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 534. Today in an effort to continue to cover all the little

corners of the globe, we return to Mike Ranesia to cover the tiny countries of Kiribati, not spelled like you think, Tuvilu and Nauru.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about

Micronesia. I'd like to welcome to the show Stephen from Rapid Travel Chai who's come to talk to us about Micronesia.

Stephen, welcome to the show.

Thank you.

We have done one other show on Micronesia years and years ago with Gary Arne the very first time he was on the show,

the very first time he and I ever talked, but we're going back because we didn't cover

all of Micronesia in that episode.

Stephen, why should we go to Micronesia and can you put it on a map? in that

the episode.

Stephen why should we go to Micronesia and can you put it on a map for us first?

Well, on a flight, a German tour has said to me that you're either in the government,

missionary, or a country collector.

Micronesia does have some fantastic destinations,

but it's also very different than what you expect.

There's not the typical island paradise

with beaches or the fantastic diving of some of the

South Pacific or Caribbean islands.

So it really is a specialist destination and in your prior episode with Gary Arndt you covered some of the more accessible ones, and now we're going to talk about the less accessible ones.

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