Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
When is the last time you traveled?
I’m not just talking about leaving your home, eating nice food, and snapping some selfies in front of TripAdvisor’s “top things to do” list for wherever in the world.
I mean: When is the last time you had an unexpected conversation with a stranger in a foreign countryside, trying to communicate with nothing more than well-meaning gestures and a friendly smile?
When is the last time you’ve arrived in a country or a region to challenge the narrative of what corporate news and media have to say about a place? When is the last time you woke up and thought, “I don’t know what’s happening today,” or “I don’t know where I’m going next”?
That, my friends, is travel. And whether it’s for ourselves or the places we claim to love, we need to start traveling again.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 When is the last time you traveled?
00:40 Travel is a privilege
02:45 Overtourism
04:15 "Be traveler, not a tourist!"
06:47 We're all tourists
09:13 Tourists are missing out
13:50 Travel is safer than you think
16:54 Bourdain didn't travel solo
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SOURCES:
skift.com/2013/01/29/the-billion-plus-about-1-035-billion-tourists-traveled-globally-in-2012
https://www.untourism.int/archive/global/press-release/2012-12-12/international-tourism-hits-one-billion
ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/how-the-humble-water-gun-became-the-symbol-of-barcelonas-anti-tourism-movement
kwbu.org/2018-06-08/fresh-air-remembers-anthony-bourdain-a-chef-devoted-to-global-street-food?utm_source=chatgpt.com
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-06/how-to-travel-the-world-safely-and-still-explore-off-the-beaten-path
yahoo.com/news/author-toni-tone-recounts-racist-205819739.html
academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jtm/taaf063/8182088
crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/811552
Media included:
No Reservations; Parts Unknown
#traveltips #offthebeatenpath #anthonybourdain #adventure
When is the last time you traveled?
I’m not just talking about leaving your home, eating nice food, and snapping some selfies in front of TripAdvisor’s “top things to do” list for wherever in the world.
I mean: When is the last time you had an unexpected conversation with a stranger in a foreign countryside, trying to communicate with nothing more than well-meaning gestures and a friendly smile?
When is the last time you’ve arrived in a country or a region to challenge the narrative of what corporate news and media have to say about a place? When is the last time you woke up and thought, “I don’t know what’s happening today,” or “I don’t know where I’m going next”?
That, my friends, is travel. And whether it’s for ourselves or the places we claim to love, we need to start traveling again.
--
CHAPTERS:
00:00 When is the last time you traveled?
00:40 Travel is a privilege
02:45 Overtourism
04:15 "Be traveler, not a tourist!"
06:47 We're all tourists
09:13 Tourists are missing out
13:50 Travel is safer than you think
16:54 Bourdain didn't travel solo
--
Special thanks to Alex Hutchinson: alexhutchinson.net
Trail running tours and planning: burningriverrunningcompany.com
Sign up to my newsletter so you never miss a video: withoutapath.substack.com
Get 25% off your first three months with Vert.Run using code Joe25 at: https://vert.run/joe-baur/
Tailwind Nutrition: alnk.to/7McmXyf
FOLLOW ME HERE:
Instagram: instagram.com/baurjoe
Facebook: facebook.com/baurjoe
Strava: strava.com/athletes/3879178
SOURCES:
skift.com/2013/01/29/the-billion-plus-about-1-035-billion-tourists-traveled-globally-in-2012
https://www.untourism.int/archive/global/press-release/2012-12-12/international-tourism-hits-one-billion
ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/how-the-humble-water-gun-became-the-symbol-of-barcelonas-anti-tourism-movement
kwbu.org/2018-06-08/fresh-air-remembers-anthony-bourdain-a-chef-devoted-to-global-street-food?utm_source=chatgpt.com
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-06/how-to-travel-the-world-safely-and-still-explore-off-the-beaten-path
yahoo.com/news/author-toni-tone-recounts-racist-205819739.html
academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jtm/taaf063/8182088
crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/811552
Media included:
No Reservations; Parts Unknown
#traveltips #offthebeatenpath #anthonybourdain #adventure
