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#457 - Travel to the Island of Cebu in the Philippines
21/02/2015 Duration: 43minHear about travel to the region around Island of Cebu as the Amateur Traveler talks to Tommo & Megsy from fivedollartraveller.com about their vacation in Visayas, the central group of islands in the Philippines. They visited the islands of Bohol, Cebu and Negros. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#456 - Hiking the Kings Trail (Kungsleden) in Swedish Lapland
14/02/2015 Duration: 31minHear about hiking the Kings Trail (Kungsleden) in Swedish Lapland as the Amateur Traveler talks to Agata from nullnfull.com about this northern and rugged portion of Sweden. Agata says, “Lapland is all about nature and wilderness”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#455 - Travel to Haiti
07/02/2015 Duration: 44minHear about travel to Haiti as the Amateur Traveler talks to Daniel Noll & Audrey Scott from uncorneredmarket.com about travel to this rather ignored Caribbean country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#454 - Travel to Mumbai, India
31/01/2015 Duration: 45minHear about travel to Mumbai India as the Amateur Traveler talks to Stephanie Hays of RealityToursAndTravel.com about travel to this crowded, noisy, vibrant city. With the background sounds of the horns of auto rickshaws we find out why a girl from Chattanooga, Tennessee ended up in India's largest city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#453 - Travel to Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
24/01/2015 Duration: 41minHear about travel to the state of Guanajuato Mexico (including San Miguel de Allende) as the Amateur Traveler talks to Tim Leffel of perceptivetravel.com about his adopted home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#452 - Travel to Delaware
17/01/2015 Duration: 47minHear about travel to Delaware as the Amateur Traveler talks to Mara Gorman from MotherOfAllTrips.com about traveling to her small but historic adopted home state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#451 - Travel to Seville, Spain
10/01/2015 Duration: 51minHear about travel to Seville, Spain as the Amateur Traveler talks to Cat Gaa from sunshineandsiestas.com about life in her adopted city. Hear about what to see, do and eat in Seville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#450 - Travel to Little Rock, Arkansas
03/01/2015 Duration: 50minHear about travel to Little Rock, Arkansas as the Amateur Traveler talks to Sara Beth Jones & Alison Chino from sarabethjones.com and alisonchino.com about their home town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#449 - Travel to the Mainland of Greece
21/12/2014 Duration: 52minHear about travel to the mainland of Greece as the Amateur Traveler talks to Margherita Ragg from thecrowdedplanet.com about one of her favorite countries. Margherita comes from Italy so she has traveled to Greece on numerous occasions. We talk at length about Athens, Delphi and Meteora. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#448 - Travel to Lisbon, Portugal
13/12/2014 Duration: 49minHear about travel to Lisbon, Portugal as the Amateur Traveler talks to Nelson Carvalheiro about the capital of his native country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#447 - Travel to the Island of Madeira
06/12/2014 Duration: 31minHear about travel to the island of Madeira as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jörgen Abrahamsson who is a tour guide from Tue Nordic in this small Portuguese possession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#446 - Travel to Canberra, Australia
29/11/2014 Duration: 54minHear about travel to Canberra, Australia as the Amateur Traveler talks to Tenele Conway from www.hungryplanetblog.com about Australia's capital city and the Australian Capital Territory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#445 - Travel to Fiji
22/11/2014 Duration: 33minHear about travel to Fiji as the Amateur Traveler talks to David Brodie from Travel in 10 about his trip to this Island Paradise. David says "of all the places I have been around the world, Fiji is one of the ones that really drew me back. " Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#444 - Travel to Northern Australia
15/11/2014 Duration: 35minHear about travel to Northern Australia (Northwest Territories) as the Amateur Traveler talks to Sam Guerra from EscapeFromTheBay.blogspot.com. The "Top End" is "one of the more exotic parts of Australia for sure and it's definitely the closest place you can go to get an authentic feel for aboriginal culture which in my opinion is something that makes Australia unique. There is a lot of natural beauty and a lot of wildlife up there. It is nearly untouched." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#443 - Travel to New York City with Pauline Frommer
08/11/2014 Duration: 53minHear about travel to New York City as the Amateur Traveler talks to Pauline Frommer about her hometown. Pauline was born in New York City and never moved away. She also just finished the Frommer's Easy Guide to New York City guidebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#442 - Travel to Slovakia
01/11/2014 Duration: 48minHear about travel to Slovakia as the Amateur Traveler talks to Julie Callahan from TheWorldInBetween.com. When Julie's family moved to Bratislava, Slovakia 3 years ago they didn't have a single friend who knew where this central European country was located. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#441 - Travel to Poland
25/10/2014 Duration: 01h34sHear about travel to Poland as the Amateur Traveler talks again to Chris Bogdon about his recent trip to Poland. Chris brought his kids and his parents to experience the country where his family came from. Chris did an overview of the country on a bus tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#440 - Travel to Vermont
19/10/2014 Duration: 43minHear about travel to Vermont as the Amateur Traveler talks to Dana Freeman of findandgoseek.net about her adopted home state. Dana has lived in Vermont for 14 years and someday her children's children may be Vermonters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#439 - Travel to West Sweden
04/10/2014 Duration: 54minHear about travel to West Sweden as the Amateur Traveler talks to Bret Love from GreenGlobalTravel.com about both his recent trip and my recent trip to this beautiful part of Sweden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AT#438 - Travel to Baltimore, Maryland
27/09/2014 Duration: 44minHear about travel to Baltimore, Maryland as the Amateur Traveler talks to Nancy Parode from about.com. Nancy has lived in the Baltimore area for a total of about 12 years and tells us about her adopted hometown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices