I found myself making acquaintance again today with the Mexico City airport and availing myself of the opportunity to again consume tacos al pastor. I was through this airport on a trip [...]

This is a special Amateur Traveler episode that talks about the history of the show. It also includes one of the early episodes (episode 9 on Bad Hotels). This episode was recorded [...]

I am in Cozumel this weekend and I was flown down here by the Park Royal Resort to review the property (more about that soon). For the flight down they flew me [...]

I have always liked this picture of Piazza San Marco taken looking down on it from the campanile on the square. I loved the black and white nature of the scene offset [...]

This is a transcript of an episode of the Amateur Traveler focusing on traveling to the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Travel to the Yucatan Penninsula of Mexico – Episode 163 Show Notes [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll of UncorneredMarket.com about Prague where they lived for 5 years. Audrey and Daniel are currently traveling around the world and talked to [...]

It is not as uncommon as you would hope that people go over the side of their cruise ship and are not heard from again. A man was recently saved after 3 [...]

Monte Alban, just out side of Oaxaca Mexico, was built by the Zapotec people around 500 B.C. At the time it was one of the largest cities in Mesoamerica. The Zapotecs apparently [...]

Visit Athens with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows the ruins of the ancient Agora which was the marketplace which is now surrounded by the picturesque neighborhoods of Plaka and Monastiraki. Monastiraki [...]

James Lick James Lick had a problem. He was a very rich man and wanted to be remembered after his death. He thought about building a giant pyramid in downtown San Francisco, [...]