Gap Year Diaries x Hostelworld: Your Stories - When Things Go Wrong: overcoming travel disasters

Gap Year Diaries

Emily and Rachel of the Gap Year Diaries Podcast chat to intrepid members of the Hostelworld community about their travel experiences.

In this episode, the hosts speak to Tom Ruck, a self-confessed accident prone traveller about his catalogue of close calls, and Zorro, a seasoned traveller and hostel worker about when things haven’t quite gone to plan for him during his four years on the road. We hear about vengeful rats, falling horribly ill in the Amazon rainforest and having to scale a glacier alone in the Himalayas, as well as top tips and advice for keeping a cool head when disaster strikes far from home. Oh, and a smattering of ridiculous stories from Emily and Rachel throughout of course.

Show notes:

Tom Ruck (he/him) can be found on Instagram at @ruck_travels, and you can find his YouTube channel at Ruck Travels.

Zorro (he/him) can be found on Instagram and Facebook at @zorroaroundtheworld.

You can follow Emily and Rachel’s podcast Gap Year Diaries on Instagram at @gapyeardiariespodcast, and find it on all major podcast sites.

You can follow Hostelworld on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Tik Tok at @hostelworld.

Find out more about Hostelworld’s newest collaboration with GAdventures, Roamies Tours, here, and find out more about the new Hostelworld app feature, The Solo System, here.