EER058: Family Travel and Cultural Identity
Epic Education Radio: Family Travel Podcast
English - July 05, 2016 09:30 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Kids & Family education nomad backpacker digitalnomad expat family familytravel gapyear kids parenting Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Travel and cultural identity are tightly intertwined. For Andrew Tolentino, he found out first hand last year. In October 2015, Andrew and I met for the first time over a crappy internet connection. I was in Atlanta visiting family, he was sitting on a beach in Boracay, having recently left his home in New York to embark on the family trip of a lifetime. Moving to the United States from the Philippines when he was four years old, Andrew was now back in the homeland of his parents for the first time in 44 years, this time with his wife and daughter.
Family Travel and Cultural Identity
Now we meet again, this time with me in Spain and he in London. Ten months and multiple countries later, Andrew and I talk about travel and cultural identity, homeschooling, "Living the dream" and the difference between traveling and vacationing.
IN THIS EPISODE
06:01 Introduction and his immigrant story
11:52 "Re-embracing" travel and cultural identity
19:41 Education, schooling and full-time travel
26:37 "Living the dream" and the difference between traveling and vacationing
30:07 Building their website and business
35:11 Lessons learned after 10 months of family travel
38:34 Advice on cultural identity and food