Synopsis
Amateur Traveler is an award winning audio travel show that focuses primarily on the question: "where should you go next and what should you see, do and eat there?". Amateur Traveler won its creator Chris Christensen a Travel+Leisure SMITTY award as the best independent travel journalist and a Society of American Travel Writers Lowell Thomas Award. It is also used to teach English at Oxford University.
Episodes
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AT#758 - Travel to Benin
12/06/2021 Duration: 58minHear about travel to the West African country of Benin as the Amateur Traveler talks to Rachel Decoste who traveled there as part of a journey to discover her roots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#757 - Travel to Western Tanzania
05/06/2021 Duration: 55minHear about travel to western Tanzania to Katavi National Park and Mahale Mountains National Park as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jen Curran from globeandtribe.com about these less visited destinations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#756 - Travel to Florida's Space Coast
29/05/2021 Duration: 49minHear about travel to Florida's Space Coast as the Amateur Traveler talks to Stacey Marmolejo about the area of the coast near Cape Canaveral. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#755 - Travel to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
22/05/2021 Duration: 58minHear about travel to the Galapagos Islands as Chris Christensen, the Amateur Traveler himself, talks about a live-aboard cruise of the Galapagos Islands on Quasar Expeditions M/V Evolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#754 - Travel to the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia
15/05/2021 Duration: 40minHear about travel to the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia as the Amateur Traveler talks to award-winning photographer Susan Portnoy about her visit to this remote and beautiful corner of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#655 - Canal Cruising in France (Repeat)
08/05/2021 Duration: 48minHere about a trip on the Canal du Midi in the south of France including the medieval city of Carcassonne. What cruising on a luxury hotel barge is like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#753 - Travel to Big Bend National Park and Southwestern Texas
01/05/2021 Duration: 59minThings to do and see in Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Alpine, and Marfa, Texas. This is an area of open space, mountains, and desert along the U.S.'s southern border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#752 - Travel to Jordan
24/04/2021 Duration: 59minJordan is a country with crusader castles, canyoneering, the lost city of Petra, Roman ruins, Bedouin camps, deserts, and the Dead Sea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#751 - Travel to Rome, Italy
17/04/2021 Duration: 52minHear about travel to Rome, Italy as the Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt from Everything-Everywhere.com about travel to the eternal city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#750 - Travel to the Azores
10/04/2021 Duration: 56minHear about travel to the Azores as the Amateur Traveler talks to Maria Lawton from Azorean Green Bean about these Portuguese islands that her family has called home for 500 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#749 - Travel to Calgary and the Canadian Rockies
03/04/2021 Duration: 45minHear about travel to Calgary, Alberta, and vacations from Calgary as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jody Robbins from Travels with Baggage about the area she calls home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#748 - Travel to Guadeloupe
27/03/2021 Duration: 45minHear about Carnival in Guadeloupe and more as the Amateur Traveler talks to Mickela Mallozzi from the PBS show Barefeet with Mickela Mallozzi about her visit to these Caribbean islands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#747 - Travel to Guadalajara, Mexico
20/03/2021 Duration: 54minHear about travel to Guadalajara Mexico as the Amateur Traveler talks to food, travel, and surf enthusiast Paul Hudson about the city he calls home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#746 - Driving the Dalton Highway in Alaska
13/03/2021 Duration: 01h04sHear about driving the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks to the Arctic Ocean as the Amateur Traveler talks to Erick Smith about his journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#745 - Travel to Nicaragua
06/03/2021 Duration: 49minHear about travel to Nicaragua as the Amateur Traveler talks to Michael Cobb who spent 14 years in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#744 - Travel to Central Oregon
27/02/2021 Duration: 58minHear about travel to Bend and Central Oregon as the Amateur Traveler talks to Catherine Ryan Gregory from To & Fro Fam about this adventure travel playground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#743 - Travel to the Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
20/02/2021 Duration: 58minHear about travel to the Yamaguchi Prefecture of Japan as the Amateur Traveler talks to Dr. Corinne Devine who is stationed there with the U.S. Navy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#742 - Hadrian's Wall Walking in Northern England
13/02/2021 Duration: 47minHear about walking Hadrian's Wall as the Amateur Traveler talks to Larissa Milne from Changes in Longitude about their 10-day trek of this old Roman Wall across Northern England. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#741 - Travel to the Tohoku Region of Japan
06/02/2021 Duration: 48minHear about travel to the Tohoku Region of Japan as the Amateur Traveler talks to Sandra Thomas-Comenole from the Behavior Economics in Marketing Podcast about her travels in the region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#740 - Travel to Mysore, India
30/01/2021 Duration: 47minHear about travel to Mysore, India as the Amateur Traveler talks to Rahul Iyer about the city of palaces in the Indian highlands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices