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The Discovery Map Travel Podcast takes you on a journey each week to a unique destination through the eyes of someone who is an expert on that area. Join us as we dissect each locale and get down to what each place is really about and exactly why we would want to experience it. You never know what you might find out, you might just be inspired to add a destination to your bucket list that you have never considered before.
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Dec 25, 2017

This is part two of our conversation with Francis Tapon about Russia. We not only talk about visiting Russia, but we also talk about its culture, its politics, its relationship with the west and so much more. Francis is the author of The Hidden Europe - What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us, Hike Your Own Hike and he is currently working on a book entitled The Unseen Africa due out in 2020.

Francis Tapon’s Websites:

http://francistapon.com

http://TheHiddenEurope.com

http://Africa54.com

Links to things mentioned in the episode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masha_and_the_Bear

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/?lng=en

https://www.rt.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterinburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Railway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamchatka_Peninsula

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivostok

https://www.couchsurfing.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht

https://www.bolshoi.ru/en/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Land

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard

Dec 18, 2017

On this episode we are going to be talking with Francis Tapon about Russia. We not only talk about visiting Russia, but we also talk about its culture, its politics, its relationship with the west and so much more. Francis is the author of The Hidden Europe - What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us, Hike Your Own Hike and he is currently working on a book entitled The Unseen Africa due out in 2020.

Francis Tapon’s Websites:

http://francistapon.com

http://TheHiddenEurope.com

http://Africa54.com

Links to things mentioned in the episode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masha_and_the_Bear

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/?lng=en

https://www.rt.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterinburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Railway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamchatka_Peninsula

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivostok

https://www.couchsurfing.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht

https://www.bolshoi.ru/en/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Land

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard

Oct 30, 2017

On this episode of the Discovery Map Travel Podcast we learn about the second oldest settlement in South Carolina, we talk about authentic vs. contrived tourist destinations and we learn what makes Grand Live Oaks so special…as we talk to Billy Keyserling, the mayor of Beaufort, SC.

Links to things mentioned in the episode:

Billy Keyserling’s site - http://mayorbilly.com

http://www.cityofbeaufort.org

http://www.beaufortsc.org

http://spanishmosstrail.com

https://www.bftwaterfestival.com

http://www.downtownbeaufort.com/beaufort-shrimp-festival

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Sheldon_Church_Ruins

http://breakwatersc.com

https://www.facebook.com/TheOldBullTavern/

http://www.saltusrivergrill.com

http://redrooster.letseat.at

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Steamer-Oyster-and-Steakhouse/117325684951864

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