January 2010
This broadcast is a favorite legacy show that we produced under our old name Travel'n On and before re-branding as WORLD FOOTPRINTS. Feel the beat and taste exotic flavors when we explore the island of Puerto Rico. US citizens can travel to the island without a passport. The majority of people see a single tropical island when they think about Puerto Rico. In actuality, it is an archipelago, or collection of islands, with its biggest island bearing the same name. More than 100 smaller islands and cays surround this main island (also known as islets, which are very small sand islands that build up atop a reef). By taking a boat, aircraft, ferry, or kayak to some of these unusual locations, you might discover an entirely different aspect of island life that many visitors usually overlook. If Puerto Rico has a best-kept secret, it is the islands of Culebra and [...]
This broadcast is a favorite legacy show that we produced under our old name Travel'n On and before re-branding as WORLD FOOTPRINTS. We'll talk to Brian Portland Today! Hop across the pond to Australia with contributor Brian Portland who explores the world as an accessible traveler. The main airlines in the nation are prepared to meet a variety of demands for people with disabilities. They can accommodate particular dietary needs and offer wheelchairs, priority boarding on aircraft, oxygen, and facilities for guide dogs. Australia's legal framework mandates that accommodations for individuals with disabilities be made in hotels, on tours, and during travel. All major taxi firms in Australia's capital cities offer wheelchair-accessible taxis. For those with mobility issues, the majority of trains in Australia are completely accessible. Greyhound Pioneer Australia and McCafferty buses, or bus lines, also provide accessible transportation for people with disabilities. In actuality, all forms of public [...]
This broadcast is a favorite legacy show that we produced under our old name Travel'n On and before re-branding as WORLD FOOTPRINTS. OUr focus will be voluntourism and adventure travel today. Adventure travel and volunteer travel experts, Alexia Nestora of Lasso Communications and Christina Heyniger from XOLA Consulting, joins the show to discuss the emerging best practices in adventure travel and voluntourism (volunteer travel). In the adventure tourism industry, Christina Heyniger works with entrepreneurs and community tourism interests to develop and market niche tourism products and services. She has supported adventure travel tour operators and associations operating in Cambodia, China, Ecuador, India, Morocco, Nepal, and the United States and speaks regularly at industry and academic conferences on topics ranging from small business management to humanitarian aid and international development through responsible tourism. Through Xola, Christina and her team regularly produce general and specialized adventure tourism industry research reports. Alexia Nestora [...]
This broadcast is a favorite legacy show that we produced under our old name Travel'n On and before rebranding as WORLD FOOTPRINTS. This is a continuation of our conversation with author and explorer Col. John Blashford Snell who will talk about his upcoming expedition to Bolivia and his work with Just A Drop Foundation. Bolivia offers travelers glimpses of a different world, a bygone period, and the mystique that once enchanted explorers and rulers of old empires as a raw, rugged answer to Latin America's gleaming metropolises and well-trodden tourist paths. John is a legendary explorer who has traveled to all corners of the earth to leave positive footprints and share remote places with the world. John's strong spirit of adventure, his great leadership qualities, his physical and mental courage in adversity, and his generosity to others less privileged than himself underpin his exceptional achievements and make him an ideal [...]
This broadcast is a favorite legacy show that we produced under our old name Travel'n On and before rebranding as WORLD FOOTPRINTS. Today we'll talk to Kenny Albert. Attention sports fans, all-American sportscaster, Kenny Albert, son of famed sportscaster Marv Albert, will join Travel'n On to discuss his travels around the country with the NFL and the Olympics. On October 25, 2009, Albert hosted the New York Yankees' locker room celebration after they won the American League Championship Series that evening after calling the play-by-play of the Minnesota Vikings vs. Pittsburgh Steelers NFL game for Fox. He called the play-by-play for the New York Knicks' season-opening game on MSG Network on October 28. The following night, he broadcast a Rangers game on the radio. Jim Robson, the play-by-play announcer for the Vancouver Canucks, was his hero in addition to his father Marv Albert. Growing up in Sands Point, Albert covered [...]
