AT#292 - Travel to Losotho

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2011

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Kim Mance about traveling to the mountain kingdom of Losotho in Southern Africa. Losotho is a small mountainous region surrounded by South Africa but is an independent constitutional monarchy. The country has a very rural population. Kim got around via rental car but also did a pony trek with guide out into the small mountain villages. Riding a small hearty and nimble Bosotho pony they headed out into a landscape of shepherds and glacier carved mountains. 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
0:08.6	in my passport photo.
0:11.6	Amateur Traveler episode 292.
0:14.0	Today the Amateur Traveler goes to a place you may not even be able to find in the map.
0:18.0	We're going to Lissutu in southern Africa. Welcome to the
0:23.0	I got the city one more cafe.
0:25.0	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. Today before we get
0:37.5	into our interview I do have one news story for you but this is one that you
0:41.4	should pay attention to if you're booking travel in the US
0:44.0	and you're making a connection,
0:46.0	you might want to avoid these 10 airports
0:48.0	where you are most likely to be delayed.
0:51.0	Of the top 100 flights most often delayed in the United States, 40 of them fly through
0:57.4	one particular airport and that airport is Newark.
1:01.2	They either take off or land in Newark so if you're making a connection
1:04.3	try and avoid Newark. Coming in number two is Chicago's O'Hare. New York's other two airports
1:10.4	also show up in the list at number four is Ligordia at number eight is
1:13.9	JFK and number three this is my favorite is Boston Logan which I fly into once a
1:20.2	month also on the list, Atlanta, Miami, Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Northwest Arkansas
1:27.7	Regional, which surprised me. For a link to that story, check out the show note at amateur traveler.com.
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