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

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 344 today the Amateur Traveler episode 344. Today the amateur traveler talks about tropical

paradises, penal colonies, and really big crabs. As we go to Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and Christmas Island off the coast of Australia.

I know that I should be heading home, but maybe not, maybe not to date. Welcome to the Amateur Traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we get

into this week's episode I do have three news stories for you. In the first one

some strange things are being seen in airports these days.

Airports are trying to differentiate themselves. The Munich Airport has a brewery.

The Hong Kong Airport has a nine-hole golf course.

JFK Airport is doing concerts and you can do a backstage tour of the Zurich Airport.

Speaking of odd things that you can see in airports, The company is inventing a suitcase that will

follow you through the airport. It is self-propelled and it homes in on the

Bluetooth signal in your

suitcase if it's not in your smartphone. I think people are not going to see your suitcase

if it's not in your hand, and we'll trip over it.

But speaking of good ideas, JetBlue is doing a new marketing

promotion called election protection. If you've been threatening to leave the country, if your

candidate doesn't win the US presidential election.

JetBlue has a contest for you.

You tell them your candidate in which of the tropical countries

they have selected that you would want to go to.

And if your candidate loses, you just might win a trip out of the country.

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