This is a travel story. The story about how I stowed away on an iron ore train in the west African country of Mauritania.

There are 10 things (well, let's be honest - way more than that) that annoy me in the photography world right now. In my latest live-stream podcast, I talk about them all.

This is the story about the time I got culture shock in Dublin, Ireland of all places.

I know, a professional travel writer and photographer getting culture shock is a bit of a funny scenario. But it happens, and the truth is that it happens more often than people realize. It happens to travellers when they're not expecting to get it. And it happens to travel photographers even when they've seen the whole world. And sometimes, it even happens at home.

This week I live streamed telling the story leading up to when I photographed my sister's wedding. I was so broke I almost missed the wedding. And the photos were so badly edited, I wonder if she regretted me photographing it.

I get asked a lot about my favourite countries to travel, but I rarely get asked which countries I didn't like.

This podcast I talk about some travel experiences I didn't love.

I've been going through a lot. Not only have I been dealing with some physical struggles needing a major knee surgery. I also have definitely been in need of some mental health help. Luckily, I've gotten that.

I really love Medellin, Colombia. I love the people, the city, and the city was like home to me in 2009-2010. But, it's also the place I was kidnapped.

I've held off from telling this story for a long time because I really don't want to disparage the people of Colombia, and didn't want my family to worry. But, I think it's been long enough. So, this is the story about the time I was kidnapped (for a night) in Colombia.

I'm going to weigh into the area of AI photography and, maybe more so, AI generated photography. On this episode, I talk about how it's sort of ruined my feelings about photography. Also I dive into the legality of AI generated photography and talk about some other related topics.

Some of the links I mentioned in the photography podcast are:

The blog post: https://brendansadventures.com/is-ai-photography-here-to-stay-ethics-goals-and-questions/

My WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaE8plt5fM5WZ2oSPD1W

My Photo Workshops: https://brendansadventures.com/travel-photography-workshops/