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#477 - Travel to Hyderabad, India
01/08/2015 Duration: 53minHear about travel to Hyderabad India as the Amateur Traveler talks to Sean Whiting about the city he has called home for more than 4 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#476 - Travel to New Orleans, Louisiana
25/07/2015 Duration: 52minHear about travel to New Orleans Louisiana as the Amateur Traveler talks to freelance journalist Jill Robinson. Jill agrees with Earl King "There ain't no city like New Orleans". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#475 - Travel to the Philippines
18/07/2015 Duration: 59minHear about travel to the Philippines as the Amateur Traveler talks to Julie Longland about her travel to the Cordilleras mountain region and the island of Palawan which was just named the "Best Island in the World". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#474 - Ontario Road Trip
11/07/2015 Duration: 46minHear about a road trip around Ontario as the Amateur Traveler talks to guidebook author Carolyn Heller, author of the Moon guide to Ontario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#473 - Cruising Southeastern Alaska on Un-Cruise
04/07/2015 Duration: 30minHear about Cruising Southeastern Alaska on Un-Cruise Adventures as the Amateur Traveler goes on a cruise where dressing for dinner and bingo are replaced with kayaking and bushwhacking. Chris and his wife explored with 84 other passengers on the Safari Endeavor the islands, inlets, and glaciers of the Alaskan panhandle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#472 - Travel to Atlanta, Georgia
27/06/2015 Duration: 33minHear about travel to Atlanta, Georgia as the Amateur Traveler talks to return guest Chris Willis about his hometown. Chris has been on the show talking about distant and exotic places but this time we talk about the land of Margret Mitchell and Coca-Cola. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#471 - Travel to Austin, Texas
20/06/2015 Duration: 46minHear about travel to Austin, Texas as the Amateur Traveler talks to Mike Hinshaw of nomadictexan.com about his hometown. Mike says of Austin, “it is a fun place. It has wonderful food. It has great music." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#470 - Travel to Hamburg, Germany
13/06/2015 Duration: 38minHear about travel to Hamburg, Germany as the Amateur Traveler talks to Romy Mlinzk from snoopsmaus.de about her hometown, the second largest port in Europe and Germany's second city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#469 - Travel to Munich Germany
06/06/2015 Duration: 30minHear about travel to Munich Germany as the Amateur Traveler talks to Laurel Robbins of monkeysandmountains.com about her adopted city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#468 - Travel to Southern Morocco
23/05/2015 Duration: 45minThis episode of the Amateur Traveler talks about the recent Amateur Traveler trip to southern Morocco. 9 of the 10 people who joined me on this trip also join me for the podcast to share the good and bad of the trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#467 - Travel to Louisville, Kentucky
16/05/2015 Duration: 37minHear about travel to Louisville, Kentucky as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jason Falls, social media author and speaker about his home town. Jason says, "Louisville is a fantastic city, it also has a lot going on from a tourism standpoint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#466 - Travel to Namibia's Skeleton Coast
09/05/2015 Duration: 53minHear about travel to Namibia's Skeleton Coast as the Amateur Traveler talks again to Susan Portnoy of theinsatiabletraveler.com about her trip to this memorable reagion of Africa. Namibia is the size of France and Great Britain combined but with only 2 million people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#465 - Travel to the Czech Republic
02/05/2015 Duration: 29minHear about travel to the Czech Republic as the Amateur Traveler talks to Anthony Hennen from anthonyhennen.com about his trip to the areas of the country outside of Prague. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#464 - Travel to the Tennessee Valley (Tennessee, Alabama)
25/04/2015 Duration: 34minHear about travel to the Tennessee River Valley as the Amateur Traveler talks to Chuck Prevatte from foodwinebeertravel.com about the region from Chatanooga, Teneesee to Huntsville, Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#463 - Travel to the Cayman Islands
11/04/2015 Duration: 30minHear about travel to the Cayman Islands as the Amateur Traveler talks to Kendra Pierre-Louis from kendrawrites.com about her trip to this island paradise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#462 - Travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04/04/2015 Duration: 48minHear about travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the Amateur Traveler talks to Larissa and Michael Milne of changesinlongitude.com. They recently authored the "Philadelphia Liberty Trail" book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#461 - Travel to North Carolina
28/03/2015 Duration: 41minHear about travel to North Carolina as the Amateur Traveler talks to Karen Dawkins of familytravelsonabudget.com about the Tar Heel State. We cover from Mount Mitchell in the west to the Outer Banks in the east. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#460 - Cruising Around Cape Horn in South America
21/03/2015 Duration: 42minHear about cruising from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Valparaiso, Chile around Cape Horn in South America as the Amateur Traveler relates stories of a recent Holland America cruise on the Zaandam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#459 - Travel to Tel Aviv, Israel
14/03/2015 Duration: 48minHear about travel to Tel Aviv, Israel as the Amateur Traveler talks to Shimrit Elisar from diytelavivguide.com about her home city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#458 - Volunteer Travel with Peace Corp Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet
07/03/2015 Duration: 36minHear about volunteer travel with the Peace Corps as the Amateur Traveler talks to Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet. Director Hessler-Radelet not only served in the Peace Corps herself in Western Samoa but 4 generations of her family have done so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices