The JPost Podcast - Travel Edition

Krakow is already gearing up for the 34th edition of its international Jewish Culture Festival scheduled for summer 2025. Our podcast hosts Mark and David attended festival #33 from where they bring you the sounds and sights of this wondrous city and introduce you to the people behind one of the world's largest Jewish arts gatherings.

This time:

- Krakow for Kulture
- Janusz has done this 33 times and he isn't even Jewish
- Not just Klezmer in Kazimierz
- The Muslim macher
- A side trip to the Galicia Jewish Museum
- Everything you need to know about a visit to Krakow - flights, hotels, kosher food and more
- It's a small Jewish world after all. Mark has a friend!
- It's all pants with David
- Listen to the music: Israeli, klezmer, African and Asian

We take you into the Caucasus Mountains in Azerbaijan to visit what is said to be the last living shtetl in the world outside of Israel. We learn the history of the "Red Village" and visit its working synagogues. Then, we go deep into the countryside of this beautiful country that borders the Caspian Sea.

This time:

• What is the "Red Village" aka Qırmızı Qəsəbə?
• A tour of the amazing Jewish museum
• Mountain Jews' synagogues
• Where Jews and Muslims live side by side
• How to get there? Where to stay?
• Overlooking Shamakhi
• The tombs of great past leaders
• A blacksmith takes us behind the scenes
• Fine wines from saplings to samplings

Mark and David were guests of the Azerbaijan Tourism Board and Azerbaijan Airlines.

Shenzhen is the remarkable embarkation point for Mark and David's Chinese odyssey. The city has strong links with Israel, particularly in the world of technology. By 2035, transport chiefs say there'll be drone helicopters ferrying passengers above the city's burgeoning skyscrapers. Join the boys on this special voyage of discovery.

Mark and David host The Jerusalem Post Podcast – Travel Edition. They were the guests of The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 87

Mark and David host El Salvador's Ambassador to Israel Milton Eduardo Umaña Acevedo to learn about the great things to do and eat in this Central American paradise.

Then, travel writer Jessica Mudditt pops in to talk about her time in Tibet, how to get there and answers the question: Do you have to be physically fit to enjoy a trip to this spiritually- and topographically-elevated nation?

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 86

Mark and David hit the road in Upper Silesia. They take in the main city, Katowice, before heading out to mountain-top villages, Jewish heritage sites and a whole lot more...

This time:

• Working at 320 meters below ground
• The deepest pub in Europe - cheers!
• The remarkable Jewish museum in Gliwice
• Where miners once lived
• What does Katowice have to offer?
• How to get there and other travel tips
• All about skiing in summer
• Drenched. Utterly drenched
• Cheese, wool and lace thongs!
• Which country are we in?
• Beautiful Cieszyn

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 85.

It's finally happened. Podcast hosts Mark and David actually went on vacation with their own families. How did they each cope without their respective recording buddy? Mark reports on a trip to Eilat and a fully-kosher Mano Cruise sailing from Haifa to Larnaca, Cyprus. Meanwhile, David reflects on a week in Tuscany, Italy, beyond Florence and Pisa. The pair bring you details on where to stay, what to eat and how to make the most of your trip.

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 84

Located on the Caspian Sea, the world's largest lake, Baku has everything you could ask for in a city vacation and that includes great kosher food and daily synagogue prayers - right in the heart of a secular Muslim state. The capital of Azerbaijan is a mix of East and West, Asia and Europe, historic and modern.  Just three hours from Tel Aviv with up to a dozen weekly flights, what more could you ask for? Mark and David report from Baku and dish up the highlights in their latest podcast. This time:

• At 30,000 feet with Azerbaijan Airlines
• Baku, its food and fountains by night
• Suleyman the guide speaks magnificent Hebrew!
• It's got to be Chabad - meet Chief Rabbi Shneor Segal
• Take off my shoes when I go into shul?
• Who are the Mountain Jews?
• A kosher restaurant in the heart of the city
• The lowdown on how to get here, where to stay and what to eat
• Azerbaijan, the big picture
• Baku is very walkable
• The incredible Heydar Aliyev Center
• Is that an Israeli flag?
• Flames, Highland Park and what a view (yes, we know this is audio)

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 83

Waterfalls, walks and wines await visitors to the Ajara region of Georgia. It's just a half-hour drive into the lower Caucasus Mountains from Batumi airport. There are also fortresses and botanical gardens to keep happy visitors of all ages. 

Podcasters Mark and David serve up the sights, sounds and smells in their own inimitable way. 

This time: - Heading into nature
- Tales to Jason and the Argonauts
- A garden with a view
- I thought Petra was in Jordan
- Move over The Three Tenors, Georgian singing is truly unique
- Waterfalls in peaceful oases
- How to get there? Where to stay?
- The oldest wine in the world?

The boys are joined by Moldova's ambassador to Israel Alexandr Roitman, who just penned a book on his country's Jewish history.   
Then, Gil Travel's Iris Hami serves up the best of Argentina: From Boca to Bariloche.

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 81

Some people in the Israeli tourism sector are really angry with Tourism Minister Haim Katz. Mark and David found out why at this year's International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) in Tel Aviv,  In this episode you'll also hear from the tourism chief in Azerbaijan and Air India's new man in Israel.