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2019 · Bogotá, Colombia

It started with a cancelled flight

Valentina Cruz and Marco Delgado were strangers at Gate 12 in El Dorado International. Six hours, two arguments about the best ceviche, and one shared taxi later — they had an idea so stupid it had to work. A travel podcast with no plan, no gear, and nowhere to be.

2019 · Chiang Mai, Thailand

Episode 1 was recorded on a phone

No studio. No script. Just a Samsung Galaxy held between two people arguing over pad see ew while the market moved around them. The audio was terrible. Nobody cared. Forty-seven people listened.

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