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The Amateur Traveler talks to Ilana Fayerman from Project Explorer about Johannesburg, South Africa. Project Explorer creates educational videos for kids and Ilana is one of the video hosts. She traveled to Johannesburg to meet its people, experience its culture and eat something very weird (see picture). She will take us on a virtual tour of neighborhoods like Newtown where she will introduce us to the New Market Theatre. She will take us into the township of Soweto. Out of the poverty of Soweto has come some of the hope of South Africa. It boasts the only street in the world (Vilakazi Street) to have produced two winners of the Nobel Peace prize. Ilana will also tell us which game animal is the tastiest and what happens when you put too much Chakalaka on your pap. We will dance in gum boots, take a safari to KwaZulu-Natal, learn when you can join a drum circle, lunch with art and visit the cradle of Human Kind. - Chris Christensen

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 agencies, an old town, a cathedral and an excellent rare book collection. You can also find lots of ways to eat melted cheese and other Swiss treats on the shore of beautiful Lake Geneva. In this unusual episode Chris overcomes a technical microphone difficulty to record an episode on the road. This episode inlcudes some of the sounds of the Escalade festival. - Chris Christensen

Locals from Geneva in costume as pikemen to celebrate the victory over the Savoy in 1602 as part of the celebration called the Escalade. - Chris Christensen

Locals from Geneva in costume as musketeers to celebrate the victory over the Savoy in 1602 as part of the celebration called the Escalade. - Chris Christensen

One of the locals from Geneva in costume to celebrate the victory over the Savoy in 1602 as part of the celebration called the Escalade. - Chris Christensen

I mentioned monument this on the most recent Amateur Traveler - Travel to Geneva, Switzerland (with soundseeing) – Episode 212. It is a larger, very - Chris Christensen

This fountain is located between Ile de La Cit and Rue de Saint Germain on the left bank. It appears to me to be the archangel Michael defeating - Chris Christensen

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 agencies, an old town, a cathedral and an excellent rare book collection. You can also find lots of ways to eat melted cheese and other Swiss treats on the shore of beautiful Lake Geneva. In this unusual episode Chris overcomes a technical microphone difficulty to record an episode on the road. This episode inlcudes some of the sounds of the Escalade festival. - Chris Christensen

A close up on the kings on the facade of Notre Dame in Paris. - Chris Christensen

A closeup of one of the famous gargoyles on Notre Dame. Yes tey are just glorified water spouts on the building, but they are very cool. - Chris Christensen

pictures from Paris - Chris Christensen

photo from Paris - Chris Christensen

pictures of Paris - Chris Christensen

pictures from Paris - Chris Christensen

<img src=http://tripinator.com/wp-cont... alt=seine3 width=500 height=375 Seine/> Sightseeing boat on the Seine in Paris - Chris Christensen

<img src=http://tripinator.com/wp-cont... alt=seine3 width=500 height=375 Seine/> Sightseeing boat on the Seine in Paris - Chris Christensen

Viewing Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower Sipping Champagne in Epernay Shopping in Cannes None of these activities are what Heather Hansen was - Chris Christensen

South America travel podcasts from the Amateur Traveler - Chris Christensen

<img src=http://tripinator.com/wp-cont... alt=siene2 width=500 height=375 /> Paris is better known as a place to go in - Chris Christensen

The Amateur Traveler talks to Ilana Fayerman from Project Explorer about Johannesburg, South Africa. Project Explorer creates educational videos for kids and Ilana is one of the video hosts. She traveled to Johannesburg to meet its people, experience its culture and eat something very weird (see picture). She will take us on a virtual tour [...] - Chris Christensen

<img src=http://tripinator.com/wp-cont... alt=seine1 width=500 height=375 /> A couple of couples walking along the Seine - Chris Christensen

<img src=http://tripinator.com/wp-cont... alt=seine1 width=500 height=375 /> A couple of couples walking along the Seine - Chris Christensen

<img src=http://tripinator.com/wp-cont... alt=louvre1 width=500 height=375 /> This is the main entrance for the Louvre - Chris Christensen

<img src=http://tripinator.com/wp-cont... alt=louvre1 width=500 height=375 /> This is the main entrance for the Louvre - Chris Christensen

Yahoo travel has come out with their list of the 10 top travel destinations of 2009. Many of these travel destinations have been covered on the Amateur - Chris Christensen

It's time to go We just announced to my team and the rest of the company that I am leaving LiveWorld. My last day will be around the middle of January. My - Chris Christensen

video of Santorini's beaches - PG - Chris Christensen

Download the mp3 This Week's Guests: Spud Hilton, travel editor of The San Francisco Chronicle Topics Discussed This Week: Oasis of the Seas sets - Chris Christensen

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The Amateur Traveler talks to Matt Kepkes of NomadicMatt.com about his trip to the ancient capitals of Thailand: Ayutthaya, Lopburi and Sukhothai. Before the capital moved to Bangkok it was in each of these three cities as invaders came in from what is now Cambodia and Burma and then were subsequently repelled. Instead of taking the night train to Chang Mai as many tourists do, Matt and his traveling companions explored these cities on the way. In their travels they found ancient temples (some in ruins and some well preserved), wonderful night markets, troops of monkeys, friendly people and a slice of rural Thailand. - Chris Christensen