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Speaker 1: If you could travel to any country, where would you go?

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Speaker 1: How many countries do you think there are in the world?

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Speaker 1: Take a guest and stay tuned to find out later

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Speaker 1: in the episode. Just trying something new or daring excite you.

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Speaker 1: If you've ever dreamed of a life of adventure, you

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Speaker 1: won't want to miss this episode. Today we'll meet Jessica Nabongo,

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Speaker 1: a real adventurer who in twenty nineteen became the first

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Speaker 1: What does being an adventurer mean to you?

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Speaker 2: Climbing big mountains, exploring strange places.

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Speaker 1: Let's find out more. Hi, and welcome to Grown Up

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Speaker 1: with Emily, a Lingo kids podcast that helps kids discover

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Speaker 1: how to be whatever they want to be. Are you

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Speaker 4: Rowing up?

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Speaker 1: To go on a hike? I always say pack light,

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Speaker 1: pack right, and pack snacks. Grab your backpacks. I like

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Speaker 1: Water bottles filled? Check snacks, trail MIxS, apples and cookies. Great,

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Speaker 1: I've got band aids, a Swiss army knife and toilet

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Speaker 1: paper just in case. Oh, and a trail map let.

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Speaker 1: The adventure begin. When I do something new, I feel

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Speaker 1: Hmm, there are two trails. What should we take?

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Speaker 1: Adventurers love a challenge. Imagine being an early explorer with

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Speaker 2: They must have been briefe or just crazy.

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Speaker 1: Probably a little of both. Some were in search of treasures.

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Speaker 2: What about those red berries?

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Speaker 1: like Charles Darwin during his adventures in the Galapagos Islands.

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Speaker 1: We are eco adventurers. We only take photos and leave

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Speaker 2: Do all adventurers hike?

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Speaker 5: Emily, what does an adventurer do if she has to

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Speaker 1: She might go into the woods and dig a hole.

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Speaker 2: I'd go to the Goalapa Ghost Islands like Charles Darwin

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Speaker 1: I like your shirt. Catch me if you can. What

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Speaker 3: It's the title of my book about my travels.

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Speaker 2: Where have you traveled?

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Speaker 4: I've been to every single country in the world. No kidding,

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Speaker 2: How many countries are there?

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Speaker 4: I think you have to be brave, you have to

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Speaker 2: Jessica, do you often travel alone?

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Speaker 4: I've been to eighty nine countries alone. I like to

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Speaker 2: What do you do when you don't speak the language

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Speaker 4: I became an adventurer because my parents were adventurers. So

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Speaker 5: How did you decide you were going to visit every country?

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Speaker 4: So in my early twenties, I started a blog called

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Speaker 1: What's the hardest thing about traveling.

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Speaker 4: Part of being an adventurer when you're at home is

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Speaker 1: What can kids do now while there's still growing up

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Speaker 1: Jessica, what is one thing you never travel without?

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Speaker 1: Even if you never plan to be a pro professional adventurer,

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Speaker 1: with the right mindset, you can create adventure out of

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Speaker 1: any experience. What's something new you'd like to try? Think

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Speaker 1: about it, See you next time.

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Speaker 2: And to live a full interactive learning adventure, check out

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Speaker 2: our Lingo kids app with tons of games and activities

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Speaker 2: for endless fun.

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Speaker 4: It's so fun to learn what you can be growing

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Speaker 1: Come everyone, so we can learn while having lots of time,

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Speaker 1: because it's so fun to learn what you can be.

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Speaker 3: Yes, it's so fun to learn what you can be

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Speaker 2: Throwing grow in up