Podcasts
Originally an invited guest, I worked my way up to recurring, then regular panelist, and now, co-producer.
Other people from the podcast:
Ethan Cheng, the creator and former producer. He now runs the Nam Crazy page.
Joe Geni, co-producer. You can find him at joegeni.com and on Twitter.
Chris Novembrino, co-producer. You can find him on Facebook. Easily.
I’m an active participant in the Twitter travel blogger community. I help organize Travel Talk on Twitter.
Here are some people who I interact with regularly therein:
DC Tweeps
Kelsey is a fantastic photographer and dedicated blogger who has flatteringly credited me with inspiring a couple of her posts.
Met IRL at DC Travel Tweetup.
Matt sees himself as the middle ground between a backpacker and a wealthy traveler, sharing his experiences and insights on his site. He’s also appeared on an episode of DWATG.
Met IRL at DC Travel Tweetup.
Also met Alex IRL at a DC travel tweetup. One of the nicest guys you can hope to know. I did a special ROL on Seoul for The Minute Tour.
NYC Tweeps
I call Aaron “Mr. Positive”, as every time I see him, he has a smile on his face.
Charu has proven to be an invaluable contact and a good friend.
Leslie is an astute New Yorker with a big smile and a hidden edge. Definitely worth getting to know.
Assorted
I appeared on Raquel’s show in the episode “A Traveler’s Perspective… Drop your excuses, get up and just go do it!”
A frequent #TTOT contributor and a generally funny fellow. Plim also writes for mydestination.com (Twitter: @mydestination)
Are You Serious? is a growing site that focuses on promoting “social values and global integration”.
A positive, genuine fellow, I consider Kash to be one of my go-to sources for India info.
Jaime is a sweetheart of a fellow that I’ve been in touch with for a while via Twitter.
Matt is one of those people who thought they’d be traveling for a limited time, then just kept on going.
Clare is a South African lass who has been nothing but kind to me on the internets. And, oh look, she won on Weakest Link.
Jeannie is a friendly Canadian traveler who is very active in the travel blogger community. Met IRL at events surrounding TBEX ’11 in Vancouver.
My nemesis in the travel world. He says “Roni Weiss” in that tone that suggests an underlying tension at the beginning of the comic book, where you don’t know if it’s meant in admiration, jealousy, hatred or some combination thereof. Met IRL at #TBEXLA event.
“Childhood sweethearts traveling the world.” Awww.
Erin and I have hung out a few times in person now. A passionate, friendly gal.
Ruth is a frequent #TTOTer who has also become a solid online friend.
Juno is a frequent #TTOT contributor who is always good for a smile. And she’s kooky.
“Canada’s Adventure Couple” has a thoroughly comprehensive travel site.
Stephanie is a co-organizer for #TTOT. Her fingers can be found in many a travel pot.
Melvin is the creator of #TTOT. A diplomatic, patient man.
Keith’s “Good Reads” is a good run-down of some independent travel blogs. Met IRL at events surrounding TBEX ’11 in Vancouver.
Marianne and I met at the LA Times Travel & Adventure Show, one of the first people I met from Twitter irl. She’s very active in the travel Twitterverse.
Adam is a traveling hipster, one of the people I’ve been in contact with the longest on Twitter.
I hung out with Jade and Bob at the events surrounding the LA Travel Show. Hope to do so again, fun, shoot-from-the-hip folks.
Blogs
A pretty, pretty site. And comprehensive.
I have enjoyed reading your site a great deal. I am curious as to how you can afford to go to all of these places? I movedto Taiwan from America at 20,and I find myself wanting to travel to more and more places, but having the funds can be difficult if I don’t want to be tied down to an English teaching job here. What do you do?
Thanks for the kind words.
I teach English with short-term contracts and live a life with minimal expenses, with CouchSurfing being a key component of that and hitchhiking taking up an increasing chunk.
Thanks for the mention Roni… It’s been great meeting you on Twitter.
:)
Ditto.