The Amateur Traveler talks to Doug McConnell of OpenRoad.tv (formerly on Bay Area Backroads) about his love for the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains. Doug has been going to this rugged, stark and [...]

Yahoo has published an article saying which sites in the U.S. attract the most visitors. It was not surprising that DIsney has two sites on the list but I was surprised that [...]

I loved this picture that I took of Mexico City’s Monument to the Revolution. Instead of taking a picture of the monument itself I turned the other way and took this picture [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Ana Laura about her home city of Mexico City. We will talk about food, museums, architecture and history. We will puzzle about why the tourists stay in [...]

This animation of the very brief but eventful flight of US Airways 1549 is amazing. It is amazing how calm the flight crew is as they are saying things like “we may [...]

Among the things you don’t want to see when you are on vacation is the police showing up in very large numbers and dressing like this, but that is exactly what I [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Dennis Cheatham of LoveforTexas.com about his home state of Texas. Dennis takes us on a virtual tour of the Lone Star state including some of the usually [...]

On a trip to Turkey in 2007 to visit our former Turkish exchange student we went to Pamukkale and Hieropolis which is a few hours drive from Ephesus. Pamukkale is a series [...]

Don and a Pay Toilet Originally uploaded by Sapphireblue Wondering where the airline fees are heading. Low cost airline Ryanair has not rules out pat toilets as a next step. Ryanair: Pay [...]

Filipe, the weaver I met yesterday, picked me up in his car at 10am outside of the hostel. We headed for some of the well known sites in the valley. The Big [...]