Episode 8 - Nathan Day: A Mixture Of Vegas and Pyongyang

Having visited 61 countries on five continents, it’s safe to say that Melbourne resident, Nathan Day, is an avid traveller and an ideal guest for Travel Bubble. 

In this episode we cover Chernobyl, the gates of hell, 70-year-old booze hounds on 18-30 holidays and a restaurant with a secret password. 

It turned into a bit of a sporty special with Nathan telling us about all the sporting events he’s visited from baseball in Florida, hockey in Helsinki to football games all over the world. We even go off on a bit of a Maradona tangent which is never a bad thing. A big thanks to Nathan Day for taking part and thank you for listening. 

As usual, spoilers below and don’t forget to subscribe and rate Travel Bubble, wherever you get your podcasts.

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Country No.1: Namibia
Activity: Fish River Canyon
Food: Kudu meat

World’s biggest sand dune in the Sossusvlei.
https://namibiatourism.com.na/blog/EXTREME-NAMIBIA-The-World-s-HIGHEST-Dunes

Country No.2: Ukraine
Activity: Walking around Kiev
Food: Eat a Chicken Kyiv at the Chicken Kyiv restaurant.

Chicken Kyiv restaurant.
https://borysov.com.ua/en/chicken-kyiv

Ostannya Barykada (Last Barricade) restaurant
https://kyivguide.com.ua/the-last-barricade/

Chernobyl TV series
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7366338/

The best Chernobyl tour company.
https://www.tourkiev.com

Country No. 3: Argentina
Activity: Iguazu Falls
Food: Steak and Malbec

The area with the best steaks in Buenos Aires according to Nathan is Palermo Soho.
https://www.gringoinbuenosaires.com/neighborhood-guides/palermo/palermo-soho/

Wildcard: Turkenistan

The gold statue of leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is rather impressive.

In Karakum desert in Turkmenistan, there is a hole 230 feet wide that has been on fire for over 40 years. It as known as “The Gates of Hell.”

Travel Bubble Film Club

Winter on Fire, Ukraine (2015)

Assassins, USA (2020)

Portrait Of A Lady on Fire, France (2019)

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