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 557. Today the amateur traveler talks about

forts and mansions, sea turtles, and the gully culture as we go to the sea islands of Georgia and South Carolina.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. We'll have more to

talk about later but first let's talk about the sea islands. I'd like to welcome to the show Ruby and Peter from a Journey We Love.com who come to

talk to us about the Sea Islands. Ruby and Peter welcome to the show.

Hello. Hello nice to the show. Hello.

Nice to be here. And we say the sea islands and that's a little vague because a lot of

seas have islands. So which islands are we talking about?

So this is in the United States and the East Coast on the southern parts.

So we're going to start from Northern Florida to Georgia to South Carolina.

Excellent. So we're talking about the barrier islands off the coast of the southeastern

portion of the United States.

Correct.

Excellent. Why should someone go to the sea islands? The Sea Islands surprisingly has a lot of history on it.

During the day it was the go-to-spot of all these 1880s affluent families of America like the Carnegie's.

Little is known about the sea islands like you rarely see them in the tourist boards

so it's a small little known secret but if you're a history

buff it's definitely a place to go and what should we do when we're in the sea

islands what itinerary do you recommend well if you're on the laying on the beach type of

person you could do that but we're not. We would recommend a south to north trip

flying into Jacksonville Florida which is the biggest airport in Northern Florida, rent a car, because without

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