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 416. Today the amateur traveler talks about

castles and cathedrals, villages, and festivals as we go to southwest England. I'm going to go to the city one more cafe.

I know that I should be heading home,

but maybe not, maybe not to the day.

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 the tale of Amir Ranama. Mr. Ranama was flying to Manchester and

was dismayed when his bag failed to arrive. He filled out all the necessary paperwork

and was eventually reunited with his bag. Unfortunately, unfortunately at that point the police did detect the

200,000 British pounds worth of opium in the bag and he was arrested. If you're

interested in getting into the hotel business there's a hotel for sale in New York City. Now this is a hotel that won the TripAdvisor

Dirtiest Hotel in the World Award three times. Also in 1999 a clerk killed a coworker near the front desk and another body was found a few years later under a bed.

Surprisingly enough of all the hotels in New York, the 446 on Tripadvisor, this hotel ranks 361's, so there's a number of

hotels that get worse ratings than it.

So if you're interested, the Hotel Carter is for sale.

One thing that won't be on sale much longer in California if a new law

passes will be tickets to SeaWorld's Killer Whale shows. A new bill being proposed in California

would outlaw the performances of killer whales.

If you're not sure why, then you haven't seen the movie Black Fish.

For links to all three of those stories, check out the show notes at amateur traveler.com.

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