Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast
Episodes
AT#240 - Travel to New Zealand's North Island
24 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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...
AT#239 - Travel to Prince Edward Island in Canada
10 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Pamela Beck of the Department of Tourism for Prince Edward Island in Eastern Canada. Pamela describes Prince Edward Isla...
AT#238 - Travel to the Cook Islands
03 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
AT#237 - Travel to Bali in Indonesia
19 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
AT#236 - Travel to Michigan
12 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
AT#235 - UNESCO World Heritage Sites
05 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt of Everything-Everywhere.com about UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The World Heritage List includes 890 sites ...
AT#234 - Travel to Ghana
29 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 rou...
AT#233 - Travel to Hong Kong
22 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
AT#232 - Travel to Montenegro
15 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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...
AT#231 - Travel to Taiwan
08 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
AT#230 - Travel to Portland, Oregon
01 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Sean Keaner of the BootsNAll travel network about the city of Portland Oregon. Sean describes the independent character ...
AT#229 - Travel to Northern Virginia
24 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
AT#228 - Travel to Yemen
17 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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...
AT#227 - Three Weekend Trips From Shanghai, China
10 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Lee from Atlanta about side trips that you can take when you travel to Shanghai this year for Expo 2010. Lee is currentl...
AT#226 - Travel to the Island of Maui, Hawaii revisited part 2
08 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks about a recent trip to Maui as the guest of the Maui Convention and Visitors Bureau. In this second half of a two part epis...
AT#226 - Travel to Island of Maui, Hawaii revisited part 1
03 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks about a recent trip to Maui as the guest of the Maui Convention and Visitors Bureau. In this first half of a two part episo...
AT#225 - Travel to Wales
27 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to John Clayton about a recent trip to Wales. John was the host of a radio travel show called “Travel with a Difference”...
AT#224 - Travel to Hiroshima and the Chugoku Region of Japan
20 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Mike from Toronto who is living in Japan as part of an exchange program Mike talks to use about the Chugoku or middle re...
AT#223 - Rafting Down the Grand Canyon, Arizona
13 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to George Wendt from Oars.com about white water rafting down the Grand Canyon which is one of Chris’s dream vacations. Th...
AT#222 - Travel to Borneo
06 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Betty from Betty in the Sky with a Suitecase about her recent trip to Borneo (Sarawak and Sabah) to see the orangutans a...
AT#221 - Travel to the Republic of Georgia
27 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Kathy from My Time To Travel about her recent trip to the Republic of Georgia. Kathy is a fan of mountains and Georgia h...
AT#220 - Travel to Easter Island / Rapa Nui
20 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Mike and Hillary of the SpotHopping blog about their trip to Easter Island / Rapa Nui in the South Pacific. They visited...
AT#219 - Budget Travel Tips from Pauline Frommer
13 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Pauline Frommer again about tips for budget travel. We talk about booking tours and alternative places to stay instead o...
AT#218 - Travel to the Marquesas Islands
06 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Stefanie Michaels (better known as @AdventureGirl) about a recent trip to the Marquesas Islands which are near Tahiti (o...
AT#217 - The Life of Adventure Travel Tour Guide
30 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Madeline Jhawar from Italy Beyond the Obvious about life as a tour guide for an adventure travel company. Madeline was p...
AT#216 - Travel to Malawi
23 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Joseph about his recent trip to Malawi in Southern Africa. Malawi is not know for its game parks like other countries in...
AT#215 - Travel Photography
16 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to photographer Ralph Velasco about tips to keep in mind when you are taking pictures on your travels. We talk about: ...
AT#214 - Family on Bikes
09 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Nancy Sathre-Vogel from FamilyOnBikes.com about their odyssey – a bike ride with two young boys along the length of th...
AT#213 - Travel to Berlin and Prague in December
02 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about my recent trip to Berlin and Prague in December. This trip was just after the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall and 20 y...
AT#212 - Travel to Geneva, Switzerland (with soundseeing)
19 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler travels to Geneva and experiences the Escalade which celebrates the defeat of the Savoy in 1602. Geneva is the home to many UN ag...
AT#211 - Travel to Johannesburg, South Africa
12 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Ilana Fayerman from Project Explorer about Johannesburg, South Africa. Project Explorer creates educational videos for k...
AT#210 - Travel to the Ancient Capitals of Thailand
05 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Amateur Traveler talks to Matt Kepkes of NomadicMatt.com about his trip to the ancient capitals of Thailand: Ayutthaya, Lopburi and Sukhothai. Before ...
AT#209 - Travel to Eastern Germany
28 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Eleonora about visiting eastern Germany. Eleonora grew up in Dresden and starts our tour there with a city restored from...
AT#208 - Travel to Turin and Bologna (or Eating our way through Italy)
21 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Ira Bernstein about two lesser visited cities in Italy - Turin and Bologna. Turin has the reputation as the Detroit of I...
AT#207 - Travel to the Tyrol (Tirol) Region of Austria
16 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Edith about the mountainous region of Austria where she grew up, the Tyrol. Edith designs for us both a winter and a sum...
AT#206 - Travel to Molokai and Lanai in Hawaii
07 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Pam Mandel of Nerd’s Eye View and the Holoholo Wale blogs about two less visited islands in the Hawaiian islands – L...
AT#205 - Travel to Nepal and Everest
31 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Jon Miller of the Rest of Everest podcast about his journeys in Nepal. Jon originally went to Nepal as part of a film he...
AT#204 - Travel to Iceland
24 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Dave Grenewetzki about his recent trip to Iceland. Taking advantage of the weakness of the Icelandic economy Dave and hi...
AT#203 - Travel to the Gulf States: UAE (Dubai), Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait
14 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt about his trip to the 5 different countries that make up the Gulf states: UAE (Dubai), Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, ...
AT#202 - Travel to Sri Lanka
03 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Karl Anders who has traveled to Sri Lanka 8 times after striking up a friendship with the late author Arthur C. Clarke w...
AT#201 - Travel to the Philippines
26 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Ivan Hernares, an award winning Philippines travel blogger, about his home country of the Philippines. Ivan leads us on ...
AT#200 - Travel to Wisconsin
19 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Christine who comes to tell us that Wisconsin has more to offer than just visiting my relatives. She starts us on a tour...
AT#199 - Travel to Laos
12 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Sam Oppenheim (who has previously been on the show talking about trekking in the Himalayas and traveling to Cuba) about ...
AT#198 - Travel to the Yukon Territory in Canada (and nearby Alaska)
05 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Sarah from Whitehorse in the Yukon about that corner of Canada with long winters but dramatic scenery. She tells of of W...
AT#197 - Travel to Sicily in Italy
29 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Madeline Jhawar from the Italy Beyond the Obvious blog about Sicily. Madeline was a tour guide for a number of years in ...
AT#196 - Travel to Uruguay
22 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Lisa who has lived as student in Uruguay on two different occasions about that small South American country. Lisa talks ...
AT#195 - Travel to Niue in the South Pacific
15 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Nick from Iowa about his stay on the remote tropical island of Niue in the South Pacific. Niue is a coral atoll which is...
AT#194 - Work and Travel Around the World
08 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Lisa Lubin of LLWorldTour about her round the world trip which extended from a year to a two and a half year odyssey and...
AT#193 - Independent Travel to Beijing, China
01 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Lee from Atlanta who is currently living in Qing Dao, China about traveling independently in Beijing, China. Lee describ...
AT#190 - Travel to the Napa Valley in California's Wine Country
19 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Carole Terwilliger Meyers the author of Weekend Adventures in San Francisco and Northern California. Carole comes on th...
AT#192 - Travel to Jerusalem
18 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks again to Douglas Duckett the author of a popular free travel guide to Israel. This time we talked to Douglass about traveli...
AT#191 - Adventure Travel to Venezuela
11 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Diana Higuera who is a native of Venezuela who worked for a number of years as a tour guide on adventure tours to see Ve...
4 Year Anniversary
29 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special Amateur Traveler episode that talks about the history of the show. It also includes one of the early episodes (episode 9 on Bad Hote...
AT#189 - Travel to Prague in the Czech Republic
20 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Audrey Scott and Daniel Knoll of UncorneredMarket.com about Prague where they lived for 5 years. Audrey and Daniel are c...
AT#188 - Travel to Bavaria and Southern Germany
13 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Jason and Janie about their trip to Bavaria and Southern Germany. Jason and Janie had perviously been on the Amateur Tra...
AT#187 - Traveling to Beijing, China with a Tour
06 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Joy Dupont about taking a guided tour to visit Beijing, China. Joy talks about the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the L...
AT#186 - Travel to Estonia
30 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to travel writer Jeanine Barone about Estonia. Estonia is a small forested country with picturesque islands, medieval forti...
AT#185 - Travel to Krakow, Poland
17 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Raul from Atlanta about his recent trip to Krakow Poland. Learn about this former capital of Poland which is a treasure ...
AT#184 - Travel to Oahu, Hawaii
09 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Robin who is an expert on Hawaii about the island of Oahu. More specifically Robin is a Conde Naste "Top Travel Speciali...
AT#183 - Travel to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
02 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Erik Smith (who was a guest on Travel to America’s National Parks - Amateur Traveler Episode 121) about Yellowstone an...
AT#182 - Travel to Venice and the Veneto
25 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Ira Bernstein about why he continues to go back to Venice and the Veneto (the Italian state where Venice is) annually. L...
AT#181 - Travel to the Virgin Islands
18 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Harry Pariser about the Virgin Islands. Harry is the author of Explore the Virgin Islands which just printed its seventh...
AT#180 - Cruise to the Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica
11 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to again to Chris Willis (Swimming with Whales off Tonga - Episode 38, Ethiopia - Episode 79, Mountain Gorillas in Uganda a...
AT#179 - Travel to the Kingdom of Bhutan
04 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Jose from Caracas Venezuela about a recent trip to Bhutan. Learn about this remote country in the himalayas. Jose, a fr...
AT#178 - Travel to the Eastern Slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
28 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Doug McConnell of OpenRoad.tv about his love for the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains. Doug has been going to this rugged...
AT#177 - Travel to Mexico City, Mexico
21 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Anna Laura about her home city of Mexico City. We will talk about food, museums, architecture and history. We will puzzl...
AT#176 - Travel to Texas
14 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Dennis Cheatham of LoveforTexas.com about his home state of Texas. Dennis takes us on a virtual tour of the Lone Star st...
AT#175 - Travel to Moscow, Russia
07 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to John from Dallas about traveling to Moscow. We talk about red square, the Kremlin, the towers of Saint Basil’s cathedr...
Special Announcement - Lonely Planet Awards Voting
27 Feb 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler was nominated for a Lonely Planet Travel Blogging Award in the Podcast category and I could use your help. You will find a link t...
AT#174 - Travel to Oaxaca, Mexico
21 Feb 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Sarah Menkedick about her adopted home town of Oaxaca Mexico. Sarah talks about her love for this sunny tropical city wi...
AT#173 - Travel to Nashville, Tennessee
14 Feb 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Geoff Smith about his boyhood home of Nashville that he recently moved back to. What would bring a musician back to Nash...
AT#172 - Bike Travel in Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan)
07 Feb 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Friedel from TravellingTwo.com about their continuing bike tour around the world. Friedel was on previously talking abou...
AT#171 - Travel to Ukraine
31 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Jessica from Williamsburg Virgina who traveled last Summer to the Ukraine with an ethnomusicologist from Villiage Harmon...
AT#170 - Travel to Cuba
24 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Sam about his recent trip to Cuba with his brother. Sam visited Havana and Trinadad. He reveled in the local music, the ...
AT#169 - Travel to Armenia
17 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to David Dougherty about his recent trip to the small country of Armenia. David talks about view of Mount Ararat (just over...
AT#168 - Travel to Key West, Florida
10 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Casey Wohl the author of the Girls Getaway Guide to Key West about Key West Florida. We will talk about how the area has...
AT#167 - Travel to Israel
03 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Douglas Duckett about his travels to Israel and his popular travel guide to Israel. Douglas has fallen in love not just ...
AT#166 - Travel to Scotland
27 Dec 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Eden (an ambassador for Macallan Whiskey) about his home country of Scotland. Eden lays out a tour for Amateur Traveler ...
AT#165 - Traveling to Acadia National Park in Maine
20 Dec 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Margot about Acadia National Park in Maine. Margot has been going to Acadia since she was a little girl to hike, bike, k...
AT#164 - Travel to Zanzibar in Tanzania
13 Dec 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Tadzio about his trip to Zanzibar in Tanzania, off the east coast of Africa. Tadzio worked as a ranger on Chumbe then to...
AT#163 - Travel to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico
06 Dec 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Zora O'Neil who is one of the co-authors of the Rough Guide in the Yucatan guide book. Zora talks about this very beauti...
AT#162 - Travel to Slovenia
29 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Shel Holtz (from the For Immediate Release podcast) about his trip to Slovenia. Here about the food, the wine, the lake ...
AT#161 - Travel to Transylvania in Romania
22 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Shawn about his trip to Transylvania in Romania. We talk, of course, about Vlad III the Impaler (Dracula) but also about...
AT#19 - Cruising - Formal or Barefoot?
16 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler compares two very different cruise options, a Royal Caribbean cruise with formal nights and midnight buffets and the Windjammer B...
AT#20 - Cruising to St George Bermuda
16 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler goes to St Georges on the island of Bermuda. This World Heritage town is the 5th oldest European settlement in the new world and ...
AT#21 - Cruising - Alaska by Small Boat
16 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Deanna about cruising to Alaska aboard a small boat from Cruise West In a nights ashore / days at sea program. Learn mor...
AT#160 - Travel to India as a Woman
15 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Beth Whitman, author of Wanderlust and Lipstick for Women Traveling to India, about the joys and challenges of traveling...
AT#159 - Travel to San Francisco, California
08 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Richard Miller of the SparkleTack podcast (about San Francisco history) about San Francisco. Richard guides us in a driv...
AT#158 - Travel to Zimbabwe
01 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Alex Lindsay about his adventures in Zimbabwe. Alex has been traveling to Zimbabwe twice a year for a number of years wh...
AT#157 - Travel to Seoul, South Korea
25 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Rachel about Seoul, South Korea. Rachel is a college student from Hong Kong who studied in Seoul for the Summer. She tal...
AT#156 - Travel to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
18 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Robin Noelle (author of next year’s edition of the Moon Guidebook for Puerto Vallarta) about Puerto Vallarta. Robin ta...
AT#155 - Travel to Colorado
12 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to Brad Hugg soon to be the host of the Colorado Podcast about his state. He talks about the citieson teh frontal range and...
AT#154 - Immersive Travel in the USA
04 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
The Amateur Traveler talks to author Sheryl Kayne about her new book Immersion Travel USA. She talks about volunteer travel, educational travel and ot...
AT#153 - Travel to the Faroe Islands
27 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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AT#152 - Travel to Georgia
20 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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AT#151 - Travel to the Outer Banks of North Carolina
13 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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AT#150 - Travel to the Bahamas
06 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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AT#149 - Travel to Siberia, Russia - (Mis)Adventure Travel
30 Aug 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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AT#148 - Travel to Tokyo, Japan
23 Aug 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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AT#147 - Kerala, India
09 Aug 2008
Contributed by Lukas
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