342 Political Tours with Nicholas Wood

Joining a tour connected to any special interest you have is bound to result in a memorable trip and when I heard about Political Tours, I was instantly attracted! This episode is a deep dive interview with founder Nicholas Wood, who used his skills and network from experiences like working as a foreign correspondent the New York Times to launch Political Tours back in 2011. We chat about how a tour works, the many aspects of such trips that lean heavily into being a thoughtful traveller - especially connecting with local people and not making a beeline for the famous tourist sights - and in general chat about all the reasons anyone with an interest in politics might be keen to travel in such a way.  Links: Political Tours - https://www.politicaltours.com/ Political Tours' webinars - https://www.politicaltours.com/webinars/  On Tranistrian money - https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/transnistria-the-rubles-are-plastic-the-caviar-plentiful-in-this-secret-beakaway-republic-20191016-h1iwel.html  Thanks to archive.org for the radio footage https://archive.org/details/sraa-radio-berlin-international-final-episode-october-2-1990 Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers Join our LinkedIn group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://notaballerina.com/linkedin Sign up for the Thoughtful Travellers newsletter at Substack - https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com  Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/342 Support the show: https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.