Today we speak with Darren Weir. He is a retired television news producer, a traveler, photographer and writer.
He began writing after he retired - during the pandemic - and became part of the successful Parasol Publications. He also started his own successful publication, Travel Memoirs.
Darren climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, cycled from Saigon to Hanoi in Vietnam, traveled through India for three months, and walked 333 kilometers of the Camino de Santiago, and scuba dived in the Red Sea.
He also lived in Israel for a year and a half and left when the air raid sirens and the rockets signaled the escalation of the middle east conflict.
Today, we interview Darren and read his story: After More Than Fifty Years, I Finally Met My Brother.
From the show:
“…when I was 50, I quit my job, I sold everything, and I went traveling around the world for two years. I brought with me my light pocket camera that I could take with me everywhere, and my laptop. They were my travel companions. I wrote down what happened to me during the day, and took photos. Whenever I'd see something that I would want to show my friends or family, I'd take a photo of that …”
“…I didn't expect travel to be so cathartic, but it has been. And when I quit my job and I went traveling for those two years, I thought it was all for the best reasons, but I kind of learned along the way that it wasn't necessarily that. I was trying to run away from some of my problems …”
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