AT#272 - Volunteer Travel to West Africa (Sierra Leone & Liberia)

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Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2011

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Chris Guillebeau from the Art of Non-Conformity about his years volunteering in West Africa with the NGO (non-governmental organization) Mercy Ships. Chris and his wife volunteered with this organization in Sierra Leone and Liberia which gave them a very different view of West Africa. For those not familiar with Mercy Ships, they provide medical services in under-served areas of the world from their floating hospital ships. Chris was in Sierra Leone shortly after the end of its costly civil war. This episode is not about travel to lie on the beach and work on your tan (although Chris does recommend bringing your sunscreen) but about life changing travel. And no, Chris is not a doctor. 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 2 72.
0:14.0	Today the Amateur Traveler does a little different type of trip as we do volunteer travel in West Africa with Mercy Ships.
0:23.0	I'm going to sit in one more cafe.
0:26.0	I know that I should be heading home,
0:29.0	but maybe not, maybe not today.
0:32.0	Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.
0:35.6	Before we get into this week's very interesting interview I have three news
0:40.0	stories for you and I'm just going to skip over the person who said to the TSA
0:44.5	that he had a bomb in his bag, just don't do that. Similarly stupid is probably the
0:50.0	person who has detained at Boston's Logan Airport because he claimed to be an
0:53.8	air marshal. The actual air marshal on the flight didn't find that particularly
0:59.2	amusing. He was arrested. And then speaking of people who are not amused, the flight crew on an
1:06.2	LA-bound flight, pressed the panic button because three passengers performed a prayer ritual.
1:13.7	Now, I know what you're thinking.
1:15.5	They weren't Muslim passengers.
1:17.6	They were Mexican nationals,
1:19.4	and they were tying leather straps
1:20.9	and small wooden boxes to their body.
1:23.7	They were flactories is the term that I know, but basically they were Orthodox Jews involved
1:28.0	in the prayers.
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