AT#211 - Travel to Johannesburg, South Africa

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2009

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Ilana Fayerman from Project Explorer about Johannesburg, South Africa. Project Explorer creates educational videos for kids and Ilana is one of the video hosts. She traveled to Johannesburg to meet its people, experience its culture and eat something very weird (see picture). She will take us on a virtual tour of neighborhoods like Newtown where she will introduce us to the New Market Theatre. She will take us into the township of Soweto. Out of the poverty of Soweto has come some of the hope of South Africa. It boasts the only street in the world (Vilakazi Street) to have produced two winners of the Nobel Peace prize. Ilana will also tell us which game animal is the tastiest and what happens when you put too much Chakalaka on your pap. We will dance in gum boots, take a safari to KwaZulu-Natal, learn when you can join a drum circle, lunch with art and visit the cradle of Human Kind. 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.
0:03.4	I'm heading out there and I'm ready to go.
0:06.8	Looking real good in my passport photo.
0:10.4	Oh no.
0:11.4	Amateur Traveler episode 211. Today we're going to talk about townships,
0:16.2	safaris, African music, and eating. You wouldn't believe me anyway.
0:21.2	Today in the Amateur Traveler we go to Johannesburg, South Africa.
0:25.0	I know that I should be heading home,
0:29.1	but maybe not, maybe not today.
0:32.4	Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.
0:35.0	Before we get into today's interview, I do have three news stories for you.
0:40.0	In the first news story, a woman from Oahu was kicked off a plane in Tampa because she
0:45.8	asked for an air sick bag.
0:48.4	She was on a medication that made her feel nauseated, but the crew thought she might have
0:52.0	the flu, and so she was
0:53.4	kicked off the plane. What do you think? Is that something that is a good idea or a
0:59.0	bad idea? Leave a comment on this episode at amateur traveler.com.
1:02.8	And speaking of things that are a bad idea,
1:05.2	a woman was arrested last week because she wanted to make sure that her boss didn't miss a
1:09.5	flight.
1:10.6	She tried to delay the plane's departure by calling it a bomb threat.
1:15.0	Not a good idea.
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