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Live and LearnI have long believed that one of the best ways to learn is by travel. You open yourself up to new experiences, new cultures, new food and more. If you think about it, this shouldn't be a huge surprise as one of the best ways to learn anything is to immerse yourself in it and get hands on.
However traveling the globe is not an easy task (especially now during a pandemic). You need time off work, passports, visas, and of course, plenty of money. But thanks for a friend of ours you can now learn all about the countries and the cultures from our show each week. Ramblin' Randy (known on-air as R-Dub) is a fellow on-air personality at Magic 92.5 in San Diego as well as the host of the internationally syndicated Sunday Night Slow Jams, and he has made it his goal to visit all 193 countries (he is currently 74% of the way there). I had the pleasure of working with him at 93.7 KRQ in Tucson, Arizona when he was the night host and I was in promotions. |
Check this page each week after our show to read about his experience in the country we are counting down the hits in! His posts and photos provide you a first-hand account of the country, its people and its culture in a way you can usually only experience by being their yourself. Special thanks to Ramblin' Randy for allowing us to share his content here. Read all about his adventures on his site RamblinRandy.com, including the post about his trip to North Korea! We have no plans of counting down the hits playing on the radio in Pyongyang, so just go ahead and read his post now. It's crazy cool!)
While I haven't been as many places as Randy has (he's at 74% of the world, I'm sitting at 6%), when we come to a country I've been too I'll share my experiences as well!
While I haven't been as many places as Randy has (he's at 74% of the world, I'm sitting at 6%), when we come to a country I've been too I'll share my experiences as well!
South Africa
I only had one night in Johannesburg. The locals call it Joburg. I checked into my hotel, had dinner with some radio peeps and went to bed. The next morning I had breakfast in the hotel and then headed over to give a speech at a radio conference.
Click here to read his entire blog (and see some cool photos)!
Click here to read his entire blog (and see some cool photos)!
Japan
Japan was so dope. Everything I heard about Japan was true…times ten. One of the cleanest countries I’ve ever visited, and the people were some of the most respectful and polite folks I’ve ever come in contact with. I could definitely live here.
Here are a few pics and notes from the highlights of my trip. Nothing crazy eventful happened on this trip, but lots of nice scenery, great food, and lovely peeps.
Click here to read his entire blog (and see tons of cool photos)!
Here are a few pics and notes from the highlights of my trip. Nothing crazy eventful happened on this trip, but lots of nice scenery, great food, and lovely peeps.
Click here to read his entire blog (and see tons of cool photos)!
Mexico
What can I say about Mexico? I know her well. Mexico was the first country, outside of my own of course, that I’d ever traveled to, and it’s the country that I’ve visited the most: easily over 100 times, probably closer to 200. From my first trip to San Felipe as a kid, with my father; to crossing the border every Saturday night, for years, as host of a wild nightclub in Nogales, Sonora; Mexico is the country I have the most memories and stories of, which is one reason I’ve put off this Mexico page for so long: I simply didn’t know where to start.
Well, consider this my start: my recent weekend trip to Guadalajara. Later, I’ll add articles for Nogales, Tijuana, Mexico City, Puerto Peñasco, San Felipe, Guaymas, San Carlos and Hermosillo.
Click here to read the complete blog on RamblinRandy.com
Well, consider this my start: my recent weekend trip to Guadalajara. Later, I’ll add articles for Nogales, Tijuana, Mexico City, Puerto Peñasco, San Felipe, Guaymas, San Carlos and Hermosillo.
Click here to read the complete blog on RamblinRandy.com