Visit London with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows some of the hustle and bustle of London as a place where 7.2 million people live and work and also shows some of ...

It might seem odd that places like Xerox Parc where the computer mouse was invented are just a mile or so from pastures with horses but that is in fact the case. ...

Yesterday, I was sending out emails to people I have communicated with previously to encourage them to sign up for my newsletter. As an incentive to join my newsletter I offer a ...

It may be hard to picture that Silicon Valley was not always about chips and software, but the Santa Clara Valley used to be called the Valley of Hearts Delight and was ...

I drove down to the LA Times Travel show a week ago and because I had some time I drove highway 101 near the coast instead of the faster highway 5 through ...

Extra fees seems to be getting routine. Travelers are getting hit with all kinds of extra fees that they were not expecting. Baggage Fees United Airlines announced recently that they are raising ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Mike and Hillary of the SpotHopping blog about their trip to Easter Island / Rapa Nui in the South Pacific. They visited Easter Island as a stop ...

Barf Detergent Originally uploaded by indigoprime Some product names don’t translate well. They did teach us in chemistry that “like dissolves like” so if you have barf problems in your laundry this ...

Continuing on with the theme of romance this week… where do the Italians go on vacation? For many years the answer to that question has been Lake Como in Northern Italy. This ...

Fodor’s sent me a free copy of their Fodor’s Israel which is part of their new guide book series to review. Now frankly, Fodor’s guide books have never been my favorite, but ...