January 2009
23 posts
Travel Blog contest ends today - Favorite City - http://budurl.com/5get
Travel to Ukraine - Amateur Traveler Episode 171 - http://AmateurTraveler.com/2009/01/31/travel-to-ukraine-episode-171/
Travel to Ukraine - Amateur Traveler Episode 171
Episode 171 at Amateur Traveler
The Amateur Traveler talks to Jessica from Williamsburg Virgina who traveled last Summer to the Ukraine with an ethnomusicologist from Villiage Harmony to learn how to sing Ukrainian folk music. Jessica travelled both to larger cities like the capital Kiev and Ivano-Frankivsk and small country villages. She also journeyed into the Carpathian mountains on the...
Travel to Cuba - Amateur Traveler Episode 170
Episode 170 at Amateur Traveler
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 warmth of the people, the beautiful and enigmatic scenery and tolerated the food. Sam who is one eighth Cuban also met family that he had not known about until recently. Sam’s highlights include walking with tourists...
Travel to Cuba episode release… let the flames begin http://AmateurTraveler.com
Travel to Armenia - Amateur Traveler Episode 169
Episode 169 at Amateur Traveler
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 the border in Turkey), monasteries and churches, riding the packed minivan buses (marshrutkas), meeting locals with a shared interest, the food, the legends and some of the history (the Armenian genocide).
Amateur...
Travel to Armenia - Amateur Traveler Episode 169 - http://budurl.com/ppce
Lonely Planet has added a travel category to their blogging awards, feel free to nominate the Amateur Traveler - http://budurl.com/btev
off to church and then training (http://cicministries.org/)
Travel to Israel - Amateur Traveler Episode 167 - http://budurl.com/swls - possibly the worst time episode ever, but a great episode!
Travel to Israel - Amateur Traveler Episode 167
Episode 167 at Amateur Traveler
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 with the “holy land” but with the modern nation of Israel. Douglas lays out a one or two week itinerary for Israel.
Amateur Traveler podcast - the best places to travel
http://budurl.com/c8k3 - wonderful podcast episode from NPR - Coping With An Autistic Brother: A Teenager’s Take