The Amateur Traveler talks to professional photographer Andrew Darlow about tips for travel photography. Andrew has been a professional photographer for 15 years and has lived in Japan and Europe as well [...]

I just got an hour of my week back as I won’t be doing a version of the show (exactly 24 minutes, not a second more or less) for Sirius Satellite radio [...]

It’s the simple familiar things that one sometimes misses; things you don’t think twice about but you expect to see, to have, to use more than twice a day. Things like a cup of coffee…

How do you stay sane when you’re travelling for several years? Some ideas from someone who’s doing it.

by Chuck Prevatte One if by land, two if by sea……QUACK QUACK! Last weekend my family and I took the Boston Duck tour. The DUKW (Duck) is a vintage World War II [...]

There are so many advantages to a light, one bag mentality – make sure you can take advantage of them by packing light.

by Chris Christensen When you are selecting a book to take on your flight try and avoid a book that has a picture of a bomb on the cover. A recent story [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Tim from the Twisted Wrist podcast about Kingston, Ontario: Kingston History (the first capital of Canada), fresh water sailing, wreck diving, penitentiary museum, hockey hall of fame, [...]

by Chuck Prevatte Last night a silversmith from Boston road in the darkness to let, everyone, know the British are coming to confiscate our weapons.  The other Minute Men and I will [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Heidi about a college course set inn the Everglades, learn about crocodiles, alligators, birds or all kind, mangrove swamps and feral pythons. Would you hike (wade) through [...]

When I was in Istanbul recently I stayed in two different hotels. The first one was a European style business hotel near Taksim. The second one was a small hotel, Hotel Historia, [...]