{"id":2618,"date":"2021-04-03T22:17:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T16:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/?p=2618"},"modified":"2024-08-02T22:34:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T17:04:39","slug":"unconventional-travel-with-rahul-prakash-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/travel-conversations\/unconventional-travel-with-rahul-prakash-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Unconventional Travel with Rahul Prakash II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/rustik-travel\/embed\/episodes\/TC-Ep-20--Unconventional-Travel-with-Rahul-Prakash-II-eu5ikm\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode titled \u201cUnconventional Travel with Rahul Prakash II\u201d of the show <strong>Travel Conversations <\/strong>(TC) on The Rustik Travel Podcast is the second part of the two-part series (Listen to Part I at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/travel-conversations\/unconventional-travel-with-rahul-prakash-i\/\">Unconventional Travel with Rahul Prakash I<\/a>). Rahul narrates some of the interesting stories from his brand of unplanned travels. Unconventional as they may seem, imitate how he lives his life. An author, electrical engineer, sociologist, business graduate (from the premier IIM &#8211; Bangalore), IT consultant, advanced open water scuba diver, and many such diverse titles describe Rahul. He lives in Seattle, US with his family, but has temporarily moved with them to Mexico exploring the place, learning a new language while working remotely. He joins us from there to tell us about his amazing adventures traveling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Huashan_Shanxi_China_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Huashan_Shanxi_China_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2621\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Huashan_Shanxi_China_2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/?attachment_id=2621\" class=\"wp-image-2621\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Russia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Russia.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2620\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Russia.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/?attachment_id=2620\" class=\"wp-image-2620\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/12.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Zanzibar_Tanzania.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/12.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Zanzibar_Tanzania.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2623\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/12.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Zanzibar_Tanzania.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/?attachment_id=2623\" class=\"wp-image-2623\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Petra.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Petra.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2619\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Petra.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/?attachment_id=2619\" class=\"wp-image-2619\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/10.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Coffee-Bay_South-Africa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"528\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/10.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Coffee-Bay_South-Africa.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2622\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/10.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Coffee-Bay_South-Africa.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/?attachment_id=2622\" class=\"wp-image-2622\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Podcast Summary:&nbsp;Unconventional Travel with Rahul Prakash<\/strong> II<br><strong>Hosts: Hemant Soreng &amp; Rajesh Nair<\/strong><br><strong>Producer: Tanvi Jain<\/strong><br>00:00-03:52: Intro<br>03:52-15:09: Russia:<br>&#8211; Solovotsky island and police incident<br>&#8211; Travelling through Russia and meeting Vovan\u2019s family<br>15:09-28:26: Stye of travelling:<br>&#8211; Relating academics to travel<br>&#8211; Dead Sea, Jordan<br>&#8211; Travel-work balance and how travel styles reflect on your life. Life choices.<br>&#8211; Inspiration from John Lennon, David Bowie.<br>&#8211; What is a \u201creal traveler\u201d?<br>&#8211; Choosing a travel destination<br>&#8211; Travelling to developed, tourist locations versus travelling to developing countries<br>28:26 &#8211; 33:37: Swaziland &amp; South Africa:<br>&#8211; Lord of the flies<br>&#8211; Being dubbed a \u201cwhite man\u201d on a bus to South Africa<br>33:37 -37:40: East Africa:&nbsp;<br>&#8211; Tanzania and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro<br>37:53-44:10: China:<br>&#8211; Breaking pre-conceived notions and talking to a middle school history teacher in Yangshuo<br>&#8211; Meeting a boy travelling with his sister\u2019s life savings<br>44:10 &#8211; 50:20: Commonality in diversity across the world. Helpful folks everywhere.<br>50:20 &#8211; 54:01: Tips and advise &#8211; traveling unconventionally<br>54:01 &#8211; 55:34: Conclusion and Outro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Continuing from part I, Rahul Prakash talks about many more offbeat travel adventures in relatively unknown  destinations.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":""},"categories":[267,102],"tags":[182,196,219,213,200,211,178,212,216,217,218,215],"series":[100],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2.-TC-Ep-20.-Rahul-Prakash_Rustik-Travel-Podcast_Dead-Sea_1920x1280.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":false,"player_link":false,"audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/feed\/podcast\/travel-conversations","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rustiktravel.com\/podcast\/travel-conversations\/unconventional-travel-with-rahul-prakash-ii\/\">Unconventional Travel with Rahul Prakash II<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\n<!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\n\t\t\/*! 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