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

in my passport photo. Amateur Traveler, episode 129.

Episode 129.

Today in the Amateur Traveler, we talk about Thailand.

Learn about markets and temples, and

with elephants today in the amateur traveler.

I know that I should be heading home

but maybe not, maybe not to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we get

into the interview today I have a couple new stories for you. The first story I saw this

week that amused me was a story I saw on the unofficial Apple web log. As you know I am

a Mac user and this one is a Mac-related travel story.

Programmer Michael Nygaard, while passing through the airport security recently,

was pulled aside and made to sit in the holding area.

He watched as a gaggle of TSA workers examined his things, especially his laptop.

There's no drive, said one, and no ports in the back.

It is a couple of lines where the drive should be, she continued.

As you probably guessed, Michael's Macbook air had them all baffled.

Fortunately, a younger member of the team eventually arrived and explained

that it's not a device, but a computer with a solid state hard drive.

The second news story, and again something that amused me but has a moral.

A couple in Melbourne, Australia returned home from vacation

to discover the police holding a news conference at their house

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