Amateur Traveler Podcast (iTunes enhanced) - the best places to travel to
By Chris Christensen
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Podcast Description
The Amateur Traveler is an online travel show that focuses primarily on travel destinations and the best places to travel to. It covers everything from knowing what to put on your Chicago dog when you go to the Windy City to swimming with whales in Tonga. It includes a weekly audio podcast, a video podcast and a blog.
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AT#327 - Travel to Sun Valley, Idaho | The Amateur Traveler talks to Scott E. Jordan of Scottevest about his home in Sun Valley Idaho. | 5/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#326 - Travel to Belgium | The Amateur Traveler talks to Sam Oppenheim who returns to the show to talk about a recent trip to Belgium. Starting in Brussels, Sam and his wife Mina also visited Ghent, Antwerp, Brugge, Bouillon and Orval. | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#325 - Travel to the Twin Cities of Minnesota (St Paul and side trips) | The Amateur Traveler talks to Kirk Horsted in a two part episode on the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. In this second half Kirk looks at the state capital of Saint Paul, Minnesota. | 5/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#324 - Travel to the Twin Cities of Minnesota (Minneapolis) | The Amateur Traveler talks to Kirk Horsted in a two part episode on the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. This first episode focuses on Minneapolis with day trips west of the Mississippi river. | 4/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#323 - Travel to Lithuania | The Amateur Traveler talks to Katie Aune from KatieGoingGlobal.com about her recent trip to Lithuania. Katie visited Lithuania as part of a year traveling through countries that were part of the former U.S.S.R. She spent much of her time in and around Vi | 4/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#322 - Travel to Puglia (Apulia) in Italy | The Amateur Traveler talks to Antonello Losito from Southern Visions Travel about his native region of Puglia (Apulia) in Italy. Puglia is the boot of Italy and does not get the same number of tourists as Northern Italy. But Antonello recommends his rugg | 4/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#321 - Travel to Umbria, Italy | The Amateur Traveler talks to Rebecca about her adopted home of Umbria in Italy. Umbria is known as the green heart of Italy. Perhaps less well known than its neighbor of Tuscany to the North Umbria is a verdant region of hill towns, farms and national p | 3/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#320 - Travel to Lanai | The Amateur Traveler talks about traveling to the Hawaiian Island of Lana'i. I recently spent a week in Lana'i as a guest of the Lana'i Visitor's Bureau as one of their 2012 "Artists in Residence". Lana'i only has 3,000 residence and a small town feel. I | 3/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#319 - Travel to the Yunnan Province of China | The Amateur Traveler talks to Lee Moore again about China. Lee comes back on the show to talk about his time in the Yunnan Provence in the southwest corner of China. Yunnan is on the border with Laos, Myanmar and Tibet. | 3/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#318 - Travel to Southern Israel | The Amateur Travelertalks to Chaundra about her trip to Southern Israel, a barren but "stunning" land where every rock is full of history. | 3/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#317 - Travel to India | The Amateur Traveler talks to David Grenewetzki about his first trip to India. His itinerary covered Mombai, Bangalore, Rajasthan, Delhi and then ended at the Indian wedding of friends. Along the way they visited alaces, temples, forts, grand hotel | 2/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#316 - Travel to Catalina Island off California | The Amateur Traveler talks to Carrie from cruisebuzz.net about a popular vacation spot just off the coast of California, Catalina Island. | 2/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#315 - Cruise Barge Canals in England and Wales | The Amateur Traveler talks to Richard Graw about his experiences cruising the canals of England in a canal boat (or narrow boat). The canals traverse through tunnels, up staircases of locks and even up over aqueducts. | 2/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#314 - Travel to Trinidad and Tobago | The Amateur Traveler talks to JD Andrews about his recent trip to Trinidad and Tobago. JD, who used to work for a cruise line, has visited many of the islands of the Caribbean but this was his first visit to Trinidad. | 2/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#313 - Travel to Bolivia | The Amateur Traveler talks to Michael Tieso about his recent trip to Bolivia. He was traveling from Argentina to Peru and at first Bolivia was just in the way, but he discovered a country worth seeing. | 1/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#312 - Travel to Bulgaria | The Amateur Traveler talks to Craig Zabransky fro StayAdventurous.com about his recent trip to Bulgaria. He traveled with a Bulgarian friend and visited picturesque towns as well as the amazing blue waters of the Black Sea. | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#311 - Travel to Northern Queensland, Australia | The Amateur Traveler talks to Dave Kerwin about his recent trip to Northern Queensland. Dave recommends 2 main stops on your trip: the Atherton Tablelands, Daintree National Park and the Great Barrier Reef. | 1/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#310 - Travel to San Antonio. Texas | The Amateur Traveler talks to Carlos Gutierrez about his home town of San Antonio, Texas. Carlos gives us a guide to some of the obvious spots like the Alamo but also shares some of his favorite hole in the wall restaurants, a tip about the best time to | 1/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#309 - Travel to Bangladesh | The Amateur Traveler talks to Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll about their recent trip to Bangladesh. Bangladesh is the most densely populated country, but all those people are one of Bangladesh's strengths." | 12/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#308 - Travel to the Champagne Region of France | The Amateur Traveler talks to well-known travel writer / editor Don George about his first visit to the Champagne region of France. Despite having lived in France after college, Don had never visited the area made so famous by the blind monk Dom Perignon | 12/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#307 - Travel to Kazakhstan | The Amateur Traveler talks to Mike about his recent trip to Kazakhstan. He explored this large area on a backpacker's budget. Kazakhstan is the 9th biggest country in the world. "In the very West end of the country you have old mosques. In th | 12/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#306 - Travel to Dublin, Ireland | The Amateur Traveler talks to Colm Hanratty from HostelWorld.com about Dublin, Ireland. Colm has been living working and studying in Dublin for the last 17 years. “Dublin is the gateway to Ireland. It is a very welcoming city. It | 12/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#305 - Travel to Tampa, Florida | The Amateur Traveler talks to Shannon Martin from Two Who Travel about her hometown of Tampa Bay (and St Petersburg) Florida. Shannon recommends the Tamp Bay area for a beach vacation, possible combined with a trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando. | 12/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#304 - Travel to The RIng of Kerry in Ireland | The Amateur Traveler talks to Jessie Voigts from Wandering Educators about County Kerry and the Ring of Kerry in Ireland. County Kerry is a popular tourist region in Ireland. | 11/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#303 - Travel to St. Kitts | The Amateur Traveler talks to Matt Long from LandLopers.com about his recent trip to St. Kitts (officially part of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis) which is part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Matt was on a press trip to the Marriott re | 11/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#302 - Travel to St. Augustine, Florida | The Amateur Traveler talks to Alan from Jacksonville about St. Augustine Florida which is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in what is now the United States. St. Augustine was founded in 1565 and is 42 years older than Jamestown. | 11/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#301 - Travel to Chihuahua, Mexico with Photographer Ralph Velasco | The Amateur Traveler talks again to Photographer Ralph Velasco about the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. Ralph was recently on assignment throughout Mexico but this region made the biggest impact on him. Chihuahua is known for the beautiful Cooper Canyon w | 10/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#AT300 - Travel to Quebec, Canada | The Amateur Traveler talks to Ira Berstein again, this time about the Canadian Provence of Quebec. Ira suggests seeing both Montreal and Quebec City because of the contrasts in the two major cities in this French-speaking part of Canada. Ira would person | 10/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#299 - Travel to European Russia | The Amateur Traveler talks to Francis Tapon about European Russia west of the Ural Mountains. Most people only know 2 cities in Russia – Moscow and St Petersburg. In St Petersburg he recommends the Hermitage and the Peterhof. Moscow is so central c | 10/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#298 - Travel to Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada | The Amateur Traveler talks to Bethany of the Nevada Tourism Bureau about Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe is a high elevation alpine lake on the border of California and Nevada. It is surrounded by 18 ski areas so it is a popular winter destination. In the winter | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#297 - Travel to Kyoto, Japan | The Amateur Traveler talks to Phil Smy about his second home in Kyoto, Japan. "Japan is organized and meticulous and perfect. Kyoto is the number one tourist destination outside of Tokyo in Japan. The former capital of ancient Japan, it is history | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#296 - Travel to Newfoundland, Canada | The Amateur Traveler talks to travel blogger Candice Walsh about St Johns and her her home province of Newfoundland (and Labrador). "In my opinion Newfoundland is maybe the most underrated unappreciated province in Canada". | 9/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#295 - Travel to Oklahoma with Robert Reid from Lonely Planet | The Amateur Traveler talks to Robert Reid from Lonely Planet about his home state of Oklahoma. Robert recommends when you are driving through Oklahoma on your great American road trip you get off the interstate and explore for a few days. From the hills | 9/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#294 - Travel to Spain's Canary Islands | The Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt of Everything-Everywhere.com about his recent trip to the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are tropical volcanic islands that are part of Spain but are located off the coast of Northwestern Africa.They are not n | 8/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#293 - Travel to Northern Iraq | The Amateur Traveler talks to Anil Polat who blogs under the name foxnomad about a recent trip to Northern Iraq. Anil is out to visit every country in the world which might lead him to visit a country before some others would deem it safe. Anil did not t | 8/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#292 - Travel to Losotho | The Amateur Traveler talks to Kim Mance about traveling to the mountain kingdom of Losotho in Southern Africa. Losotho is a small mountainous region surrounded by South Africa but is an independent constitutional monarchy. The country has a very rural po | 8/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#291 - Travel to Honduras | The Amateur Traveler talks to Matt Wall about traveling to and living in Honduras. Matt recommends the Bay Islands in the Caribbean for a beach resort vacation, scuba diving and snorkeling. The main island of Roatan have everything from all-inclusive res | 7/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#290 - Travel to the Azores | The Amateur Traveler talks to New York travel writer Jeanine Barone about the Azores. The Azores are a chain of islands belonging to Portugal. Your travel agent will extol the beauty of the beaches but Jeanine says that the best of the Azores can be seen | 7/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#289 - Travel to Nigeria | The Amateur Traveler talks to David from London about his home country of Nigeria. David recommends, against the advice of others, that people who visit Nigeria visit the largest city which is Lagos. Lagos is the second most populous city in Africa after | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#288 - Travel to Rome with Andy Steves | The Amateur Traveler talks to Andy Steves about Rome, Italy. Andy talks about practical issues like how to get into and around Rome, how to connect to the Rome of the Roman Empire (the Coloseum, Forum and Circus Maximus, Basilica of Maxentius and Constan | 7/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#287 Travel to Alaska | The Amateur Traveler talks to Joe Bickley of Alaska Backcountry Consulting about traveling to Alaska, particularly the interior and back country. Alaska is a bug state and Joe lives in the center of it near Fairbanks but at the northern end of the Alaska | 7/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#286 - Travel to Southern South Korea | The Amateur Traveler talks to Rease from 2 Nomads, 1 Narrative about South Korea. Rease and his girlfriend Nicki taught English for a year in Southern South Korea and also took time t travel around the country. We start in the city of Busan which also ca | 6/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#285 - Travel to St. Louis, Missouri | The Amateur Traveler talks to Rease Kirchner about her hometown of St. Louis Missouri. St. Louis is known for its iconic Arch and is known as the gateway to the west. Rease claims that St. Louis has the largest urban park in the U.S., and now boasts abou | 6/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#284 - Travel to Wiltshire in England | The Amateur Traveler talks to Keith Kellet about the area around his home in Wiltshire England. Wiltshire has been inhabited since the end of the last ice age and has a rich depth of history including the icon site of Stonehenge. Averbury which is an eve | 6/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#283 - Travel to Gibralter | The Amateur Traveler talks to San Francisco Chronicle Travel Editor Spud Hilton about Gibraltar. This little patch of England at the bottom of Spain is more than just a place where you can see a large rock and get good fish and chips with your tapas. Exp | 6/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#282 - Travel to the Guangxi region of China | The Amateur Traveler talks to Shawn Farris about his recent trip to the Guangxi region in China. Guangxi is a lesser known but spectacular region in south western China known for its rugged karst mountains and green terraced rice paddies. Shawn explored | 5/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#281 - Travel to Sydney, Australia | The Amateur Traveler talks to Alix (of Alix and Jace’s Amazing Adventure) about her hometown of Sydney Australia. Alix has many ideas about fun things to do in Sydney so you don’t just end up with the rest of the tourists on Darling Harbor. A | 5/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#280 - Travel to England's Lake District | The Amateur Traveler talks to Zoë Dawes from TheQuirkyTraveler.com about England's Lake District. This beautiful pastoral area was made famous by the poets and artists in the romantic period, most | 5/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#279 - Travel to Cyprus | The Amateur Traveler talks to Roni Weiss about his visit to the divided country of Cyprus. Roni went to Cyprus in part to complete a quest to visit every country in Europe. Roni couchsurfed which gave him a chance to stay with Turkish and Greek Cypriots | 5/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#278 - Travel to the Four Corners Region in the American SouthWest | The Amateur Traveler talks to Erik Smith again about his trip to the Four Corners area in the American southwest. Four Corners is the spot where 4 U.S. states meet: Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. While the Four Corners spot itself is just a phot | 4/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#277 - Travel to Charlottesville, Virginia | The Amateur Traveler talks again to Jason and Janie about their hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia. Charlottesville was has deep historic roots and the homes of Presidents Jefferson and Madison with the home of Monroe close by as well. Charlottesville | 4/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#276 - Travel to Southern Taiwan | The Amateur Traveler talks to Michael Soncina who returns to the show to talk about his recent travels in Southern Taiwan. Michael took advantage of a Taiwan promotion targeting backpackers that opened up army barracks to provide inexpensive housing in t | 4/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#275 - Travel to Normandy in France | The Amateur Traveler talks to Michael Kenney about traveling to Normandy in France. Michael talks about at least two different invasions associated with this region of France. The oldest was the Norman invasion of England which left from Normandy and is | 4/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#274 - Adventure Travel in Botswana | The Amateur Traveler talks to Spencer Quong who is a adventure travel guide about his recent trip to Botswana in south central Africa. After reading the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency his traveling companions were drawn to this country and its incredible | 4/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#273 - Travel to Lebanon | The Amateur Traveler talks to Sherry Ott again about a very recent trip to Lebanon. Sherry traveled to Lebanon as part of a program with a cultural exchange program with Geovisions which involved in a home stay. She stayed much of her visit in Beirut whi | 3/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#272 - Volunteer Travel to West Africa (Sierra Leone & Liberia) | The Amateur Traveler talks to Chris Guillebeau from the Art of Non-Conformity about his years volunteering in West Africa with the NGO (non-governmental organization) Mercy Ships. Chris and his wife volunteered with this organization in Sierra Leone and | 3/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#271 - Travel to Bodrum, Turkey | The Amateur Traveler talks to Uluç from Indianapolis, originally form Istanbul, about his trips to Bodrum, Turkey. Bodrum is a popular Turkish beach resort but has been receiving tourists as long as there have been tourists. It is the home to the | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#270 - Travel to Brooklyn in New York City | The Amateur Traveler talks to Andrew Hickey of TheBrooklynNomad.com about his home town. Andrew gives us reasons to visit this borough of New York City next time we are in town from some of the neighborhoods like DUMBO, Williamsburg, GreenPoint, Brownsvi | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#269 - Pamplona Spain - The Running of the Bulls and the San Fermin Fiesta | The Amateur Traveler talks to Vicente Perez about his home city of Pamplona, Spain. Pamplona is best known for the festival of San Fermin and of course for the running of the bulls. Vicente tells us more about that colorful festival, of which, the runnin | 2/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#268 - Travel to Albania | The Amateur Traveler talks to Francis Tapon from WanderLearn.com about Albania which has gone from a totally closed society 20 years ago to a destination that Lonely Planet ranked as the #1 destination for travel this year (that was before some of the re | 2/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#267 - Travel to Corsica, France | The Amateur Traveler talks to Jeff Steiner from Americans in France to talk about a lesser known part of France which is the island of Corsica. The island is better known to Americans as the home of Napoleon Bonaparte but the French call the island L&rsq | 2/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#266 - Travel to Los Angeles, California - part 2 | The Amateur Traveler talks to Eric Schwartzman (author, educator and podcaster) about his hometown of Los Angeles. In this second part of a two part series of episodes Eric will give us the last two days of his sample itineraries for 4 days in the Los An | 2/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#265 - Travel to Los Angeles, California - part 1 | The Amateur Traveler talks to Eric Schwartzman (author, educator and podcaster) about his hometown of Los Angeles. Over a two part series of episodes Eric will give us sample itineraries for 4 days in the Los Angeles area. Be forewarned that no theme par | 1/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#264 - Travel to Aspen, Colorado | The Amateur Traveler talks to Kara Williams of TheVacationGals.com about Aspen, Colorado. Like so many locals who live in that area of Colorado, Kara came for the winters but stayed for the summers. She tells us about this historic silver-mining town tha | 1/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#263 - Travel to Northwest Argentina | The Amateur Traveler talks to Jeff Jung from Career Break Secrets about a trip to Northwest Argentina that left an impression on this intrepid traveler. Jeff, an expat, who lives in Colombia, traveled to the provinces of Salta and Jujuy, far away from th | 1/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#262 - Travel to Bosnia | The Amateur Traveler talks to intrepid “20 something” traveler Stephanie Yoder about the country that she thinks is the most beautiful in the world – Bosnia. In an area that was well known for first the winter Olympics and then a devast | 1/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#261 - Travel to Melbourne, Australia | The Amateur Traveler talks to Andy Dye about his adopted hometown of Melbourne Australia. Andy grew up in England but fell in love with Melbourne. Sure the weather was better but Andy also discovered a city with street art, vibrant cafes, culture and spo | 1/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#260 - Biking Spain's Camino di Santiago | The Amateur Traveler talks to Ben Dixon about biking the route of the Camino di Santiago in northern Spain. The Camino di Santiago is a an ancient pilgrim trail that runs across northern Spain from the border with France to Santiago di Compostella. The c | 12/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#259 - Travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | The Amateur Traveler talks to Chris Bogdon who talks to us about his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This former steel capital has undergone a renaissance since its steel business went away and Chris tells us some of the reasons to visit this city | 12/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#258 - Travel to Xi'an, China | The Amateur Traveler talks to Brook about her recent trip to Xi’an China. Xi’an is the capital of the Shaanxi province of China and is perhaps best known for the Terracotta Army of Chinese emperor Liu Bang, but what Brook and her husband disc | 12/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#257 - Travel to Glacier National Park and Western Montana | The Amateur Traveler talks to Karl Anders who returns to the show to talk about travel to Western Montana and in particular to the majestic Glacier National Park. Karl encourages us to drive the Going to the Sun Highway but then to get off the blacktop a | 12/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#256 - Travel to the West Bank / Palestinian National Authority | The Amateur Traveler talks to Matthew Long from LandLopers.com about his trip to the West Bank or the Palestinian Authority. Mathew did day trips into this emerging state from Jerusalem and tells us about visiting Jericho and Bethlehem, the city of David | 11/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#255 - Photo Tour of Egypt | Chris, the Amateur Traveler himself, talks about the recent Ralph Velasco / Amateur Traveler Photo Tour of Egypt which was a guided tour of Egypt run by Cosmos. The tour started in Cairo with the Pyramids and the Sphinx, the Egyptian museum, old mosques, | 11/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#254 - Cruising the Rhine River | The Amateur Traveler talks about his recent fam cruise on the Avalon Luminary down the Rhine River from Basel in Switzerland through France and Germany to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Along the away he visited three UNESCO World Heritage sites: Strasbou | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#253 - Cruising the Coast of Norway with Hurtigruten | The Amateur Traveler talks to Jeremy from Palm Beach Gardens Florida who talks to use about cruising up the Norwegian coastline into the Arctic Circle on a Hurtigruten cruise. Jeremy lives someplace warm so when he and his wife travel they often travel s | 10/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#252 - Travel to the Black Hills of South Dakota | The Amateur Traveler talks to Fred who talks about a road trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota. Fred and his wife went to Mt Rushmore for sure, but also to other sites in the area that are less well known like Devil’s Tower, Deadwood, Wall Drug, | 10/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#251 - Travel to Papua New Guinea | The Amateur Traveler talks to Beth Whitman of Waderlust and Lipstick about her recent Papua New Guinea. Beth was attracted to this remote country that produced more languages than any other country because of people separated by its rugged terrain. She t | 10/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#250 - Travel to the Gulf Coast of Florida | The Amateur Traveler talks to Chuck Prevatte about vacationing in the warm waters and on the white beaches of the panhandle of Florida. This is a vacation for those who want to slow down and relax. There are nightclubs in Panama City and water parks but | 10/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#249 - Travel to Milan, Italy | The Amateur Traveler talks to Jessica Spiegel of BootsNAll’s Italy blog “Why Go Italy” and the Eye on Italy podcast about one of her favorite cities in Italy: Milan. Jessica tells us about the fashion industry, the spectacular cathedral | 9/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#248 - Travel to Toronto, Ontario | The Amateur Traveler talks to Corinne from Have Baby Will Travel who is a life-long Torontonian (that is to say that she lives in Toronto, Ontario). Corinne gives us an interduction to her city and its many parks, its great ethnic food, its iconic skylin | 9/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#247 - Travel to Chile | The Amateur Traveler talks to Jodi Ettenberg of legalnomads.com about her trip to Chile. Jodi left the corporate world as a lawyer and started her trip around the world with a visit to Chile. She first went mountain climbing in Patagonia (both in Chile a | 9/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#246 - Travel to Northern Ohio | The Amateur Traveler talks to Seth Oakley about traveling to his birthplace in Northern Ohio. Years ago Ohio and Northern Ohio in particular, had a very bad reputation for pollution that one can only get when a river (the Cuyahoga) catches fire. But thes | 9/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#245 - Travel to Miami, Florida | The Amateur Traveler talks to Kara from Miami about her hometown of Miami. Kara tells us Miami is not as it is pictured in TV shows like Miami Vice and Burn Notice (except perhaps that it is filled with beautiful people). She tells us about some of her f | 8/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#244 - Travel to Montpellier and the Languedoc Region of France | The Amateur Traveler talks to Christine Cantera about her time living in the Languedoc region of France in the city Montpellier. Montpellier is sometimes called the San Francisco of France. Christine shares with us a few thoughts about cafes, bars, which | 8/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#243 - Travel to Namibia | The Amateur Traveler talks to Carla, Jason and Janie about their trip to Nambia. While traveling in southern African to attend some of the games of the World Cup the three made a visit to nearby Namibia after hearing from friends that it was one of their | 8/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#242 - Day Trips from Florence, Italy | The Amateur Traveler talks to Italophile Ira Bernstein who returns to the show to talk about day trips in Tuscany that you can take from Florence. We talk about visiting the walled city of Siena and its famous bareback horse race the palio, viewing the m | 8/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#241 - Travel to Mail | The Amateur Traveler talks to Dan Stromberg about his recent trip to Mali. Mali is a destination so remote that Dan says “I couldn’t imagine myself being here when I was there”. Dan started in the capital city of Bamako, before heading | 7/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#240 - Travel to New Zealand's North Island | Chris, the Amateur Traveler himself, talks about a recent trip to New Zealand’s North Island where he went to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds and took a dolphin watching cruise up by the Bay of Islands. He visited the Coromandel Peninsula with Cathedra | 7/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#239 - Travel to Prince Edward Island in Canada | The Amateur Traveler talks to Pamela Beck of the Department of Tourism for Prince Edward Island in Eastern Canada. Pamela describes Prince Edward Island (or PEI) as a get away from it all location that is easy to get to. Surrounded by beaches this 140 mi | 7/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#238 - Travel to the Cook Islands | The Amateur Traveler talks to Melanie Waldman of TravelsWithTwo.com about a recent trip to the Cook Islands in the Pacific. Think of the Cook Islands as Tahiti without the French language and using the New Zealand dollar to make it more affordable. Melan | 7/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#237 - Travel to Bali in Indonesia | The Amateur Traveler talks to Sam Oppenheim who makes a rare 4th appearance on the show to talk about Bali in Indonesia. Sam started his exploration of Bali in Ubud which is the cultural capital of the area. He met two of the people mentioned in the popu | 6/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#236 - Travel to Michigan | The Amateur Traveler talks to Erik Smith about his home state of Michigan. Erik has been on the show twice before talking about National Parks but this time he tells us about the beautiful state of Michigan. While Erik is from the Detroit area and describ | 6/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#235 - UNESCO World Heritage Sites | The Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt of Everything-Everywhere.com about UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The World Heritage List includes 890 sites from around the world which are part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Co | 6/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#234 - Travel to Ghana | The Amateur Traveler talks to Lillie Marshall of AroundTheWorldL.com about the 3 months she volunteered in Ghana in sub-Saharan West Africa on her round the world trip. She worked for the program Youth Creating Change. Lillie talks about some of the touri | 5/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#233 - Travel to Hong Kong | The Amateur Traveler talks to Melody who has been living as an exchange student in Hong Kong. Melody tells us what to see in Hong Kong from the very western feeling Central neighborhood of Hong Kong island, the peak and the mid-level escalators to the mor | 5/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#232 - Travel to Montenegro | The Amateur Traveler talks to photographer Ralph Velasco about a trip to the very new country of Montenegro. When Ralph visited the country it was the newest country on the planet after it split off of Serbia. This mountainous country boasts the southern | 5/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#231 - Travel to Taiwan | The Amateur Traveler talks to Matt Anderson about a recent trip to Taiwan during the Chinese new year celebration. Matt, who is an English teacher in South Korea, started his trip in Taiwan’s capital of Taipei before exploring the eastern coast and the | 5/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#230 - Travel to Portland, Oregon | The Amateur Traveler talks to Sean Keaner of the BootsNAll travel network about the city of Portland Oregon. Sean describes the independent character of the city that is expressed in its brew pubs, food carts and hip culture. It is also evident in the fam | 4/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#229 - Travel to Northern Virginia | The Amateur Traveler talks to Matthew Stone about his home in Northern Virginia. Matthew describes things to do in Northern Virginia either as a side trip from Washington D.C. or a trip in its own right. We start at the famous monuments and Arlington Nati | 4/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AT#229 - Travel to Yemen | The Amateur Traveler talks to Chris Rosenkrans from Pennsylvania about his trip to the country of Yemen. Chris started in the capital city of Sana’a which he thinks is one of the beautiful cities he has ever seen. Chris then recommends a trip to the Har | 4/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Wanderlust!
I first heard about the Amateur Traveler a few months ago when the host was interviewed on the MacCast. Since then this has become one of my favourites. Having traveled to some of the places featured, i can say the information and tips are quite good. Chris presents in a very comfortable way, his interview style is good, his guests are interesting, and i've created a bookmarks folder just for all of the great URLs provided in the Enhanced version. It's excellent. Thanks, Chris!
I've got to go now!!
I love the format of the show and the host - laid back, real, and asks all the questions you'll need to know! What an eclectic group of "experts" to tell you all about it the most wonderful places. I've listened to several shows so far and I now I have this great desire to bike thru Tuscany, see Cape Town South Africa (and try some wine), discover Chicago all over, and backpack Europe. Each speaker has a wonderful way of telling a story with humor and not just spewing out the facts. Thank you!!
THE best travel podcast out there
I've listened to most all of Chris' podcasts now. He's very in-depth, objective and doesn't waste time on invaluable information. Great podcasts and the best by a long shot in the travel category.
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