AT#191 - Adventure Travel to Venezuela

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2009

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Diana Higuera who is a native of Venezuela who worked for a number of years as a tour guide on adventure tours to see Venezuela's wildlife and natural beauty. Diana takes us on a virtual tour starting in Margarita island, then heading to the Los Roques archipelago north of Venezuela, then in an indian canoe up the Orinoco river. From there we will head to the tepuis (table top mountains) in Canaima National Park in Venezuela's Amazon basin. There we will see the highest waterfall in the world at Angel Falls. We will also go behind Sapo falls. Along the way we will see birds, monkeys and anacondas. We will fish for piranas, pet crocodiles and eat street food in Venezuela. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good
0:08.6	in my passport photo.
0:11.6	Amateur Traveler episode 191.
0:14.0	Today the Amateur Traveler talks about piranha crocodiles and adventure as we go to Venezuela. I'm your host, Crystal. I know that I should be heading one more cafe.
0:25.0	I know that I should be heading home,
0:29.0	but maybe not, maybe not today.
0:32.0	Welcome to the Amateur Traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we go to
0:37.1	Venezuela with our interview today I do have some news stories for you.
0:41.0	A couple news stories about the Sears Tower in Chicago. It's
0:44.3	getting both a balcony so the people who are afraid of heights like me can look
0:47.8	straight down, looking forward to that on my trip to Chicago coming up and
0:52.0	also it's turning into a high-rise hotel, or at least
0:56.1	half the stories are going to be a high-rise hotel and that indeed will be a room with a view.
1:01.4	And the next story, if you're flying in the future and they talk about
1:04.9	standing room only on the plane, they may not be kidding. We talked a couple years ago about
1:09.4	airline manufacturers looking at the possibility of people flying standing up.
1:15.6	Spirit Airlines, a four-year-old carrier that is China's first low-cost airline, is actually seeking
1:21.0	permission to do just that.
1:23.9	The only good news that came out of the Yemeni plane crash last week was that there was a survivor.
1:29.8	Originally it was reported to be a five-year-old boy, and I'm not sure why there was the mistake but it was a 13 year old who lives in Paris
1:36.3	who escaped with only a fractured collarbone
1:39.1	She managed to cling to wreckage even though she can barely swim.
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