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

in my passport photo 15 hour flight.

I don't think I'll ever be coming home. Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we get

into this week's interview I do have one news story for you. This one caught my

attention. There is a new way that they're planning on identifying people in airports, and that is by the

shape of their ears.

Apparently your ear is as distinctive to you as your fingerprint and a lot more easy for most

of us to see. The bad news for those of you who are sensitive about the shape of your

ears. I'd like to welcome back to the show Beth Whitman from Wonder Lust and Lipsick

who's come to talk to us about Papua New Guinea. Beth welcome back to the show.

Thanks for having me Chris. I'm really excited. And I say welcome back and bet that an episode of the

amateur traveler on traveling to India as a woman which was one of my favorite

episodes so you might want to check out that episode now Papua New Guinea is not like Cancun. It is doesn't get a lot of spring break

traffic and it's pretty far to go. What got you to Papua Guinea?

Well it's actually a great spring break travel for the Australians, because there are a lot of

Australians that go there.

And it's a huge destination for diving.

But my personal interest probably started maybe 25 years ago or so and I cannot tell you the exact moment but I'm sure that it was a national geographic moment where a photo of these tribesmen all

decked out in their traditional clothing and I just thought that is a place that I have to go.

So it has been kind of in the back of my mind for years,

and I finally had an opportunity to go there

just over a month ago,

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