Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

AT#440 - Travel to Vermont

19 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Vermont as the Amateur Traveler talks to Dana Freeman of findandgoseek.net about her adopted home state. Dana has lived in Vermon...

AT#439 - Travel to West Sweden

04 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear 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...

AT#438 - Travel to Baltimore, Maryland

27 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear 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 t...

AT#437 - Canada's UNESCO World Heritage Sites

20 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about all of Canada's UNESCO World Heritage Sites as the Amateur Traveler talks again to Gary Arndt of Everything-Everywhere.com about traveling ...

AT#436 - Travel the Silk Road in China's Gansu Province

13 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Silk Road in China's Gansu Province as the Amateur Traveler talks again to Lee Moore from Silk Road Hitchhikers about his tri...

AT#435 - Travel to Iran

06 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Iran as the Amateur Traveler talks to Shara Johnson from sjktravel.net about her recent trip to that country. George W. Bush call...

AT#434 - Travel to Luxembourg

30 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Luxembourg as the Amateur Traveler talks to Rosie Titterington about her adopted country. Rosie had never heard of Luxembourg bef...

AT#433 - Travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

23 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the Amateur Traveler talks to Chris and Sasha Rosencranz about their recent trip to...

AT#432 - Travel to Salzburg, Austria

09 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Salzburg, Austria as the Amateur Traveler talks to Gina Czupka about her time living in Salzburg. Salzburg is a "compact walkable...

AT#431 - Travel to Orlando, Florida

02 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Orlando, Florida as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jason Cochran who is the editor of Frommers.com and the editor to the Frommer's...

AT#430 - Travel to Charleston, South Carolina

26 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Charleston, South Carolina as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jen Leo from This Week in Travel and her husband John Caldwell about ...

AT#429 - Travel on a South African Safari

19 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to South Africa on safari as the Amateur Traveler talks to Susan Portnoy from theinsatiabletraveler.com about her recent experience ...

AT#428 - Travel to Paris, France

12 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Paris, France as the Amateur Traveler talks to Annie Sargant and Elyse Riven from JoinUsInFrance.com. Annie and Elyse do a wonde...

AT#427 - Travel to Lazio, Italy

05 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Lazio, Italy as the Amateur Traveler talks to Nancy Parode from about.com and sixtyandme.com about one of her favorite regions in...

AT#426 - Travel to Tasmania, Australia

28 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Tasmania in Australia as the Amateur Traveler talks to Robert Reid, the Offbeat Observer for National Geographic Traveler, about ...

AT#425 - Travel to South Tyrol, Italy

22 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the South Tyrol region of Italy as the Amateur Traveler talks to Alison and Andrew Cornford-Matheson from CheeseWeb.eu about thei...

AT#424 - Travel to Memphis, Tennessee

14 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Memphis, Tennessee as the Amateur Traveler talks to Lance from tripsbylance.com about this city where he has lived on and off for...

AT#423 - Travel to Jordan

07 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Jordan as the Amateur Traveler himself, Chris Christensen, relates stories about his recent visit to the country. Learn more abou...

AT#422 - Travel to Lassen National Park, California

01 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Lassen National Park in northern California as the Amateur Traveler talks to Dick Jordan about this spectacular if less visited d...

AT#421 - Travel to the Western Sahara, (Morocco)

24 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Western Sahara as the Amateur Traveler  talks to Francis Tapon about this disputed region as part of his trip to every count...

AT#420 - Hike the Lycian Way in Turkey

17 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about Hiking the Lycian Way in Southern Turkey as the Amateur Traveler talks to authors Warren and Betsy Talbot from MarriedWithLuggage.com about...

AT#419 - Travel to Denver, Colorado

10 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Denver, Colorado as the Amateur Traveler talks to Lance Longwell from TravelAdicts.net about his home town, the "Mile High City"....

AT#418 - Travel to Winnipeg, Manitoba

03 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Winnipeg, Manitoba as the Amateur Traveler talks to return guest Michael Soncina of Sonchy’s Adventures about this city on the ...

AT#417 - Travel to Saint Helena

27 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Saint Helena as the Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt about his visit to this isolated island between Africa and South America...

AT#416 - Travel to Southwest England

19 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Southwest England as the Amateur Traveler talks to Edith about her adopted home. This episode will look at the area southwest of ...

AT#415 - Travel to Riga, Latvia

13 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Riga, Latvia as the Amateur Traveler  talks again to Spud Hilton, the travel editor for the San Francisco Chronicle, about his r...

AT#414 - Travel to Nova Scotia

06 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Nova Scotia as the Amateur Traveler talks to Sherry Ott about her recent trip to this province in Eastern Canada. Sherry returns ...

AT#413 - Travel to Dusseldorf, Germany

29 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Düsseldorf, Germany as the Amateur Traveler talks to Erik and Anne Hess about this city on the Rhine. Carnival, Christmas Market...

AT#412 - Travel to Mazatlan, Mexico

22 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Mazatlan, Mexico as the Amateur Traveler talks again to Craig Zabransky about this Mexico seaport. Mazatlan is on the west coast ...

AT#411 - Travel to Arctic Manitoba

15 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Arctic Manitoba as the Amateur Traveler talks to Marybeth Bond from GutsyTraveler.com about her recent trip to Churchill Manitoba...

AT#410 - Travel to Indonesia and the Island of Komodo

08 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Indonesia as the Amateur Traveler talks to repeat guest Chris Willis about his trip to Indonesia. The main objective of Chris’s...

AT#409 - Travel to Mobile, Alabama

01 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Mobile, Alabama as the Amateur Traveler talks to Carla Rountree from theinconsistentnomad.com about her home state. There are bea...

AT#408 - Travel to Sudan

22 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Sudan as the Amateur Traveler  talks to Nicholas Bori of the I Quit project about his journey through that remote African countr...

AT#407 - Travel to Montana

15 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Montana as the Amateur Traveler talks to Donna Hull from MyItchyTravelFeet.com. Donna and her husband visited Montana in 2001 as ...

AT#406 - Travel to the Russian Far East

09 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Russian Far East as the Amateur Traveler talks to freelance travel journalist Robert Reid about his numerous journeys to this...

AT#405 - Travel to The Pantanal, Brazil

31 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to The Pantanal in Brazil as the Amateur Traveler talks to Daisy about her recent trip to this vast wetlands area. The Pantanal is s...

AT#404 - Travel to Southern Alberta in Canada

25 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Southern Alberta as the Amateur Traveler talks to Karl Andrews from Calgary about travel to his home province. The Canadian Rocki...

AT#403 - Travel to the Island of Socotra and Yemen

18 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Island of Socotra and Yemen as the Amateur Traveler talks to Earl from WanderingEarl.com about a visit to this isolated islan...

AT#402- Travel to the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean

11 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean as the Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt about his journey to vis...

AT#401 - Travel to Vieques, Puerto Rico

04 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the island of Vieques off Puerto Rico as the Amateur Traveler talks to Ira Winston from Philadelphia about his recent trip there....

AT#400 - Travel to Panama

21 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Panama as the Amateur Traveler talks to Chaundra from London about her recent trip to that country. She spent a week in Panama be...

AT#399 Travel to Flanders in Belgium

14 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Flanders in Belgium from the Amateur Traveler. I recently traveled to 5 cities in Belgium: Antwerp, Ghent, Ieper, Bruges and Brus...

AT#398 - Travel to New Jersey

07 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to New Jersey as the Amateur Traveler alks to Lisa Luben about her home state. Lisa comes on the show to introduce us to the pretty ...

AT#397 - Travel to Morocco

30 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Morocco as the Amateur Traveler talks to Ralph Velasco about his recent photography tour of the country. Ralph tells us about som...

AT#396 - Travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland

24 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland as the Amateur Traveler talks to Mary Jo Manzanares about her recent trip there. Mary Jo was really int...

AT#395 - Travel to Ottawa, Ontario

17 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Ottawa, Ontario as the Amateur Traveler talks to return guest Michael Soncina of Sonchy's Adventures about Canada's capital city....

AT#394 - Travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

09 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as the Amateur Traveler  talks to Kay from TheKayDays.com who is a University student in Rio."Rio has a c...

AT#393 - Travel to Arequipa, Peru

02 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Arequipa, Peru as the Amateur Traveler talks to Sam from Indefinite Adventure. Arequipa is Peru’s second largest city after Lim...

AT#392 - Trekking in Ecuador’s Quilotoa Loop

26 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about trekking in Ecuador’s Quilotoa Loop as the Amateur Traveler talks to Kim Mance about her recent trip to that country. Kim spent 3 weeks i...

AT#391 - Travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana

19 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Baton Rouge as the Amateur Traveler talks to Lindsay Thomas from TheTraveluster.com about her hometown. Baton Rouge is the capita...

AT#390 - Travel to Ireland

12 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Ireland as Chris, the Amateur Traveler himself, talks about a recent trip to the Emerald Isle. Chris did a driving tour with 7 fa...

AT#389 - Travel to Andalucia, Spain

06 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Andalucia region of Spain as the Amateur Traveler talks to Crawford Hill from Chill Expeditions about his adopted home in Sou...

AT#388 - Travel to the Island of Shikoku, Japan

24 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Island of Shikoku, Japan as the Amateur Traveler talks to Dan from Chicago about his recent trip back to the island. Dan also...

AT#387 - Travel to Macedonia

15 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Macedonia as the Amateur Traveler talks to Kelsey of CineTraveler.com about her recent trip to this country in the Balkans. Maced...

AT#386 - Travel to the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean

08 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean as the Amateur Traveler  talks again to Gary Arndt of Everything-Ev...

AT#385 - Travel to the Republic of the Congo

31 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) as the Amateur Traveler talks to Chris Rosencranz about his recent visit to this co...

AT#384 - Travel to Vienna, Austria

24 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Vienna, Austria as the Amateur Traveler talks to Gerhard Strassgschwandtner who is a tour guide and owner of the Third Man Museum...

AT#383 - Travel to the Navajo Nation (Arizona)

17 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Navajo Nation as the Amateur Traveler talks to Mark Carrara from markstravels.com about his recent visit. The Navajo Nation i...

AT#382 - Travel to Azerbaijan

10 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Azerbaijan as the Amateur Traveler talks to Mason Wiley of Community Based Tourism Azerbaijan about his time spent in the country...

AT#381 - Travel to the Isle of Man

03 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Isle of Man as the Amateur Traveler talks to writer and film maker Andrew White. The Isle of Man is a small island in between...

AT#380 - Travel to Kansas City (Kansas and Missouri)

27 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Kansas City (Kansas and Missouri) as the Amateur Traveler talks to Rob Walch about the Paris of the Plains. Kansas City has that ...

AT#379 - Travel to Belarus

20 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Belarus as the Amateur Traveler talks to Velvet Dallesandro about his trip to this former member state of the Solviet Union. Bela...

AT#378 - Travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina

13 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina as the Amateur Traveler talks to Leandro Gonzalez about his hometown. Buenos Aires is a large cosmopolita...

AT#377 - Travel to South Australia

29 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to South Australia as the Amateur Traveler alks to Dave and Deb from ThePlanetD.com about their recent trip down under. Learn more a...

AT#376 - Travel to Western Norway

22 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Oslo and Western Norway as the Amateur Traveler talks to Øystein about his native Norway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

AT#375 Travel to Amsterdam in the Netherlands

15 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Amsterdam as the Amateur Traveler talks again to Erik Smith from onmyfeetorinmymind.com. Erik returned to Amsterdam for the seven...

AT#374 - Travel to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

08 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jodi Ettenberg from legalnomads.com. Learn more about your ad...

AT#373 Travel to Slovenia

25 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Slovenia as the Amateur Traveler talks again to Michael Soncina about his visit to the country. The country is independent, beaut...

AT#372 - Travel to Stockholm, Sweden

18 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Stockholm, Sweden as the Amateur Traveler talks to Malin from HauteCompass.com about Sweden's beautiful capital city. Learn more ...

AT#371 - Travel to Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe, Zambia)

11 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Victoria Falls as the Amateur Traveler talks to Nir Ben-Dov about his trip to this spectacular falls on the border of Zimbabwe an...

AT#370 - Travel to Fort Worth, Texas

04 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Fort Worth, Texas as the Amateur Traveler  talks again to Jason Hull about Fort Worth Texas the "City of Cowboys and Culture". S...

AT#369 - Travel to Bucharest, Romania

27 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Bucharest as the Amateur Traveler talks to Wandering Earl about visiting and living in that city. Earl calls Bucharest one of the...

AT#368 - Travel to Extremadura, Spain

20 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Extremadura in Spain as the Amateur Traveler talks to Sam from indefiniteadventure.com about living and working there. Extremadur...

AT#367 - Travel to Toulouse, France

13 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to Benny the Irish Polyglot about Toulouse, France. Benny lived in the city for 3 months to work on his French. He was draw...

AT#366 - Travel to Vanuatu

06 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Vanuatu as the Amateur Traveler talks again to Chris Willis who comes back on the show to talk about a recent trip to the remote,...

AT#365 - Travel to the South Side of Chicago, Illinois

30 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the South Side of Chicago as the Amateur Traveler talks to Amy Bugbee, author of "Suffering and Celebration of Life in America", ...

AT#364 - Travel to Japan

23 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Japan on the Amateur Traveler as I relate stories from my recent trip to Tokyo, the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto, the castl...

AT#363 - Travel to Puerto Rico

16 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Puerto Rico as the Amateur Traveler talks to Kaleb Garcia about his home country of Puerto Rico. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ...

AT#362 - Travel to The Guianas - French Guiana, Suriname, and Guyana

09 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to the Guianas (French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana) as the Amateur Traveler  talks to Marcello Arrambide from wanderingtrader.com a...

AT#361 - Travel to North Korea

02 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to North Korea as the Amateur Traveler talks to Matt from England about his recent trip to this closed and insular country. This may...

AT#360 - Volunteer Travel in Uganda

23 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about volunteer travel in Uganda as the Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#359 - Travel to London, England part 2

16 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to London as the Amateur Traveler talks to Amber from americantourguideinlondon.com. In this second part of a two part episode on Lo...

AT#358 - Travel to Perth, Australia

09 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Perth, Australia as the Amateur Traveler talks to Carmen from double-barrelledtravel.com. Carmen grew up in Perth and lived for 2...

AT#357 - Travel to Samoa

03 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Samoa as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jade Johnston from OurOyster.com about their recent trip to this remote pacific destinatio...

AT#356 - Travel to Santa Fe, New Mexico

28 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Santa Fe, New Mexico as the Amateur Traveler talks to Billie Frank from SantaFeTravelers.com about her city, the second oldest in...

AT#355 - Travel to Guatemala

12 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about travel to Guatemala as the Amateur Traveler talks to Shannon O’Donneal from alittleadrift.com about her recent trip to Guatemala. Shannon...

AT#354 - Travel to Myanmar

05 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about Myanmar as the Amateur Traveler talks to Dustin Main from SkinnyBackpacker.com about Myanmar (Burma).  Learn more about your ad choices. V...

AT#353 - Travel to Queensland’s Sunshine Coast

22 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Hear about Queensland's Sunshine Coast north of Brisbane Australia from Annabel Candy. Long white sand beachs, hiking trails, a tropical zoo in the tr...

AT#352 - Travel to London, England

15 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to Amber, an American Tour Guide in London, about her adopted city. Amber is an American expat from London who now takes pe...

AT#351 - Travel to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador

09 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to Jim Lutz from Via Adventures about the Ecuador's Galapagos Islands. "The Galapagos has to be one of the most unique and ...

AT#350 - Travel to The Hill Towns of Southern Tuscany

03 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

TheAmateur Traveler talks to Mary Jo Manzanares about 4 of her favorite hill towns in southern Tuscany: Contignano , Montalcino, Montepulciano and Pie...

AT#349 - Travel to Peru

24 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to Nick Stanziano, co-founder of SA Luxury Expeditions and newly minted Peruvian citizen about his new country of Peru. We ...

AT#348 - Travel to Uganda

17 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to Christian Cummins about his bicycle trip across Uganda. Christian is a British expat who lives in Austria where he works...

AT#347 - Travel to Kenya

10 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to Gretchen about her two trips to Kenya. Gretchen's husband is a wildlife photographer and they both are birders. They wen...

AT#346 - Travel to Medellin Colombia

03 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to David Lee about his parttime home, the “City of the Eternal Spring”, Medellin Colombia. If you just Medellin as a da...

AT#345 - Travel to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Western North Carolina

27 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to Nathan from Wand’rly Magazine about Great Smoky Mountains National Park and about his current home of Western North Ca...

AT#344 - Travel to Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island

20 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to Lee Abbamonte, the youngest American ever to travel to every country in the world, about 3 islands off the coast of Aust...

AT#343 - Travel to Cambodia

06 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to Noah Lederman of SomewhereOrBust.com about his recent trip to Cambodia. Noah visited Anchor Wat, Rabbit Island near Kep,...

AT#342 - Travel to Tajikistan

29 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to Michael Soncina again about his trip to Tajikistan in Central Asia. Tajikistan is smack dab between Pakistan, Afghanista...

AT#341 - Travel to New Zealand's South Island

15 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Amateur Traveler talks to Erik Smith about his month long visit to New Zealand. We focus in this interview about the South Island of New Zealand. ...