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

in my passport photo.

Oh no!

Amateur Traveler episode 149. Today the amateur traveler goes to Siberia on

adventure travel perhaps misadventure travel listen into what might be titled A Trek Too Far.

Today in the Amateur Traveler.

I know that I should be heading home,

but maybe not, maybe not to the day. Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.

And before we get into today's interview, we have a few news stories for you.

First one is, in sad news, Dave Freeman, the man... for you

first one is in sad news Dave Freeman the man behind the famous travel guide 100 things to do before you die has died

after hitting his head in a fall at his home in Venice.

And sadly, the writer Freeman did not get a chance to finish all 100 activities that he described in his book.

If you were looking for a chance to win a trip you can potentially put one of your

pictures on the cover of a Lonely Planet Guide to Istanbul, London, Barcelona, or Paris by joining an online

photo sharing site called Pekio that is doing a

contest with Lonely Planet and I don't want to take it too lightly. A airline

official has been sentenced to death and no it's not united because they've just raised the price of their snacks to $9

But instead an official from China Southern Airlines that was sentenced for embezzlement in China which carries a death penalty.

For links to all those stories as well as information about this week's airplane crash in Madrid,

the FAA delays the new national park

quarters and some more problems with drunk British tourists increased. Check out the

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