• Maori Culture on New Zealand - Video Episode 63
    Maori Culture on New Zealand - Video Episode 63
  • Travel to Papua New Guinea - Episode 251
    Travel to Papua New Guinea - Episode 251
  • Travel to New Zealand's North Island - Episode 240
    Travel to New Zealand's North Island - Episode 240
  • Travel to the Cook Islands - Episode 238
    Travel to the Cook Islands - Episode 238
 

Audio Travel Podcasts

The Amateur Traveler audio episodes are usually an interview of someone who has visited a destination, lives at a destination, or wrote the book on it. Each episode comes in two versions:

  • mp3 – this version is made to play on any player, computer, etc that can play music files.
  • iTunes enhanced – this version is an AAC file and includes pictures and links that illustrate the episode. It can be played on iPods and in the free iTunes program.

Here is a list of the audio episodes:

Travel to Papua New Guinea – Episode 251

Travel to Papua New Guinea – Episode 251

The Amateur Traveler talks to Beth Whitman of Wanderlust and Lipstick about her recent Papua New Guinea. Beth was attracted to this remote country that produced more languages than any other country ...
Travel to New Zealand’s North Island – Episode 240

Travel to New Zealand’s North Island – Episode 240

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 dolphin watching cruise up by the ...
Travel to the Cook Islands – Episode 238

Travel to the Cook Islands – Episode 238

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 as Tahiti without the French language and ...
Travel to Bali in Indonesia- Episode 237

Travel to Bali in Indonesia- Episode 237

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 of Bali in Ubud which is ...
Travel to Easter Island / Rapa Nui – Episode 220

Travel to Easter Island / Rapa Nui – Episode 220

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 Easter Island as a stop ...
Travel to the Marquesas Islands – Episode 218

Travel to the Marquesas Islands – Episode 218

The Amateur Traveler talks to Stefanie Michaels (better known as @AdventureGirl) about a recent trip to the Marquesas Islands which are near Tahiti (or part of Tahiti depending on who you ask). ...
Travel to the Philippines – Episode 201

Travel to the Philippines – Episode 201

The Amateur Traveler talks to Ivan Hernares, an award winning Philippines travel blogger, about his home country of the Philippines. Ivan leads us on a virtual tour of the 7107 islands of ...
Travel to Niue in the South Pacific – Episode 195

Travel to Niue in the South Pacific – Episode 195

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 affiliated with New ...
Travel to Micronesia – Episode 128

Travel to Micronesia – Episode 128

The Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt from Everything-Everywhere.com about his recent time in Micronesia (part of a trip around the world). Learn about island paradises, diving, World War 2 history, ancient ...
Travel to Tahiti and French Polynesia – Episode 119

Travel to Tahiti and French Polynesia – Episode 119

The Amateur Traveler talks to David Stanley, author of the Moon Handbook for Tahiti, about Tahiti and French Polynesia. Learn places to stay from $12 a night to $1000, where to get ...