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MAXING OUT
Get the maximum from your vacation with
tips from professional tourist Rudy Maxa.
Where is Rudy Maxa when you need him? Well,
when this issue of KETC Guide was being written,
the travel expert was in Japan preparing one of the final
episodes of his new series Rudy Maxa’s World.
So Maxa obligingly took our e-mailed questions and interviewed
himself about the show, his travel tips and the current state
of travel.
To begin, how did you choose where to shoot?
I wanted the shows to be a surprise each week. To have a
wider variety of destinations than we’ve had in the
past in order to introduce viewers to a wider range of cultural
and travel experiences. So I chose places I personally liked
and have long wanted to share with an audience.
Our 13 episodes this season include St. Petersburg, Russia,
and a look at the hottest destination in Eastern Europe, Estonia.
We did two shows in Turkey—Istanbul and the Turquoise
Coast—and three shows in Thailand—Bangkok, the
gorgeous Andaman coast in the south, and the lush Golden Triangle
in the north.
For the first time, we went to South America and produced
two shows in Argentina—Buenos Aires and another on Mendoza,
the gorgeous wine-producing region at the base of the Andes.
In Japan, we did a Tokyo show and a Kyoto show. And also two
wildly colorful episodes on destinations in northern India.
One is called Delhi and Agra, the other is titled
Rajasthan.
How did you get started traveling?
I’m an Army brat, so I moved every year or so as a
kid. I traveled extensively (and by design) for The Washington
Post during my first 13 years as an investigative reporter
and, later, during nine years as a senior writer at Washingtonian
magazine. I’m on the road all the time now for the television
shows as well as for National Geographic Traveler
magazine.
I try to bring a journalist’s eye to our shows in
addition to working to make a destination accessible to first-time
travelers. The proof, I hope, is in the 13 new episodes of
Rudy Maxa’s World for 2008.
For the complete interview with Maxa, check out the current
issue of KETC Guide.
Tune In: The new series Rudy Maxa's World airs Sundays
at noon beginning May 18. Maxa’s previous series,
Smart Travels—Europe With Rudy Maxa, continues
on Saturdays and Sundays at 5:30 a.m., and Monday–Friday
at 6:00 a.m.
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