Accolades, Interviews, and Clips

Accolades

• Top Travel Twitter Accounts to Follow – (October 2014) Tripit
• #23 on Top 100 World Travel Experts – (April 2014) The Runaway Guide
• #13 on Top 50 Travel Blogs – (April 2014) The Expeditioner
• #9 on Top 100 Travel Blogs – (Feb 2014) Nomadic Samuel
• Top Travel Blogs – (2012) Tripping
• Top 25 Travel Blogs: 2011 Viator Travel Awards – (2012) Viator
• Top Round the World Blogs – (2011) GO! Overseas
• Best Blog with Travel Tips – (2010) GotSaga
• Top 150 Travel Blogs for Students – (2010) CollegeScholarships.org
• Top 5 Finalist for Best Travel Weblog – (2010) The 2010 Bloggies
• Top 100 Travel Blogs – (2010) Travel Blog Sites
• The 9 Most Successful Travel Bloggers of the Year – (Dec 2009) Off Track Planet
• Best 100 Travel Blogs – (2009) Travel Answer Man
• Top 50 Travel Blogs – (2009) Gap Year Escape
• Best Round-The-World Travel Blogs – (2009) by BootsnAll
• 99 of the Best Travel Blogs – (2009) Travel Blogs
• 100 Best Travel Journal Blogs – (2008) Travel Hacker

Networks

• Active member of the Society of American Travel Writers
• Official blogger for Colombia
• Member of the blogging expert panel for Global Bloggers Network. (2010)
• Original member of the Trusted Travel Blogs Network (2007).

Published Writing

• To Nepal With Love – A Travel Guide for the Connoisseur (2012) – ThingsAsian Press
• Celebrating Latin America at Ground Level (Nov 2010) – Travelojos
  
• Colombia Overview (Sept 2009) – Briefcase to Backpack
• Book Introduces South Africa (Sept 2009) – A Traveler's Library
• Stories of Misunderstandings (Aug 2009) – Matador Travel
• Dave's Guide to Medellin Buses (July 2009) – The Arepa
  
• How to Read A Compass (June 2009) – AskMen.com
  
• Flashpack Gadgets (May 2009) – AskMen.com
• Medellin (April 09) – AskMen.com
• Backpacker Adventures (Oct 2008) – Work Gateways

Interviews and Quotes in Major Media

I am happy to do interviews, so feel free to contact me!

• The Daily Travel Podcast – Your Guide to Life in Medellín (January 2015)
• Wandering Trader – How Born Introverts Can Build Empires Too (August 2014)
• BBC News – Pablo Escobar's Hippos: A Growing Problem (June 2014)
• Travel Blogger Academy – David Lee from GoBackpacking (May 2012)
• Expert Vagabond – Confessions of a Travel Addict (April 2012)
• Travelllll – DMO Makes Deal with Thirty International Travel Bloggers to Promote Tourism (February 2012)
• yTravelBlog – 16 Insider Travel Tips for Medellin, Colombia (January 2012)
• Go See Write – Lucky 13 Questions (December 2011)
• Airtreks – Customers That Have Become Entrepreneurs (October 2011)
• Gecko's Adventures – David Lee – One of the “Godfathers” of Travel Blogging (August 2011)
• BBC Travel – Forms of ID (July 2011)
• USA Today Article – Renting Your Homes to Strangers: A Vacation Horror Story (July 2011)
• Lash World Tour – Interview (June 2011)
• The Hostel Life – Featured Traveler (June 2011)
• Career Break Secrets – Who's Out There Now: Dave (June 2011)
• TripAtlas – Living It Up in Medellin (Jan 2011)
• Vita.mn – Choose Your Own Adventure (May 2010)
• Naples News – Travel Blogging and a Shocked Tibetan Masseuse (March 2010)
• Cruise Radio – Episode 25 (Feb 2010)
• Jet Set Citizen – Interview (Feb 2010)
• Sosauce – Adventures of Bearded Travelers (Feb 2010)
• Briefcase to Backpack – Realizing A Dream (Jan 2010)
• Toronto's 1010 AM – GuyTalk (Jan 2010, live, listen here)
• NileGuide – NileGuide 5 (Dec 2009)
• Living the Dream – About Living the Dream, a Trip of a Lifetime (Dec 2009)
• Sharing Travel Experiences – Round the World with Dave (Dec 2009)
• Atlanta's 1620 AM – Travel Talk Escapes (Oct 2009, live, listen here)
• Voyagner – Lives Less Ordinary (Aug 2009)
• Frugal Living Tips – Backpacking (April 2009)
• Rate Your Study Abroad – Interview (March 2009)
• Blog Interviewer – Interview (Feb 2008)
• Travel Blogs – Gone Backpacking (Feb 2008)
• The Outdoor Weblog – The Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door, Part 1 and Part 2 (July 2007)
• Washington, DC's NBC News (Sept 2007) –