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Yesim Travel Cast with Damien Gabet

Damien Gabet 1 Episodes Oct 5, 2026

An English-language travel podcast hosted by writer Damien Gabet, focusing on unusual, creative, and occasionally dangerous approaches to exploring the globe. Each episode highlights offbeat travel ideas and experiences. The show is sponsored by Yesim, which offers instant travel eSIMs for worldwide mobile data.

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I'd rather go to Napoleon's prison island than the Maldives Oct 5, 2026 24:39 https://yesim.onelink.me/nUzY/bfhwgexz Use the promo code TRAVEL20 to get 20% off your first purchase. This week Damien Gabet explores places where isolation, geography, and sheer human eccentricity have produced properly wonderful oddities: Islands! From bizarre local pastimes to geopolitical catnip, join us as we journey to some of the most remote and surprising landmasses on Earth. In this epis

24 hours across the Sahara on an iron ore train Sep 28, 2026 24:02 https://yesim.onelink.me/nUzY/bfhwgexz Use the promo code TRAVEL20 to get 20% off your first purchase. From crossing the Sahara on an iron ore train to driving the Karakoram Highway and trekking across the Himalayas, Damien explores some of the world's most extraordinary journeys, where the journey itself is the goal. Plus, a new Damien's Rant: why does he hate Christmas markets? Find us on all po

A tunnel to North Korea + the CRAZIEST borders on Earth Sep 21, 2026 26:12 https://yesim.onelink.me/nUzY/bfhwgexz Use the promo code TRAVEL20 to get 20% off your first purchase. Damien Gabet explores the world's weirdest borders - starting with a recap of the Lu-crusade litter pick and a night spent camping right on the England-Scotland line to show how differently the two countries treat wild camping. Then: Baarle, the Belgian-Dutch town shredded into 30 enclaves by an

Inside the world's weirdest hotels: prison cells, naked saunas and more Sep 14, 2026 18:15 https://yesim.onelink.me/nUzY/bfhwgexz Use the promo code TRAVEL20 to get 20% off your first purchase. From an extremely hot sauna in the Italian Alps to a 1,300-year-old Japanese hotel and a former Latvian prison, Damien explores some of the world's weirdest and most memorable places to stay. Plus, a new Damien's Rant, where he reveals why he hates planes and flying. Find us on all podcast platfo

Noctourism – best places that get better, stranger or only possible after dark Sep 7, 2026 15:56 https://yesim.onelink.me/nUzY/bfhwgexz Use the promo code TRAVEL20 to get 20% off your first purchase. From setting fire to a Viking longship in Shetland to an all-night adventure in Seoul and the woods of Piedmont, Damien explores the world's greatest ways to experience the night. Plus, a new Damien's Dilemma: if you could travel anywhere in the world, at least 100 years into the past, where woul

Dangerous, dramatic and disgusting food that will make your trip UNFORGETTABLE Aug 31, 2026 22:53 https://yesim.onelink.me/nUzY/bfhwgexz Use the promo code TRAVEL20 to get 20% off your first purchase. Damien Gabet goes around the world in search of food that's actually worth travelling for — from fermented shark in Iceland to whole lamb cooked over a fire in Chilean Patagonia and Sardinia's infamous maggot cheese. Along the way, he discovers the world's rarest pasta, before wrapping up with D

World's COOLEST museum, surrealist jungles + art worth travelling for Aug 24, 2026 21:34 This episode's main topic — art that's actually worth travelling for. From the weird MONA museum in Tasmania and a Japanese island that's been transformed by contemporary art to a surreal sculpture garden hidden deep in the Mexican jungle. Also a bonus: three world-famous paintings that you should skip and what you should see instead. https://linktr.ee/travelcast

World's Weirdest Festivals and an Unexpected Fix for Overtourism Aug 3, 2026 27:13 Damien Gabet kicks things off with a report from Barcelona, where local dissatisfaction with tourists has escalated into open protests. He then checks in with Japan, Jamaica and Copenhagen to see how they are pushing back. Then it's a run through the world's weirdest festivals before wrapping up with the first-ever Damien's Dilemma: a ridiculous hypothetical travel scenario worked through in real

Yesim Travel Cast with Damien Gabet

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