Immersive Travel in the USA – Episode 154

The Amateur Traveler talks to author Sheryl Kayne about her new book Immersion Travel USA. She talks about volunteer travel, educational travel and other immersive experiences from experiencing zero G to quilting, from climbing frozen waterfalls to counting right whales.

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News

Travel News Update – Tourist Riots, Hotel Fires All Male Employees, etc

• Turkish hotel fires philandering male staff
• Anger at airport as XL rescue turns into a fiasco

Show Notes

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Immersion Travel USA by Sheryl Kayne
Cosmosphere – Space camp in Kansas
Chicks with Picks – frozen waterfall climbing
John C. Campbell Folk School – Quilting program
Right Whale
The Marine Resources Council – monitoring the Right Whale
Loggerhead Marinelife Center – monitoring Loggerhead Turtles
Adaptive Sports Foundation
CoolWorks.com – Thousands of Jobs in Great Places
EarthWatch.org – environmental volunteering
OneBrick.org – local volunteering
Esperanza International – group that Chris goes to Mexico with
Episode 11 – Mexico – Building Houses
Bike & Build

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