AT#234 - Travel to Ghana

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2010

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Lillie Marshall of AroundTheWorldL.com about the 3 months she volunteered in Ghana in sub-Saharan West Africa on her round the world trip. She worked for the program Youth Creating Change. Lillie talks about some of the tourist spots in Ghana like the the slavery castle at Cape Coast and Mole National Park. Then she talks about what it is like to live and volunteer in a 3rd world country where the people are wonderful and some of the cultural differences can be striking (don’t ask why she didn’t like the beaches). She extols the wonders of food like fufu and how to buy a $10 hand made dress. She also talks briefly about the capital of Accra that Lonely Planet thinks is their second least favorite city on the planet.NewsGun Taken From Suicidal JetBlue Pilot in Crew LoungePushy fliers may show up on TSA’s radarShow NotesAround the World L – Lilly Marshall’s blogGhana@WorldLillie – Lilly on twitterCouchsurfing.comYouth Creating ChangeCape Coast Slave CastleHostels in GhanaAhh!!! A White Person!!!How to Get a Custom-Made Dress for $15What the Heck is Fufu?Ghana Student Life Stories ProjectCommunityAllan disagrees with Ralph in Travel to Montenegro – Episode 232, says “rent a car”Sean says Travel to Kerala, India – Episode 147 missed catholic historyKathy and John, Yemen warningsAmateur Traveler Egypt Photo tour slots available - http://AmateurTraveler.com/toursiTunes reviews of the Amateur Traveler neededNo Maimi Meetup in June 2010NYC meetup June 23 2010save 10% off Globus Tours - http://AmateurTraveler.com/globussponsored by Auidble - http://AmateurTraveler.com/freebook 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
0:08.0	in my passport photo.
0:11.0	Amateur Traveler episode 234. Today the Amateur Traveler episode 234. Today the amateur traveler talks about slave
0:16.3	castles, beaches, and fufu as we go to Ghana. Welcome to the The Gotta sit in one more cafe.
0:25.0	I know that I should be heading home, but maybe not, maybe not today.
0:32.0	Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. We have two new
0:35.8	stories for you today. The first one is a frightening one. A gun was taken
0:39.8	from a suicidal jet-blue pilot in the crew lounge in the Logan International Airport in Boston.
0:48.8	Those are a combination of words that you really just don't want to see used together, but fortunately the pilot is under observation and nothing happen.
0:57.0	The second story is a set of words that I do like to hear together.
1:01.0	Pushy flyers may show up on the TSA's radar.
1:04.0	What that means is if you are one of those people who likes bullying the TSA agents or putting
1:09.4	your fist into walls, you may end up in a TSA database and be strip searched for the rest of your life.
1:15.0	That's a rule that I can live with.
1:17.4	Check out the links to both these stories in the show notes at amateur traveler.com.
1:21.0	This episode of the amateurer is again sponsored by
1:23.8	Audible. You can sign up for an Audible subscription. Get a free trial, free
1:28.4	subscription for 14 days and a free book with that by going to amateur traveler.com
1:34.0	slash free book. One interesting thing I noticed on audible this week is that
1:38.4	Pauline Frommer who has been a guest twice on this show has two different walking tours of New York City, the Fromer's Best of New York City audio tour as well as the New York City Chinatown and Lower East Side walking tour and both of those are available on audible.com.
1:54.0	So remember amateur traveler.com slash free book.
1:57.0	I'd like to welcome the show Lily Marshall who's come to talk to us about Ghana.
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