AT#331 - Travel to the Islands of Kyushu, Japan

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2012

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Andrew about the Island of Kyushu, the southern island in Japan. Kyushu is one of the warmer parts of Japan. Nagasaki is probably the best known city on the island for its tragic history as the second city targeted with an atomic bomb. The island has is green and hilly with a number of active volcanos. Andrew and his wife had a chance to visit a number of museums, the peace park in Nagasaki, visit a volcano, be buried in hot and and take in a local soccer game. They toured its large cities but also headed into the countryside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of the Amateur Travel is brought to you by Intrepid Travel,
0:04.0	off the beaten path experiences to over 100 fascinating countries on all seven continents.
0:10.0	Visit intrepid Travel.com for more info.
0:13.0	I got my bags packed on a roll.
0:17.0	I'm heading out there and I'm ready to go.
0:20.0	Looking real good in my passport photo.
0:25.0	Amateur Traveler episode 331.
0:28.0	Today the amateur traveler talks about volcanoes, high speed trains and and peace parks as we go to the island of Kyushu in Japan. know that I should be heading home, but maybe not still the day.
0:45.0	Welcome to the amateur traveler.
0:48.0	I'm your host Chris Christensen.
0:50.0	Before we get into this week's interview, I do have three news stories for you.
0:54.3	In the first news story, actor William Schattner learned that when you're choosing what to
0:58.4	wear in the airplane, remember that you'll have to take your belt off.
1:01.4	As he had his pants fall down during a recent TSA check.
1:04.3	He's quoted to say, it was awful to have people looking at me with my pants down, probably the
1:08.5	most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me.
1:11.1	Clearly, he's never seen any episodes of T.J Hooker. In the second news story,
1:15.8	Airbus is coming to the realization that some passengers are not as felt as they used to be,
1:20.8	and they're looking at making the aisle seats two inches wider.
1:25.5	That's the good news, the bad news is those of us who sit in the middle seat or my favorite,
1:29.7	the window seat, those seats will lose an inch in width.
1:33.2	And the most misreported story this week is that Mac users are being charged more for hotel rooms
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