The Amateur Traveler talks to Sheila from “Travels with Sheila” about an exploratory trek she did with the venerable trekking company Mountain Travel Sobek in Siberia (Altai Republic) that did not go [...]

Get Your Photo on the Cover of a Lonely Planet Guide Pikeo is yet another web 2.0 photo sharing site but this one s having a contest that will place the photos [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Honor the UK Tokyoite about her adopted home in Tokyo, Japan. Learn about affordable food and housing, how to manage the subway system, shopping, fireworks, festivals and [...]

When I was walking into the airport security in Las Vegas last weekend, this video that was playing caught my attention. It is both informative and entertaining as you learn how to [...]

Visit Curaçao with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows a sailing and snorkeling trip on the HMS Bounty. This was my favorite video that I shot with my under water video camera [...]

A while back I wrote an article analyzing the finances of online travel agency YTB. My conclusion was that it was better to be YTB than someone who is building a travel [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Megan Fitzgerald about her honeymoon to India and in particular her visit to the region of Kerala. Here about the beaches and the back waters, food, and [...]

Bag labelled ‘bomb’ got past security checks A LARGE bag with “BOMB” written across it passed through Qantas check-in and security screening for oversized luggage at Brisbane domestic airport yesterday, the Transport [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Eddie about the island of Dominica. Dominica was discovered by Columbus and he might still recognize this lush tropical mountainous island with some of the best scuba [...]