I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go

Amateur Traveler episode 124 124. Today the Amateur Traveler goes to Nicaragua with the author of

The Moon Handbook Nicaragua. Learn about the land of lakes and volcanoes, beautiful colonial towns, baseball, and why you might

want to be careful water skiing in Nicaragua.

All this and more on this episode of the Amateur Traveler.

Welcome to the Amateur Traveler.

I'm your host Chris Christensen.

Before we get into the interview I have a couple

announcements and news stories for you today. The first news story I have for you

comes from United Airlines and it's bad news for those of you who are driving on United

and not packing light. As of

May 5th, United will start charging $25 for a second bag. So if you pack one

bag, no charge, second bag, $25 if you're flying domestically within the United States.

So this is yet another fee on the path to pay toilets on airplanes.

The second news story I have for you is sort of an anti-news story.

There have been reports on various travel blogs about a Boeing 797 wide-body airliner that was under construction.

And when I say wide body, according to the reports,

this is actually a blended wing design that would seat a thousand passengers

and look something like a large version of the bat plane.

It's very cool pictures, it's incredibly interesting aircraft,

and unfortunately it's also not true according to Boeing.

So if you have read about that, don't be passing that story on to your

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