{"id":93274,"date":"2026-05-21T02:53:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?p=93274"},"modified":"2026-05-28T03:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:23:55","slug":"intrepid-connection-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/intrepid-connection-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you met someone in your travels who changed how you see yourself or the world? Share your story!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Every now and then in our travels, if we&#8217;re lucky, we stumble into the kind of connections we carry with us, shaping how we see the world long after we get home.<\/strong> <strong>Do you have a story like this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s with another traveller, a trip leader, someone local we meet along the way \u2013 these are the serendipitous crossings of paths that really mean something. We tell these stories all the time on The Good Times (see some of our faves below), and now <strong>we&#8217;re looking for your stories for a new podcast <\/strong>we&#8217;re working on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you met someone on your Intrepid travels who showed you a different perspective, made you think twice about what&#8217;s important in life, taught you something about who you want to be \u2013 someone you&#8217;d love the chance to reconnect with \u2013 we want to hear about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Share your story <a href=\"https:\/\/form.typeform.com\/to\/eRZBQSov\">via our form<\/a>, and if it&#8217;s a good fit for our project, we&#8217;ll be in touch! Travellers featured in the podcast will receive a US$500 travel voucher to put towards future Intrepid travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-normal-font-size has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/form.typeform.com\/to\/eRZBQSov\" style=\"border-radius:100px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Share your story<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some of our favourite stories of impactful travel connections:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/heartache-to-hiking-boots\/\">From heartache to hiking boots in Peru&#8217;s Sacred Valley<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After a breakup changed everything, Lindsay took a detour and found the path to healing her heart on a trek with Marcia to Machu Picchu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/meeting-sheroes-acid-attack-survivors\/\">Finding strength in sisterhood at a cafe run by acid attack survivors in India<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>They say never meet your heroes. 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