Chris Christensen

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

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Since 2005, Amateur Traveler has been talking about different destinations every week. It covers destinations all over the world with an emphasis on culturally rich travel. Learn more about your world. Amateur Traveler won its creator, Chris Christensen, a Travel+Leisure award as the "best independent travel journalist" and entry into the "Podcast Hall of Fame."

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Chris Christensen

Episodes

AT#430 - Travel to Charleston, South Carolina 26.07.2014 48:38

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 their many trips to one of their favorite U.S. cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#429 - Travel on a South African Safari 19.07.2014 48:03

Hear about travel to South Africa on safari as the Amateur Traveler talks to Susan Portnoy from theinsatiabletraveler.com about her recent experience in the Timbavati Game Reserve. This is the 5th time that Susan has traveled to Africa on safari to "shoot" animals... as a photographer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#428 - Travel to Paris, France 12.07.2014 57:28

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 wonderful podcast about France and guide us through a city they love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#427 - Travel to Lazio, Italy 05.07.2014 44:11

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 Italy. Lazio is the region of Italy that includes Rome but this episode will feature all the things outside of Rome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#426 - Travel to Tasmania, Australia 28.06.2014 51:51

Hear about travel to Tasmania in Australia as the Amateur Traveler talks to Robert Reid, the Offbeat Observer for National Geographic Traveler, about his recent trip to Van Diemen’s Land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#425 - Travel to South Tyrol, Italy 22.06.2014 32:43

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 their recent trip to this lovely region in Northern Italy. This predominantly German speaking region of Italy includes portions of the Dolomites mountain range, a wine road and some great vistas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

AT#424 - Travel to Memphis, Tennessee 14.06.2014 48:50

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 20+ years. Lance tells us that there is more to Memphis than Elvis and Graceland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#423 - Travel to Jordan 07.06.2014 31:49

Hear about travel to Jordan as the Amateur Traveler himself, Chris Christensen, relates stories about his recent visit to the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#422 - Travel to Lassen National Park, California 01.06.2014 40:06

Hear about travel to Lassen National Park in northern California as the Amateur Traveler talks to Dick Jordan about this spectacular if less visited destination. Lassen is in northeastern California. It is just as easy to get to from San Francisco as Yosemite National Park but with fewer tourists and one more volcano. The park centers around the dormant volcano Mt. Lassen and features other geothe...

AT#421 - Travel to the Western Sahara, (Morocco) 24.05.2014 45:42

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 country in Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#420 - Hike the Lycian Way in Turkey 17.05.2014 40:43

Hear about Hiking the Lycian Way in Southern Turkey as the Amateur Traveler talks to authors Warren and Betsy Talbot from MarriedWithLuggage.com about the month they spent hiking this amazing trail. The Lycian Way runs for a little over 500 km (not counting getting lost) from Fethiye in the west to Antalya in the east. We talk about their whole journey as well as segments people with much less tim...

AT#419 - Travel to Denver, Colorado 10.05.2014 39:47

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". Denver is the capital of the state of Colorado and sits where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#418 - Travel to Winnipeg, Manitoba 03.05.2014 45:39

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 great plains of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#417 - Travel to Saint Helena 27.04.2014 40:41

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. Gary has come on the show a number of times to talk about obscure, out of the way and small places. Saint Helena qualifies as all three. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#416 - Travel to Southwest England 19.04.2014 35:08

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 Bristol, two hours west of London. Edith says that the area of southwest England is “archetypical English”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#415 - Travel to Riga, Latvia 13.04.2014 36:35

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 recent trip there. Riga is a surprisingly beautiful European city and the 2014 Capital of Culture for Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#414 - Travel to Nova Scotia 06.04.2014 37:40

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 to to the show to talk about a trip around Nova Scotia she took last June. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#413 - Travel to Dusseldorf, Germany 29.03.2014 38:24

Hear about travel to Düsseldorf, Germany as the Amateur Traveler talks to Erik and Anne Hess about this city on the Rhine. Carnival, Christmas Markets and one of the most livable cities in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#412 - Travel to Mazatlan, Mexico 22.03.2014 39:40

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 of Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#411 - Travel to Arctic Manitoba 15.03.2014 28:59

Hear about travel to Arctic Manitoba as the Amateur Traveler talks to Marybeth Bond from GutsyTraveler.com about her recent trip to Churchill Manitoba to see polar bears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#410 - Travel to Indonesia and the Island of Komodo 08.03.2014 43:28

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 trip was to photograph Komodo dragons in the wild. Komodo dragons live on 2-3 islands which are not near any airport so getting there is half the experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#409 - Travel to Mobile, Alabama 01.03.2014 30:46

Hear about travel to Mobile, Alabama as the Amateur Traveler talks to Carla Rountree from theinconsistentnomad.com about her home state. There are beautiful beaches. It is an area that was founded in the early 1700s so there is lots of culture, lots of history and it is even the area where Mardi Gras actually started in the USA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#408 - Travel to Sudan 22.02.2014 48:29

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 country. Nicholas visited Sudan on an overlanding truck that traversed Africa from south to north. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AT#407 - Travel to Montana 15.02.2014 25:52

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 part of a National Park tour and fell in love with the Big Sky state. Finally in 2010 they moved to the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, the so called “banana belt” of Montana. They had planned to live there only in the Summer but did not want to leave...

AT#406 - Travel to the Russian Far East 09.02.2014 54:09

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 remote part of Russia. Robert does not describe a country that is easy to see or necessarily always approachable, but one that can still be seductive. Learn why Robert has “Russia Love”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices