Travel Tales by Afar

Travel, at its best, changes the way we see the world. Join us each week as we dig into stories from people who took a trip—and came home transformed. Travel Tales by Afar is your ticket to the world, no passport required.

Places & Travel
1
What 400 Miles of Hitchhiking the Oregon Coast ...
21 min
2
Wait, Coleslaw Is What? The Surprising Tales of...
29 min
3
Summer Replay! The Surfer Who Feels Everything
30 min
4
Space, Sea, and the Nudge That Saved His Life
45 min
5
The Woman Who Turned Dancing into a Passport to...
31 min
6
A Ride Through South Dakota’s Most Misunderstoo...
16 min
7
What Touring America Taught a Southern Comic Ab...
26 min
8
In the Warming Arctic, These Inuit Traditions R...
23 min
9
I Solo Hiked 7,500 Miles from Cape Town to Cair...
37 min
10
Queer Eye's Antoni Porowski Ate Around the Worl...
27 min
11
The Spontaneous (Travel!) Story of How Afar Cam...
60 min
12
Want to Get to the Soul of Switzerland? Jump In...
15 min
13
Only 10 People Have Walked Around the World—and...
42 min
14
A Cross-Country Road Trip Helped Make the World...
13 min
15
I Traveled the World With President Obama. Now,...
18 min
16
When Zebras Taught Me to Drive in Namibia
28 min
17
Is This Europe’s Most Underrated Food Tradition?
18 min
18
In Mumbai, Everyone Thought I Was a Local. Here...
13 min
19
The Unexpected Magic of a Turkish Barbershop
14 min
20
Replay: Comedian Michelle Buteau, "I Got Stood ...
17 min
21
Why This Man Biked Across the United States—Wit...
29 min
22
A Poet’s Pilgrimage to Italy’s Violin-Making Ca...
24 min
23
Big Animals, and Even Bigger Adventures, in a P...
27 min
24
I’ve Made Polar Bears My Life’s Work. Here's Wh...
19 min
25
The Plus-Size Traveler on a Mission to Change t...
32 min