Ep 2: The South East Asia Travel Show - The Pilot Edition

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9 Jan 2020 • 26m54s

Gary and Hannah interview each other to tease out their personal travel histories and careers in Asian tourism. From varied routes via Oxford, London, France, the US, El Salvador, Russia and China, both spent most of the 2010s living, working and travelling from bases in Kuala Lumpur.

In this pilot episode, they explain the inspirations behind The South East Asia Travel Show, and the podcast’s plans for 2020.

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