{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":" 117. Huw Wyn; Arabian Nights in Cairo, Hitching Through Nepal, Tibetan Medicine in Scotland and Tom Hardy Dropping into his Festival","description":"Into The Wild Festival promoter Huw Wyn grew up in his mother\u2019s hotel in Wales then moved to Spain. Lisa and Huw talk growing up feral in Andalucia, hitchhiking across Europe, dropping fish-packing in the Netherlands to run off to Glastonbury, the Arabian Nights vibe of Cairo, the poetic side of being a London bin man, working in an orphanage in India, Mother Theresa in Calcutta, meeting the Dalai Lama, studying Tibetan medicine in Scotland, the remote Buddhist kingdom in Ladakh, hitching 2000 miles to Mount Kailash in Nepal, Tom Hardy at his festival, rewilding, den-building and much more.    On this episode we cover:     Growing up \u2018feral\u2019 in Spain  Mopeds and sunshine  The contrast of rural Spain Drunk teachers having affairs  Leaving school at 15 tempted by the beach  Festivals after Covid Running Into The Wild The largest nature based festival  Wildcrafts, bushcrafts, fire making A very child-friendly festival  Spending lockdown walking through the South Downs Gary Schneider \u2013 \u2018become famous for five miles\u2019 Discovering the frogs, swans, buzzards and deer  Realising how much wildlife has been lost  Becoming passionate about rewilding Knepp Castle \u2013 West Sussex  Setting up Wilder Lands, wild weekends Workshops in denmaking, yoga, meditation Writing handwritten letters to David Attenborough  Jay Griffiths \u2013 Wild Alan Watson Featherstone  Folklore, mythology, rewilding Tom Hardy turning up at his festival  Lisa bumping into Huw all over the place  Following a \u2018wild bunch of English travellers\u2019 to Morocco age 16  Hitchhiking across Europe  The Argentinian priest he met in the Alps  Getting a lift off the only one-legged lorry driver in France  Joining the free-festival scene at Glastonbury  Bunking in for free and having his mind blown  Working in a fish factory in Holland  Finding Egypt life-changing Taking a boat up the Nile  The Arabian nights vibe of Cairo in the 90s  The poetic side of being a bin man  The lasting impact of losing his dad age 6 The old monastery in Anglesey his mother turned into a hotel  Working in an orphanage in India  Meeting Mother Theresa in Calcutta  Meeting the Dalai Lama  The culture shock of staying with the India High Commissioner  From having to kick out the rats in the loo  Being picked up in a bomb-proof Daimler Staying in the room Princess Diana was in the week before  Dining with the ambassadors  Travelling to the remote Buddhist kingdom in Ladakh The shock death of his girlfriend\u2019s brother mountain climbing in Canada  Rushing back to the UK for the funeral  Meeting a man in a London nightclub who took him back to India   Studying in a Tibetan monastery in Scotland  Hitching 2000 miles to Tibet's Mount Kailash in the back of trucks  Being arrested by the Chinese Hanging out with nomads Barely recognising himself in a mirror  Eggs, chips and cold beer in Nepal being the best meal he ever had Sitting on the roof of a bus on the way to Kathmandu  The old blind women singing at a Sufi festival Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Iceland and the Mid Western American states of Arizona, Utah, California The out of this world landscapes of the USA  The American RV travelling culture  Missing people and places all over the world  His mother and grandmother\u2019s extraordinary lives  Losing his father age 6  Lisa planning to get his 82 year mum on the podcast  How it all could have gone badly wrong! Teaming up with Brighton author Neil Ansell \u2013 The Last Wilderness - to buy land for a rewilding project  www.intothewildgathering.com www.wilderlands.co.uk\/wild-weekends ","author_name":"The Big Travel Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.thebigtravelpodcast.com","html":"