Episode 24, Spike Hampson 2
Posted by Franz on February 18th, 2013
This is the second or the interview with Spike Hampson. Spike has a lot of stories to tell and he may choose to send some more MP3 files of some of his adventures. The adventure he recounts here is a story of how he built a small riverboat launched the riverboat in Wyoming and took it down. The Yellowstone River, Missouri River, the Illinois River and around Lake Michigan. This is only one of these multi-year, quixotic adventure

Episode 24, Spike Hampson 1
Posted by Franz on January 22nd, 2013
This is a great interview with Spike Hampson. Spike Hampson has his own website, and you can download his stories for free at ww.SpikeHampson.com I met Spike when I started studying for a master's degree in geography at the University of Utah. I in Spike I found a fellow sailor, a fellow skier and an avid traveler. On top of that, he tells a great story. This is the first of two episodes that covers this discussion that took place over a 70 min. period of time. The second episode will be released next week. Spike has a lot of stories to tell and he may choose to send some more MP3 files of some of his adventures. The adventure he recounts here is a story of how he built a small riverboat launched the riverboat in Wyoming and took it down. The Yellowstone River, Missouri River, the Illinois River and around Lake Michigan. This is only one of these multi-year, quixotic adventure

Episode 23 Greece to Turkey 2012
Posted by Franz on October 12th, 2012
This podcast covers the final leg of the summer 2012 sail from Croatia to Turley. In this episode we sail from Astypalia to Kalymnos, Leros and Turkey. Suggestions for future episodes are welcome email suggestions to franz@medsailor.com and visit our website www.medsailor.com

Episode 22 Greece continued 2012 Sail
Posted by Franz on October 5th, 2012
This is the continuation of the podcast of the summer 2012 sail from Croatia to Turkey in this episode I cover traveling to Greece from the island of Poros to Amorgos and finishing riding out another meltimi on the island of Astypalea Greece

Below are some links to YouTube videos that relate to this post.

http://youtu.be/c1MYg554-bQ
http://youtu.be/APcvqdRY-GY
http://youtu.be/ExI5ynLuwVI
Also check out my other site
www.medsailor.com

Episode 21 Greece continued 2012 Sail
Posted by Franz on October 3rd, 2012
I continue telling the story of my summer 2012 sailing odyssey which took me from Croatia to Turkey this is the second section that covers Greece and geographically we cover the area from Poros to the island of Paros. My crew member Dave gets an injury, and we become port bound due to high winds.

The youtube channel I refer to is:

http://www.youtube.com/user/medsailordotcom/feed?filter=2

The winds in Serifos videos are
http://youtu.be/LjBk_KlpbQ8
http://youtu.be/U91KTADf8jU

Also Check out www.medsailor.com

Episode 20 Greece 2012
Posted by Franz on October 2nd, 2012
This covers my 2012 sail from Corfu through the Ionian Islands of Ithaca Cephalonia and Megalanisi through the Gulf of Patra and Corinth. Then through the Corinth Canal and into the Aegean to Poros and Kithnos.

Episode 19 Croatia, Albania Sail
Posted by Franz on September 18th, 2012
This is the first of several episodes that talk about my summer sail from Croatia to Turkey. This podcast covers Croatia Montenegro and Albania

Episode 18: Kosovo
Posted by Franz on May 18th, 2012
This is a story submission by Jason of his time spent in Kosovo

Thanks Jason for sharing with us.

Episode 17: Tania Aebi author or
Posted by Franz on March 2nd, 2012
“In May 1985, when Tania Aebi was only 18 years old, she cast off from the docks of South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan and sailed 27,000 miles around the world, alone, on her 26-foot sloop, Varuna. Concerned about her lack of ambition, her father offered her this opportunity as an alternative to a college education, and she took him up on it. For the next two and a half years, with only a cat for company, she crossed the Caribbean, the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, and the North Atlantic, stopping in 23 countries along the way. http://taniaaebi.com/
Submit your own mp3 audio travel stories to:
www.traveltradeexchange.com
Or email me if you would like me to interview you.
franz@traveltradeexchange.com

Episode 16 Cappadocia Turkey Travel Story
Posted by Franz on February 10th, 2012
In This episode I talk about traveling in Cappadocia Turkey.
Submit your own mp3 audio travel stories to:
www.traveltradeexchange.com
Or email me if you would like me to interview you.
franz@traveltradeexchange.com

Episode 15, Bus Travel in Turkey
Posted by Franz on February 3rd, 2012
In this podcast I discuss traveling around Turkey by Bus and Dolmish
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Episode 14, Istanbul
Posted by Franz on February 1st, 2012
I give a information on Istanbul. How to get into the city from the airport, what to see what to do, and information on a side trip to Bursa.
www.traveltradeexchange.com

Episode 13 Ferry to Bari and train to Matera
Posted by Franz on January 27th, 2012
This is a quick podcast of my trip to Matera at the end of the Croatia summer sailing season in 2011.
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Episode 12 Andrew Vik
Posted by Franz on December 9th, 2011
Andrew is an American who has a sailboat in Croatia he is a wealth of practical sailor knowledge. I pick his brain for information for my upcoming summer sail through Montenegro and Albania. To a sailor this is interesting and useful information to others I guess I will wait for feedback. Andrews website is http://www.sailgeja.com/2011/Home/Home.html
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Episode 11 Bill Part 2
Posted by Franz on April 18th, 2011
Bill tells about being pick pocketed in Peru and how he chased the culprit down and recovered his wallet. Then General Knowledge on living in other countries during the long dreary Alaska winter.

He also talks about the wild Herring Fishery in Bristol Bay Alaska. Various other subjects are as they come up.

Episode 10 Bill Part 1
Posted by Franz on January 28th, 2011
Bill works as an Alaska fisherman when the fishing season ends he goes traveling. In this interview he talks about his various trips but we go into quite a bit of detail of his residency in Quito Ecuador

Episode 9 Eric Hansen #2
Posted by Franz on December 13th, 2010
This is the second part of my interview with adventure travel writers Eric Hansen
Eric is the writer of Orchid Fever, The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer: Close Encounters with Strangers, Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo, and Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea, Here is Eric Hansen Random House Authors page http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=11835

Our website is www.traveltradeexchange.com please add your story!

Episode 8 Eric Hansen #1
Posted by Franz on December 8th, 2010
This is the first of two episodes where I interview one of my favorite adventure travel writers, Eric Hansen

http://erichansenwriter.com/

Eric is the writer of Orchid Fever, The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer: Close Encounters with Strangers, Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo, and Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea, Here is Eric Hansen Random House Authors page

http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=11835

Our website is www.traveltradeexchange.com please add your story!

Episode 7
Posted by Franz on November 20th, 2010
Produced 11/20/2010 Island of Marmara Turkey, Visiting Marble Quarries, Cappadocia, tea in a cave home, Biking in the Chateau Region of France, Solo Travel

Episode 6
Posted by Franz on November 15th, 2010
Produced 11/15/2010
I describe Salt Lake to a visitor. I describe the downtown area, what to expect to see when you fly into Salt Lake, the ski areas around Salt Lake and a great walk up City Creek Park and Canyon to go on if you are visiting Salt Lake. This is an example of what I would like each listener to produce and post on the site about the area where they live.

Episode 5
Posted by Franz on November 13th, 2010
Produced 11/13/2010
Today I talk of random acts of kindness where I have been the recipient. First a bus ride in Salerno, Italy when traveling with my family and then multiple examples that have occurred in Turkey. Then when producing this podcast my business partner overheard me and wanted to tell of some of his experiences of random acts of kindness. He tells of some of his also when he was traveling in Turkey.

Episode 4
Posted by Franz on November 2nd, 2010
I interview John. John was accepted to the London School of Film in the early 1970's. He gets to London and decides he is tired of School. He sells his camera and starts a year of travel. To fund his travels he becomes jewelry smuggler traveling between Turkey and Europe. He describes an LSD trip he had in Bodrum, Turkey and other adventures he had during this year of self discovery. John was a successful director and film producer and fitting with his trade he was a great story teller.

John passed away on October 12, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. He was a wonderful friend. I will miss him. I am glad he left these stories for us to enjoy.

Episode 3
Posted by Franz on November 2nd, 2010
This Podcast is and interview with Bill and how he exported a car from Florida to Venezuela and intended to drive to Argentina. His plan was complicated when upon arriving in Manaus Brazil the road that is shown on the map does not exist in reality. He then loaded his car on a boat and continues his journey via the Amazon River. He is a great story teller and does a great job in describing this adventure.

Episode 2
Posted by Franz on November 2nd, 2010
In this podcast I describe my personal background and the eventual realization of my dream of sailing and how I made the decision to live my dream and sail across the Atlantic Ocean following the death of a childhood friend.

Episode 1
Posted by Franz on November 2nd, 2010
In this podcast I outline my goal in setting up this podcast and the companion web site www.traveltradeexchange.com It is my hope that the audio podcast is entertaining and informative and that the web site becomes an active and useful source if information where the participants generate the content by exchanging travel stories and services with each other.
Stories services and Podcasts will searchable by the area of interest of the users.
There will also be a commercial services database that users may search for specific services by country.

Episode 18: Kosovo
Posted by averageguy on March 24th, 2012
My time in Kosovo

Family trip to Paris
Posted by bwhunsaker on December 13th, 2010
Family 6 travels to Paris. Difficult time finding our hotel.