26 Off the Beaten Track: Galapagos, Central Asia, and Southwest USA

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 9 October 2005

⏱️ 53 minutes

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A traveler can experience a true sense of discovery by venturing "off the beaten path" into places not often visited by the average vacationer. And that's what we're doing on the next Travel with Rick Steves. This week, Rick takes us around the world in an hour, to find out what special arrangements are needed to visit the Galapagos Islands, to learn what the cultural influence of Turkey means for the emerging Central Asia republics, and to experience a road trip from Dallas into the desert southwest of the USA. It's not your average itinerary as we discover adventures "off the beaten path" on the next Travel with Rick Steves. 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	Hi I'm Rick Steeves. A big part of the fun of travel is venturing to places that immerse you in a world you'd never experience at home.
0:08.0	And those kinds of experiences are best when you're not surrounded by lots of tourists.
0:14.0	That's where you find the local culture relaxed,
0:16.0	welcoming you not as part of its economy,
0:19.0	but as part of the party.
0:21.0	That's what I call going through the back door. And that's the focus of today's
0:24.7	edition of Travel with Rick Steeves. Get ready for some serious globetrotting as we
0:30.2	experience the amazing wildlife of the Galapagos Islands and the amazing people life of the republics of Central Asia.
0:37.0	Azar Bay, Tuttmenistan, Uzbekistan, Khyakhistan, Khyakhistan, Khyakhakhistan, Khazakhistan, Khykistan, Khagan, Kuzakistan.
0:43.2	Then it's back home for a road trip through the southwestern USA from Dallas and the Santa Fe
0:48.2	Trail to the Grand Canyon and Indian Reservation.
0:52.0	We're traveling off the beaten path in the hour ahead.
0:54.9	That and your calls are coming right up as we travel with Rick Steeves.
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1:11.0	American Airlines knows why you fly. It's a busy hour ahead as we get way
1:16.6	off the beaten track. Hi I'm Rick Steves. On today's edition of Travel with Rick
1:20.8	steves, we're finding out how you can visit what's without question one of the
1:24.4	most unusual and ecologically delicate places on Earth, the Galapagos Islands.
1:29.4	The Galapagos are arguably the best place anywhere to get up close to a festival of unusual animals.
1:35.0	We'll learn how humans are welcome, but only if they tread lightly, from the traveler who wrote the book on the Galapagos.
1:41.0	Then we spin the globe 180 degrees and land in the stands of
1:45.2	Central Asia. Turkic culture spreads from Istanbul all the way to China. With our
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