The Amateur Traveler talks to Sam Oppenheim (who has previously been on the show talking about trekking in the Himalayas and traveling to Cuba) about travel to Laos. Sam Visited Laos as ...

Carnival Cruise! Originally uploaded by LaBellaVida A cautionary tale comes from a story about a Carnival cruise. You are more likely after reading this story to take pictures of your cruise ship ...

Mono Lake is on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California just east of Yosemite. One of the unique features of the lake is the tufa formations which are ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Sarah from Whitehorse in the Yukon about that corner of Canada with long winters but dramatic scenery. She tells of of Winter festivals like the Yukon Sourdough ...

And if you thought you had a bad vacation…. Trip of a lifetime turns into holiday from hell as British couple are ‘poisoned, stabbed, stoned… and then robbed’ A British couple today ...

What looks like a slot canyon here is really the Navajo trail in Bryce National Park which wanders through the hoodoos (or spires of rock) that are Bryce’s most striking feature. The ...

Despite my recent wanderings, I still tend to think of myself as a fairly typical Central Californian. By that I mean, it’s sometimes very easy to never leave the state and still ...

This is a photo of the Spice Bazaar in Istanbul. The Spice Bazaar is not that far from the Grand Bazaar. It is also very touristy but wonderfully photogenic because of the ...