Liz got up early to dive to start the process of getting her scuba certification while the rest of us headed to Hanauma Bay for our own close encounters with all things ...

My family of four and five friends are heading to Oahu, Hawaii for a week. A friend dropped us off at San Jose airport for a direct flight to Honolulu. We were ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Raul from Atlanta about his recent trip to Krakow Poland. Learn about this former capital of Poland which is a treasure trove of history. Raul will take ...

The town of Ronda is Andalusia in southern Spain stubbornly clings to the top of a hill with cliffs providing natural protection for the town. Because of its natural defenses Ronda did ...

The first story is either very very cool or very very creepy… probably both. Just don’t react when the security screen whispers ‘Jihad’ in your ear. EU tests brain scanning to catch ...

I just got back from dropping Andrew and Friedel Grant from the TravellingTwo.com website back at the train station so that they could head back to San Francisco. If you are not ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Robin who is an expert on Hawaii about the island of Oahu. More specifically Robin is a Conde Naste “Top Travel Specialist” for Hawaii. We talk about ...

The “Best Job in the World” was awarded to an englishman this week, but a winery in Napa is offering a “A Really Good Job”: A Really Good Job Murphy-Goode Winery… is ...

In last week’s episode of the Amateur Traveler podcast (Travel to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks – Episode 183) we talked a bit about stupid tourist interactions with wildlife. I took ...

I received an email from a PR firm about a new community from Marriott for Marriott Reward’s members called Marriott Rewards Insiders. Interesting features of the Marriott Rewards Insiders community include the ...