{"id":195682,"date":"2024-02-13T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=195682"},"modified":"2025-01-31T11:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:20:23","slug":"biking-across-latin-america-with-erin-azouz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/biking-across-latin-america-with-erin-azouz","title":{"rendered":"Biking Across Latin America with Erin Azouz"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/2bc50a45-23e0-40b7-be2c-274df2a06f4e?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/biking-across-latin-america-with-erin-azouz\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What if swiping on a dating app led you to your partner and an epic bike ride the length of Latin America? This was the case for Erin Azouz and her now-husband Mehedi. The bike trip profoundly shifted Erin&#8217;s relationship with her work, her husband, and most importantly with herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Erin:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erinazouz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/erinazouz\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this episode:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Listen to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/adventure-and-business-with-david-sacher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adventure and Business with David Sacher<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/walking-around-the-world-with-tom-turcich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walking Around the World with Tom Turcich<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program&nbsp;<\/a>and learn about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reifund.org\/grantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local REI Fund grantees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/birkenstock\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Birkenstock\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript What if swiping on a dating app led you to your partner and an epic bike ride the length of Latin America? This was the case for Erin Azouz and her now-husband Mehedi. The bike trip profoundly shifted Erin&#8217;s relationship with her work, her husband, and most importantly with herself. 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