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
The Ambassador, the President, and Me: an Unlik...
15 min
2
'Pack Light' Is a Lie: What a 16-Year-Old Learn...
25 min
3
Replay: Why a Wildlife Biologist Traded Mice fo...
18 min
4
What 400 Miles of Hitchhiking the Oregon Coast ...
21 min
5
Wait, Coleslaw Is What? The Surprising Tales of...
29 min
6
Summer Replay! The Surfer Who Feels Everything
30 min
7
Space, Sea, and the Nudge That Saved His Life
45 min
8
The Woman Who Turned Dancing into a Passport to...
31 min
9
A Ride Through South Dakota’s Most Misunderstoo...
16 min
10
What Touring America Taught a Southern Comic Ab...
26 min
11
In the Warming Arctic, These Inuit Traditions R...
23 min
12
I Solo Hiked 7,500 Miles from Cape Town to Cair...
37 min
13
Queer Eye's Antoni Porowski Ate Around the Worl...
27 min
14
The Spontaneous (Travel!) Story of How Afar Cam...
60 min
15
Want to Get to the Soul of Switzerland? Jump In...
15 min
16
Only 10 People Have Walked Around the World—and...
42 min
17
A Cross-Country Road Trip Helped Make the World...
13 min
18
I Traveled the World With President Obama. Now,...
18 min
19
When Zebras Taught Me to Drive in Namibia
28 min
20
Is This Europe’s Most Underrated Food Tradition?
18 min
21
In Mumbai, Everyone Thought I Was a Local. Here...
13 min
22
The Unexpected Magic of a Turkish Barbershop
14 min
23
Replay: Comedian Michelle Buteau, "I Got Stood ...
17 min
24
Why This Man Biked Across the United States—Wit...
29 min
25
A Poet’s Pilgrimage to Italy’s Violin-Making Ca...
24 min