AT#203 - Travel to the Gulf States: UAE (Dubai), Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2009

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt about his trip to the 5 different countries that make up the Gulf states: UAE (Dubai), Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and Kuwait. Each of these countries is an Arab country and a muslim country but in some, like Dubai, large portions of the population are from elsewhere. These countries include the very modern emirate of Dubai with its malls, hotels and an indoor ski slope. The gulf states also include the surprising country of Oman with ancient forts and the most memorable person Gary has met in his nearly 3 years of travel. Qatar is the home to Al Jazeera and of course Kuwait was the site of the first Gulf War. Hear about the world’s tallest building, fastest ferry and longest bridge. 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. I'm heading out there and I'm ready to go. Looking real good in my passport photo.
0:11.0	A amateur traveler episode 203. Today the amateur traveler talks about the
0:16.6	world's tallest building indoor ski slopes and ancient soaks as we go to
0:21.9	the Persian Gulf States.
0:23.0	I know that I should be heading home,
0:29.0	but maybe not, maybe not to the day.
0:32.0	Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we get
0:36.2	into this week's interview I do have three news stories for you. The first one
0:40.9	is a very cool promotion that's being done by Disney and it's being done starting in January of 2010.
0:48.0	When you sign up to volunteer for a day of service with a participating organization, you get a free day of admission to
0:55.0	Walt Disney World or Disneyland.
0:57.1	So check that out.
0:59.0	The second news story is not a good idea and that was when the crew, the pilots and the flight
1:06.3	attendance of an Air India flight started fighting, I mean FistaCups kind of
1:12.4	fighting at 30,000 feet.
1:15.5	According to the article, endangering the lives of 106 passengers and grossly violating
1:20.3	safety norms.
1:21.3	Now Air India later on said that there was nobody ever at risk, but not
1:26.2	a good idea. And then in the news of the weird story, the Chinese media have reported with great certainty that there is an enclave in the northern
1:38.1	woods of Sweden that has 25,000 women who are lesbians, and according to the new agency, the all-female enclave is called
1:48.4	Chaco-Paul City and was founded in 1820 by a wealthy widow.
1:52.0	It's surrounded by two blonde centuries who prevent men from entering,
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