Travel Tales by Afar

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Travel, at its best, changes the way we see the world. Join us each week as we dig into stories from people who took a trip—and came home transformed. Travel Tales by Afar is your ticket to the world, no passport required.

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Travel Tales by Afar

Episodes (83)

Aug 28, 2025 The Ambassador, the President, and Me: an Unlikely Reunion in India
Aug 19, 2025 'Pack Light' Is a Lie: What a 16-Year-Old Learned About Travel (and Life) in Guatemala
Aug 14, 2025 Replay: Why a Wildlife Biologist Traded Mice for the World's Most Dangerous Predator

Travel Tales by Afar

Aug 28, 2025
22 minutes
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Author Charmaine Craig had always felt mysteriously drawn to India—pulled by childhood family legends of ancestors who arrived there centuries ago and copper plates inscribed with ancient privileges that still hang in a Kochi synagogue. But it would take a chance encounter at a dinner party—and the power of old friendship—to finally help her explore her roots. She set out on a pilgrimage through Kerala's ancient Jewish communities with a former college boyfriend turned U.S. Ambassador to India and a mutual friend who orchestrated their reconnection. From sacred sunrises where three seas converge to an...

Travel Tales by Afar

The Ambassador, the President, and Me: an Unlikely Reunion in India

Afar

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