This Week's Edition of Get Packin'

You're in a far off land, walking the streets of an unfamiliar city.  It could be the very Westernized boulevards of Paris or the more exotic, dusty avenues of Marrakech, Morocco.  Either way, you're bound to encounter food vendors selling the 'delicacies' they've cooked right there on the street.  It might be something as innocuous as corn on the cob.  Or it might be some kind of animal on a stick.  The question is, Is any of it safe to eat?

Fish sticks?

We'll get the answer from our personal travel doctor on this week's edition of Get Packin', Saturday afternoon at 4:00 on Freedom 95 (95.9 FM/950 AM and streaming at www.freedom95.us).  Dr. Jeffrey Jones is a physician with St. Francis TravelWell and has been our travel doctor since 2006 when we first traveled to Kenya.  "Indiana Jones" - as we like to call him - has since been our go-to doc prior to trips to Southeast Asia and in preparation for our climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro.  He'll have some good advice about what to eat, what not to eat, and what to look for in good street food.

Speaking of Marrakech, that city made the list of TripAdvisor's Top Ten Travel Cities of 2016.  We'll give you the other nine as our Hot Destination(s) of the Week.  We'll also let you know the best mileage programs for frequent fliers.  And we'll have the story of a flight attendant who bolted from a security checkpoint at LAX, leaving behind her Gucci high heels and her carry-on bag filled with... well, you'll just have to tune in Saturday afternoon to find out.

While you're here at our blog, please take a couple of minutes to read about some of our excellent adventures, like the singing cab driver of Quito and what it's like to spend a day exploring the ancient city of Petra.  And if you'd like to plan your own excellent adventure, call Ann at Travel Leaders: 800-525-1570.