Southern Brazil, home of Rio de Janeiro and Iguazu Falls, is discussed by Martha Tavera, Marnella Tours, marnellatours.com, Chris, and Jerry. No visit to southern Brazil should be made without listening to this show! Learn about the beaches, nightlife, culture, Carnival, the famous sites in Rio and other nearby destinations, should you see Iguazu Falls from the Brazil or Argentine side, the seldom-visited Pantanal with its wildllife, Fort Jungqueira, and adventure, mountainous Oro Petro, Santa Cantalina’s magnificent beaches, German influence, and wine, Santos with wonderful beaches, Sao Paulo, Iguazu Falls, and other unique areas. Also visa requirements, family travel areas, food, climate, and other interesting and needed facts and suggestions are given to help make southern Brazil an excellent vacation choice.
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Northern Brazil Travel Advice Show
The not-so-often visited northern part of Brazil is explored by Martha Tavera of Marnella Tours, marnellatours.com, Chris, and Jerry. Settled by the Dutch, Portugese, Africans, and other nationalities, whose influence is evident, emphasis is placed on the areas of Manus, Recife, Salvador, Brasilia, and Fernado de Noronha island. This unique, year-round excellent weather part of Brasil offers something for everyone, including the Amazon River, carnivals that allow you to participate in the parades and activities, Caribbean-like white sand beaches, jungle exploration, wide-variety of shopping, excellent food, friendly people, exciting family destination options, and many other activities. A wide range of important topics are discussed that will excite you to visit this fabulous area of Brazil.
New Zealand Simply Wild Journeys Travel Advice Show
Rob Douglas, owner of Simply Wild Journeys, simplywild.co.nz, joins Chris and Jerry to discuss up-scale, personalized adventure experiences for all ages at the north end of the South Island, New Zealand. Rob’s company, based in Nelson, NZ, designs and executes customized adventure tours, including sea kayaking, heli-cycling, mountain biking, walking and heli-hiking, white-water and heli-rafting, sailing, boating, and other exciting activities which make for a unique and exhilarating New Zealand vacation. Whether going to New Zealand just to stretch your physical boundaries or to enhance your visit to the “Land of the Long White Cloud,” you will want to include a customized adventure through Simply Wild Adventures.
Costa Rica Travel Advice Show
Dan Crandall of adventureswithinreach.com joins Chris and Jerry to discuss one of the most bio-diversified countries in the world, Costa Rica. Truly offering something for nearly everyone, topics including descriptions and differences of many of the National Parks, transportation including should you rent a car, beaches, best time to go, wildlife, family travel, safety, suggested week vacation itineraries, and adventure options including whitewater rafting, jungle hikes, canyoning/repelling, ziplining, and others are discussed to help make Costa Rica one of your best vacations ever.
Trains and Travel Advice Show
The exciting world of rail travel is discussed by Chris Skow of traintrips.biz, Chris, and Jerry. Topics discussed include the history of rail travel, train tours, train trips, train vacations, and luxury private rail car trips. Started in 1984 by Chris, a retired conductor of the Western Pacific/Union Pacific rail, traintrips.biz, also known as Trains & Travel International, has been offering rail trips throughout the world from a 1day California Zephyr trip from Los Angeles to Oakland, CA to a 21 day Silk Road Moscow to Beijing private Golden Eagle Silk Road. If you’ve ever wanted to travel by rail, this is the program to listen to as Chris goes into great and exciting detail on what it is like, types of rail cars used, difference between train tours, trips, and vacations, and numerous other topics.
Peru, Tanzania, and Kilimanjaro Travel Advice Show
Do not visit Peru and Tanzania without listening to Robin Paschall of Adventures Within Reach, Chris, and Jerry discuss these two exciting destinations. Along with the basic facts, often unknown and fascinating insights are given such as where the best beaches are located in Zanzibar, the different accommodation options such as lodges and permanent and mobile tented camps in the Serengeti, unique cultural experience of visiting the Hadza Bushmen in Tanzania, cooking with the locals in Cuzco, visiting Lake Titicaca, talking about the various Inca Trails, and when is the worst time to visit Peru and Tanzania. This show will greatly assist you in your planning stage to make the best decisions for a fabulous vacation.
New Zealand Adventure Travel Advice Show
Karen Hardy of Australia 2000 returns as guest with Chris and Jerry to discuss the wide-range of outdoor, unique and adventure activities and options while visiting New Zealand. Heli-skiing and hiking, whitewater and sea kayaking, trout and deep sea fishing, sand dunes and multi-day treks were just some of the topics discussed. Listen to this program forfabulous ideas to enhance your New Zealand experience.
Wendy Simmons Travel Advice Show
Join Chris and Jerry as they discuss three important travel topics with Wendy Simmons, wendysimmons.com, who has traveled to more than 85 countries and counting. A noted travel photographer and writer, including the Huffington Post and her forth-coming book on North Korea (DPRK), Wendy has a down-to-earth, realistic travel approach. This unique program discusses women traveling the world alone, suggestions and directions for taking photographs that truly capture the subject, and some excellent packing trips to make your travel less stressful. Wendy’s sense of humor and enthusiasm for traveling is catching and fun and immediately comes across. This definitely is a must-listen-to program prior to any trip you take.
Alps Alpenwild Travel Advice Show
Greg Witt, president and founder of Alpenwild, joins Chris and Jerry to discus the many options to experience the Alps. The primary emphasis is on walking, hiking, and trekking the Alps of Switzerland, France, and Italy, including the definitions of walking, hiking, and trekking, difficulty of the various trails, age and health requirements, types of accommodations, food, including cheese and chocolate, times of year, including winter, to do the various activities, and many other pertinent facts to enhance your Alpine by foot experience. Greg goes into great detail on the famous and not-so-famous hikes. He also discusses their exciting multi-rail trip which includes the various cog rail trains and trains pass through the scenic the scenic areas of Switzerland, including the Glacier Express, Bernina Express, Golden pass Line, and tunneling through the Elger to arrive at the Jungfraujoch, the highest railway station in Europe. Prior to solidifying your trip to the Alps, you must listen to this show to learn many options to make your vacation truly exciting and memorable.
Polar Bear Travel Advice Show
The Canadian Arctic is explored with John Gunter, General Manager of Frontiers North, along with Chris and Jerry. Various options to experience the polar bears including Tundra Buggy and hotel stays, best times to visit and photographic tours are discussed. Also, taking an expedition cruise through the Hudson Strait visiting Baffin and the Hudson Bay region, watching grizzly bears, beluga whales and musk oxen and being awed by the Aurora Borealis are just some of the topics discussed on this unique Canadian Arctic show.