{"id":7389,"date":"2015-07-09T11:45:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T11:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hostelworld.com\/?p=7389"},"modified":"2015-07-09T11:45:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T11:45:48","slug":"interview-with-graham-hughes-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/interview-with-graham-hughes-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Graham Hughes &#8211; Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7394 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Graham-hughes.jpg\" alt=\"Graham hughes\" width=\"535\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is Graham Hughes, the first person to visit every country in the world without setting foot on a plane. Originally from Liverpool, he now lives on his own private island off the coast of Panama, which he won on a \u201cSurvivor\u201d-style game show. We caught up with him to discuss\u00a0why he didn&#8217;t use planes on his travels, money-saving tips and travelling alone.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>HostelWorld: Why did you choose not to use planes?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Graham Hughes: There were a few reasons actually. First and foremost no one had done it before. Also there\u2019s an environmental message, in that planes produce a lot of CO2 emissions. I felt it would be slightly hypocritical of me to be going to countries that are endangered because of rising sea levels, places like Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean which is going underwater. It gets flooded every year now and they can&#8217;t grow any vegetables in the ground anymore, because of the salt. One of the other things I was doing is raising money for the charity Water Aid, which is a charity very close to my heart.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>HW: Which items can&#8217;t you do without?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>GH: When it comes to what you actually need when you go travelling, you should really strip it away to the bare essentials, because otherwise it\u2019s just making it so much more difficult for yourself. You can buy pretty much anything you want in the world, unless you\u2019re planning on hiking through the jungle or arctic tundra. The other thing I will say is to not drag with you is someone who doesn\u2019t want to go. You want to go somewhere and you want to get one of your mates to come along because you don\u2019t want to go alone. My advice: just go on your own.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>HW: Did you always travel on your own?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>GH: Yes and I would recommend it, because you\u2019re never alone for long, you always start talking to people and making new friends, and it\u2019s a lot easier to talk to people when you\u2019re on your own. I think that when there\u2019s two of you, you tend to stay a little bit isolated. Especially in crowd situations. I was staying in hostels and I made a lot of good friends staying in South Africa and places around the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7396 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/funny-Graham-Hughes.jpg\" alt=\"funny Graham Hughes\" width=\"535\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>HW: Any tips for other ginger travelers?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>GH: Get a hat. Definitely get a hat. I\u2019m of the school of thought that there\u2019s no such thing as a healthy tan. But I\u2019ve never felt any discrimination for being ginger. In fact, it came in handy when I was in Key West in Florida on St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. Because of my hair colour and funny accent they automatically assumed I was Irish, so I got lots of free whiskey.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>HW: And what about money-saving travel tips?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>GH: Stay at hostels, don\u2019t stay in hotels. Hotels are the most money-crunching nonsense created by man and they have no bloody soul! When you go to a hostel you\u2019ll be meeting with people who have the same sort of outlook on life. It\u2019s not weird, you can sit down and have a game of cards or go out drinking. I flew into New Zealand in 2002, and I was a bit down because I\u2019d left my girlfriend behind in Australia. I arrived at the hostel in Christchurch, and within half an hour I was out with a big gang of Irish lads in a bar watching the football. You try and talk to people in a hotel and it\u2019s just weird, it\u2019s like Lost in Translation with Bill Murray. Hotel bars are usually quite empty and soulless. I guess I just don\u2019t like hotels.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>HW: What&#8217;s your next travel adventure?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>GH: I can\u2019t tell you, it\u2019s a secret. I&#8217;m teaming up with a fellow world record holder called Tyson Jerry. He holds the record for the longest journey in an alternatively fuelled car. Next year we\u2019re planning a brand new adventure with an air of eco-friendliness about it. 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