO SAFELY.In this episode, I’m delighted to have back in the studio Kyle Henning (Episode 23: Cycling Solo From Djibouti to C...
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Episode 29
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46:05
EPISODE 28: A YEAR IN CHINA IN 1985
In this episode I’m joined by the writer, Alison Jean Lester, who, in 1985 at just 19 years old, spent a year studying at Peking University and travelling through China. Pre-Tiananmen and seeing a side of China few foreigners have experience...
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Episode 28
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40:50
EPISODE 27: FIVE WEEKS IN COLOMBIA
In this episode, Hannah Scott interviews Ruth Millington about her five week trip to Colombia. Learn about what inspired her to go, the route she took, and tips and advice on how to stay safe in this fascinating and diverse country.P...
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Episode 27
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33:11
EPISODE 26: CHRISTMAS APPEAL - HELP JUANA LIVE
This year's Extreme Holidays Podcast Christmas Appeal is in aid of Juana Flores Vegas who was my guest on Episode 19: Sailing the World. This brave and adventurous lady is facing a new and extreme personal challenge. Earlier this year,...
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Episode 26
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21:49
EPISODE 25: EXTREME TRAVEL SCAMS
In 1984, the writer, Sandra Jensen, disillusioned with life, put on her backpack and went off to travel the world. Her first stop was Sri Lanka, but with little funds to support herself, she soon fell into the dark world of travel scams. In ...
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Episode 25
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43:31
TRAILER (SEASON 3)
Season 3 of my Extreme Holidays Podcast is returning shortly. Listen to the trailer to find out about more upcoming, exciting and life-changing travel stories! You can also hear about our special Christmas Appeal for Juana Flores Vegas...
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3:45
EPISODE 24: HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE TRAVEL?
The Extreme Holidays Podcast is one-year-old! Thanks to everyone who has tuned in this past year.To celebrate, listen in to some of my previous extreme traveller guests discuss the one thing they could change to make travel mor...
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Episode 24
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5:24
EPISODE 23: CYCLING SOLO FROM DJIBOUTI TO CLIMB MT. KILIMANJARO
What does it take to fulfil your dream of travelling from the lowest to the highest point in Africa?In January 2011, Kyle Henning left the shores of Lake Assal, Djibouti (508 feet below sea level), destined for the summit of Mount Ki...
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Episode 23
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45:15
EPISODE 22: MY LIFE AS AN EXPAT CHILD
What’s it like to be an expat child?We often hear stories about expat adults living abroad, but rarely do we hear about expat children. In this episode, I’m delighted to be speaking to one of my best friends, Sophie Capito, who I met...
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Episode 22
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35:48
EPISODE 21: BUDDHISM, A BUS CRASH AND THE DALAI LAMA
Can faith give you perspective even in the most extreme travel situations?In 2010, Jurek Schreiner, a photographer, having completed his studies at the Shedra: College for Buddhist Studies in Nepal, was invited with his future wife, ...
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Episode 21
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41:23
EPISODE 20: BLOGGING FROM PARADISE
Many people are trapped in their careers based on an intense fear of scarcity and poverty and are simply in survival mode rather than following their passions. Until his mid-30s, Ryan Biddulph was one of them. He didn’t have a pa...
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Episode 20
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40:01
EPISODE 19: SAILING THE WORLD
What's it like to explore the world by yacht? In this episode, I speak with extreme world traveller Juana Flores Vegas who discovered her love for sailing in 2010 after travelling every corner of the globe both on foot and by bicycle. ...
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Episode 19
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22:51
EPISODE 18: WORKING WITH THE KAREN, MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP
In 1994, Kimberly Brown embarked on a lifelong dream of travelling the globe overland. Her trip innocently began in San Francisco on a hippie bus called the Green Tortoise. She worked the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland, traversed Russ...
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Episode 18
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26:34
EPISODE 17: A YEAR TRAVELLING WITH KIDS
In 2008, Ian Pilbeam and his wife, Anne, quit their secure jobs just before the financial crisis hit to take their 8 and 10-year-old son and daughter on a year long round-the-world trip. Visiting 21 countries, Ian discusses what inspired the...
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Episode 17
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36:08
EPISODE 16: EPIC BICYCLE TRIPS - PAKISTAN TO TIBET'S MOUNT KAILASH
In 1998, global nomad, keen bicycle traveller and author, Graydon Hazenberg, decided to cycle across the roof of the world from Islamabad in Pakistan to Mount Kailash (Tibet’s Holiest Mountain) with his sisters and their partners. It w...
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Episode 16
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42:18
EPISODE 15: EXPAT IN EXILE: I TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT THAILAND'S BACKPACKER MURDERS
In this episode, I speak to Suzanne Buchanan, a British Citizen and the exiled former owner and editor of the Samui Times online newspaper. She has received numerous death threats and there is a warrant out for her arrest in Thailand for art...
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Episode 15
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45:28
EPISODE 14: 2011 TŌHOKU EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI, JAPAN
Listen in to this EXTREME tale of bravery from 9/11 hero and world traveller, David T. Garrison!How would you spend time off work? Relaxing? Visiting family and friends? David T. Garrison did the exact opposite and went out to...
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Episode 14
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41:29
BONUS EPISODE: UKRAINE SPECIAL – ANIMAL RESCUE MISSION
As news broke of the outbreak of war in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, husband and wife team, Nick Tadd and Vanessa Warwick, decided to launch a humanitarian mission to Ukraine. Leaving Vanessa to coordinate efforts from the UK, ...
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40:20
EPISODE 13: NIGHTMARE IN NAMIBIA
How would you cope if you were involved in a horrific accident in the African bush, thousands of miles away from home?In 2008, ex-City banker, Claudia Stachelhaus, upped sticks after being made redundant to take a once-in-a-lifetime ...
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Episode 13
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33:48
EPISODE 12: ON A MOTORBIKE THROUGH WAR-TORN MOZAMBIQUE
Extreme travel doesn’t get more extreme than this! In 1987, Clementine Smith and her boyfriend drove across war-torn Mozambique on the back of a motorbike so that they could get to Malawi for Christmas. Even though Clementine had...
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Episode 12
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35:32
EPISODE 11: EXTREME TRAVELS WITH A BABY
In 2018, Sarah Tinsley & her partner took their 3-month-old daughter on a global adventure. Starting in Japan, they travelled to 8 countries across 4 continents, including remote parts of Costa Rica & campervanning across Australia/N...
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Episode 11
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35:42
TRAILER (SEASON 2)
My Extreme Holidays Podcast is returning on 29 January 2022. Hear more about it in this clip and how you can be a guest on my show.Production (for this episode)Creator, producer, writer and host:
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EPISODE 10: 2022 NEW YEAR MESSAGE - HOW TRAVEL HELPS YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
A HAPPY 2022 FROM THE EXTREME HOLIDAYS PODCAST!Here’s a very special New Year message from me and some of my guests about how travel can help your mental health. Never has it been more important to take care of ourselves particularly...
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Episode 10
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