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

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 323.

Today the Amateur Traveler visits a small green lake-filled former superpower which of course can only mean

Lithuania. Welcome to the

I'm going to one more cafe.

I know that I should be heading home

but maybe not, maybe not today.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we get

into this week's interview I do have three news stories for you. The first one is a

story that actually is coming from January of last year. Apparently an Air Canada pilot took emergency measures because he thought he had an imminent midair collision and rapidly descended his plane actually injuring 16

passengers and crew and what he thought was another plane turned out to be

the planet Venus which it turns out was several million miles away.

And then speaking of bad moves for Airlines, Spirit Air, never one to shy away from controversy,

has a new ad that is taking advantage for the hype surrounding

a scandal where US Secret Service agents and military personnel had taken 21 prostitutes

to a Cartagena hotel in Colombia, their new ad for going to Colombia, more bang for your buck.

But in better marketing moves, I was very pleased to see that one of my favorite cruise lines may be coming back, or at least one of their ships is coming back into service.

A Florida entrepreneur has bought the Mandalay, which is a sailing ship formerly part of the wind-jamer

barefoot cruises. It was actually built as a private yacht in 1923 for

EF Hutton. It will soon again be plying the waters of the Caribbean carrying passengers on a sailing cruise.

For links to all three of those stories, check out the show Katie Awny from Katie Going Global who has come to

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