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 328. Today the amateur traveler talks about beaches and

whitewater rafting and ziplines as we go to Costa Rica. Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we get into the

main segment of the show today, which will not be an interview, I do have some news stories

for you. In the first one, if you are wondering how much the cost of

fuel is affecting the airlines, Delta Airlines announced that they are buying a

refinery for a hundred and $180 million.

Those of you are not sure what they're doing

should look up the term vertical monopoly

and Andrew Carnegie.

Usually people who are on parole are restricted from traveling,

but recently a parolee in San Diego with a rap sheet, 22 pages thick, managed

to get on board a plane even though he didn't have a ticket.

He managed to get on board a United Airlines flight 623 at San Diego International Airport.

But fortunately, when people wander through fire doors, it does set off alarms, and the flight attendant

quickly realized there were too many people on the plane and they spotted the extra

passenger who was dishevelled and suspicious. We stayed in a bad hotel room last night

but not nearly as bad as the idea of a Dutch entrepreneur who wants to extend a chain of divorce

hotels around the globe. While you're getting divorced and handling all the paperwork, you can relax

around the pool and have a fine meal together.

Normally you would stay in separate rooms.

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