139a An Artist's Safari in Africa; Overseas Travel Medicine

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

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🗓️ 23 May 2010

⏱️ 52 minutes

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We're looking at African wildlife eye to eye, through the perspective of Fred Krakowiak, a wildlife painter who shares his love for Africa with us in his vivid descriptions of a safari. Rick will also interview Doctor Edward Chapnick, the head of travel medicine at a major hospital in Brooklyn. Dr. Chapnick answers questions about precautions you need to take for visits to lesser developed countries, as well as the plane ride over. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	It takes a keen eye to spot what lies out there in the African savanna.
0:04.0	Sometimes it's the eye of a hunter,
0:06.0	other times the eye of a predator.
0:08.0	And today on Travel with Rick Steves,
0:10.0	we're getting the perspective from the eye of an artist on an African safari.
0:14.1	I'm Rick Steeves. Today we'll meet Fred Krakkoviac.
0:17.2	He's a celebrated wildlife painter with a passion for Africa.
0:21.0	Fred has assembled a striking collection of his paintings in a book that includes his detailed
0:24.8	description of the safari experience.
0:27.0	Everybody in the jeep jumped up and of course the guy's going quiet, quiet, how can you be quiet?
0:33.4	Your heart's feeding so fast, it's through your chest.
0:36.3	As you'll hear, Fred has a real gift for describing the majesty of Africa.
0:41.1	But sometimes in our travels it's not lions and tigers and snakes we need to look out for, but
0:45.2	hepatitis and malaria and TB. Later in the hour, we'll get a house call from Dr. Edward
0:50.2	Chaplin. He heads the Travel Medicine Department at a major medical facility in Brooklyn.
0:55.0	It's Safari Time and Health Tips on today's Travel with Rick Steeves.
1:00.0	We're getting an artist's vision from Africa from an acclaimed wildlife painter today on Travel with Rick
1:05.1	Steve's. We'll hear what it's like to be an artist out in the savanna. And later in the hour,
1:10.3	we'll look at some of the precautions you need to take when preparing to travel
1:13.4	to the developing world including Africa. The head of travel medicine at Mymonadee's
1:18.0	Medical Center in New York City pays us a visit to help set the record straight
1:22.0	on health issues in your travels. I'm Rick Steeves. This is Travel with Rick Steeves. It's time for a safari in Africa.
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