FLY Travel Radio Episode 141: Experiencing Africa, with Filipe Faria

As a young teenager, Filipe Faria had a fascination with Africa and was determined to live and work there as an adult. Due to his love of travel, he became a pilot which eventually allowed him to work for Doctors Without Borders in the Congo in 2000-2001. Within months of being there, Filipe was temporarily taken hostage by a group of child soldiers. In 2020, he is talking about it.

Despite this unfortunate turn of events, Filipe continued to have a passion for Africa. He returned in 2009 for Le Festival au Desert, a massive three day music festival outside of Timbuktu in Mali. This was no small feat to get there, and to get out of there.

There is no shortage of adventures for Filipe, who closes our discussion with his experience doing ayahuasca in a Peruvian village in the Amazon. You can listen to our discussion here: https://bit.ly/3dNxEnO

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