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Alex Reynolds Would Make a Great World Dictator
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Today, we're welcoming Alex Reynolds, a traveler building a radically different hostel in Pakistan's Ishkoman Valley.
Alex is an American travel photographer, writer, and solo female traveler whose work has been featured on Lonely Planet, BBC Travel, AP News, and more. She’s scrambled up fortress ruins in Afghanistan, galloped horses across the Kyrgyz steppe, and motorbiked from Pakistan to France.
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Thanks to our Founding Member: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel education.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What it was like traveling to Chechnya
- How colonialism shows up when we travel
- What Gaza has taught the world
- Traveler vs tourist: why Alex thinks it doesn't matter
- Building a sustainable hostel in Pakistan’s Ishkoman Valley
- From nomading to settling down in brick and mortar
- Why Alex and I both love the Kazakh steppes
- Does Alex still have faith in humanity?
- Traveling as a woman in the world of creepy men
- Would women at the helm fix everything?
- Where Alex finds hope these days
Featured on the show:
- Follow @lostwithpurpose on Instagram
- Read Alex's post on tourist privilege
- Follow Alex's Chechnya stories
- Check out Alex's Pakistan motorcycle tours
- Support the hostel with this GoFundMe campaign
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Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people and places near and far by fostering a space for real conversations to occur. Each week, we sit down with travelers, journalists, creators, and people living and working in destinations around the world. Hosted by Yulia Denisyuk, an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, and writer who's worked with National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Travel, and more.
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