{"id":13082,"date":"2020-08-25T14:04:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T14:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordsandimages.battleface.com\/?p=13082"},"modified":"2021-06-15T11:58:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T11:58:44","slug":"favourite-travel-experience-jack-davidson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/favourite-travel-experience-jack-davidson\/","title":{"rendered":"Favourite travel experience | Jack Davidson"},"content":{"rendered":"Approx read: <\/span> 2<\/span> mins<\/span><\/span>

We asked some of our most well-travelled contributors, interviewees and partners about their favourite moments on the road – the experiences that sparked their love for travel or have stuck with them over the years.<\/h3>\n

Here at battleface, travel is what gets us out of bed in the morning.<\/p>\n

The thrill of landing in a new destination, of immersing ourselves in a foreign culture, of pushing ourselves to our physical limits and expanding our understanding of this wide, wonderful planet we all share.<\/p>\n

But we can\u2019t do any of that right now.<\/p>\n

So, instead we\u2019re going to bask in the warm memories of our favourite travel experiences and daydream about that happy point in the future where we\u2019ve beaten this pandemic.<\/p>\n

Jack Davidson is a <\/b>freelance travel writer, social media manager<\/b><\/span><\/a> and nine-year digital nomad who\u2019s made his home in such far-flung locations as Cambodia, East Timor, Colombia and Hungary.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Vietnam, 2012. I\u2019d been living in Saigon – as locals still stubbornly called it – but had been itching to get out of the city. I opted for the Mekong Delta and two wheels – a dented, rented 100cc Honda Win, to be exact.<\/p>\n

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And it rained. Man, did it rain. Thundering great sheets of water drenching me and my belongings as I bounced along pitted and now muddy backroads. And every town I stopped at, middle-aged women perched on plastic stools behind mounds of dragon fruit and rambutan laughed at my bedraggled appearance.<\/p>\n

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And then I lost the map. And my poncho. Shaken free from the back of the bike where they’d been held down by budget bungee cord.<\/p>\n

And then the bike broke down.<\/p>\n

And I remember looking up and seeing dark, angry clouds forming above my head once again. I grinned from ear to ear. This is the life for me, I thought.<\/p>\n

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Jack is the host of When it Hits the Fan<\/a>, the battleface podcast featuring tales of disasters and close calls from explorers, journalists extreme athletes and more.<\/h3>\n