No need for an ‘SEO-friendly-keyword-flooded-encyclopedic-breakdown’ of what this bitesize clip from episode 1 is all about. Just invest 3 minutes from your busy schedule and give it a listen.

Share it if you agree. Move your thumbs and choose something else if you don’t. I’m good either way.

Just as long as the algorithm and the robots aren’t pestering us to optimise engagement, then I’m happy.

Listen to the full opening episode where this clip was taken from HERE on Apple Podcasts. Or listen to it HERE on Spotify.

Keep the dream alive guys, you're enough as you are.

Much love & time-travelling kisses,

Rich xx

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This is all still in its embryonic phases of development, so it's great to have to here!

This isn’t the official trailer, but it’s probably the closest thing to one for now. In this bitesize clip from the opening episode I talk about why I’m finally publishing the words I wrote all those years ago.

You’ll hear how my nephew read a piece of my diary about scuba diving that left a lasting impression on him.

How I’d managed to capture something he'd felt himself but couldn’t quite put into words. And how his reaction made me wonder who else this might speak to in 2025.

If you’re curious why someone would share something this old, in the hope that it still means something, grab your headphones and get involved. You can listen to the full opening episode here on Apple Podcasts or here on Spotify.

It’s lovely to have you along for the ride.

Much love & travel blessings,

Rich xx

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Email me with your thoughts about the diary and to get on the mailing list even before the newsletter is ready: richardmsuc@gmail.com

This is all still in its embryonic phases of development, so it's great to have to here!

Welcome to the first episode of Diary of a Seasoned Traveller, an unscripted, raw, and brutally honest journey into the travel diary I wrote nearly two decades ago.

I’m Richard. I'm 47 now. When I was 30, I took off around the world, running away in shame and in secret.

After yet another failed business venture sent me into depression and soul-searching, I fled to the furthest place I could think of—Australia. With no plan except to keep moving, I bought a six-stop flight ticket for just over a grand.

This was 2007—before smartphones, before Instagram, before travel became an endless feed of staged selfies and 20-second TikTok videos. I poured my thoughts into sweaty internet cafés, paying by the hour, watching my words get mangled by ancient keyboards. I never planned to share it. Until now.

So what is this podcast about?

It’s me reading these old entries exactly as they were written, with all the mess, naive wonder, and unfiltered reflections.

It’s about what travel used to be—when getting lost really meant being lost.

When losing your ATM card meant sleeping on a bench and not eating for a day or two.

It’s about scams, accidental wisdom, culture shocks, and getting your soul purified by a selection of well-meaning and very polite monks.

And it’s about finally facing the impostor syndrome that kept these stories buried for 18 years.

In this first episode, I share the plan for the podcast—and the bigger goal of publishing these entries as a book.

I also explain how this has now become a joint project with my nephew, Harvey —who, reading my old words just a few days ago, helped me see there’s something genuinely special here worth sharing.

So if you're burnt out with cookie-cutter, same-old-same-old slick-influencer “travel content,” you’ll love this!

It’s raw, messy, rambling, and painfully honest—and that’s what makes it unique.

Stick around to the end, where I read an extract called "The Delhi Room Con"—a vivid snapshot of arriving in India in the middle of the night, convinced I was too street-smart to get scammed.

Spoiler: I wasn’t.

If you want to know what travel really felt like back then (when the best thing Steve Jobs had made was the iPod), then get involved.

Leave a comment, rate the show, and share it with anyone who needs to feel good today.

Love and blessings,

Rich xx

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