Mike Collins of Wandering Wolf Productions tells anyone thinking about visiting an ancient site to just buy the ticket, then trades practical travel advice with the host on hostels, cash and hiring drivers. They also compare their hardest trips and Mike explains why he now films on iPhones after being turned away at Chichen Itza four times over his gear.
Mike says even after years on the road it is hard to click the button on a thousand-dollar ticket, but no one regrets the trip, and he points to $20-a-night hostel rooms and the train to Aguas Calientes near Machu Picchu. The host recommends skipping currency exchange booths and using an ATM inside a bank, and Mike agrees; she adds that Cuba runs on cash. Mike calls Cuba one of the best countries he has visited, while the host calls it her worst, and Mike says his toughest trip was an Egypt tour in December where every site felt like a hustle; the host says her guide Mohamed Ibrahim kept the hustlers away on her own Egypt tour. They talk about hiring drivers by the day, sharing taxis, and reaching out to the community for advice. Mike describes being robbed three times in Mexico, each time by police, and still calls it a favorite country. He talks about the planning behind the canceled Gornaya Shoria trip, the host suggests the Richat Structure in Mauritania, and Mike explains how filming fees and equipment bans pushed him to shoot on iPhones. As part of the original 2022 recording, Mike mentions trips planned for Southeast Asia and Namibia and a Patreon he was thinking about closing, and the host mentions a July trip to Slovenia. He credits Rob Heatherly with connecting him to the Twitter community, says he can be found as Wandering Wolf on YouTube and @wwolfprod on Twitter and Instagram, and the two float future trips to American mound sites. These are the speakers' own views.
This is an archival replay, not current news. Original YouTube publish date: June 13, 2022. Source timestamps: 0:42:01.900–1:03:52.600. Full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSNTcJ-qalM
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Mike and I discuss travel and what it takes to buy that plane ticket and get out there and record these ancient sites. Mike has a great channel and he showcases some amazing ancient ruins and sites that even if you think you know and have seen everything from that place, wait until you see his footage of said site!
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