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Amateur Traveler Podcast by Chris Christensen

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nhrisd, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: nhrisd from California

Like travel itself, this podcast meanders back and forth between high and low points as its host recounts various trips and real life advice about his travels. His in-depth study of the best sites for internet travel shopping was excellent, offering tips I didn't know about how to get the best deal. The few that I listened to were from Australia. While I did find a few sections rather bland, those who like a good account of trip minutia for a specific area will enjoy these podcasts.

Apart from its scary, horror movie voice intro, this podcast is delivered in a low-key conversational tone, and most episodes were a bit like getting a comfortable, newsy report from your best buddy upon his or her return from vacation.

LOLDavid, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: LOLDavid from Los Angeles, California

This was a pretty decent podcast on traveling. The audio was a bit amateur as was the host but I guess that's the name of show. Chris Christensen is fine but he needs some interviews or somebody else to spice the show up a little. Right now it's a little dry.

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AT#167 - Travel to Israel


Sat, Jan 03, 2009

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. We address the issue of "is it safe to travel to Israel" at this time when Israel is at war with the Palestinians in Gaza. He takes us on a virtual trip from the beaches and night life of Tel Aviv, through the working city of Haifa with the beautiful Baha'i gardens and the informative museum about the modern jewish immigration. We stop at Lake Kinneret (also known as The Sea of Galilee, also Sea of Genneseret, or Lake Tiberias) at the town of Tiberius. We make a detour to the historic site of Gamla the "Masada of the North" before turning our face toward Jerusalem. On the way to Jerusalem we stop at Megiddo (Armageddon in the bible) and the roman ruins at Beit-Shean. In Jerusalem we talk about the overwhelming religious and historic significance of the city and how some people come down with " Jerusalem syndrome". We suggest a walking tour of the city, a tour of the Mount of Olives, the holocaust memorial and the Israel museum. We also talk about the work the Jerusalem YMCA is doing to promote peace with their peace preschool that teaches Jewish and Palestinian children together.