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

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 195.

Tated the Amateur Traveler talks about remote island tropical destinations

as we go to Neway in the South Pacific. I got to sit in one more cafe.

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 this week's interview I do have some news stories for you. Probably the

scariest piece of news is a British tourist was set on fire by a

Greek woman on the island of Crete after he allegedly pulled down his trousers

in front of her. Word to the wise here, don't sexually harass

Greek woman and to be really safe, just don't sexually harass women.

If you're having a similar clothing malfunction while on vacation,

you might be interested to know that a company in Australia will actually rent you clothes.

That is, you will pay them to use clothes for a period of time rather than renting your garments.

The idea here is that your luggage is lighter and

the clothes are waiting for you at the hotel as you arrive. A woman who is

flying L. Al Airlines from Paris to Tel Aviv wanted to travel with her boxer who was too large and

so that boxer would have had to normally go in the cargo hold so she paid for the entire business section of the plane for $32,000 so that she could fly with her dog.

So when they say it's a dog's life, perhaps they mean first class.

Russian soccer fans who are planning to travel to Wales for next month's World Cup qualifier

have been told by the head of the country's supporter association that they can avoid swine flu by drinking whiskey.

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