I love street food. I like the whole idea of local cuisine and food that is not massed produced. On my trip here in Maui I ate today not street food but ...

I have been to Iao Valley on Maui before to see the famous Iao Needle but like many visitors I had driven passed a lesser known gem which is the Hawai’i Nature ...

Today’s photo “Elephant Reflection” was taken by Colleen Bevacqua and was submitted in the Amateur Traveler March Photo contest. Colleen  says: About 20 years ago I discovered my love for animals in ...

Today’s photo “Grand Tetons National Park” was taken by Becky Clark Sunderland and was submitted in the Amateur Traveler March Photo contest. Becky  says: I went to the Grand Tetons & Yellowstone ...

Prevent tourists from lostOriginally uploaded by arne1101 Whoever put up this sign thought it would be helpful to me as a foreign tourist and that it would somehow keep me from getting ...

Today’s photo “Koh Samui” was taken by Scott Brown and was submitted in the Amateur Traveler March Photo contest. Scott says: We took a boat tour up to Koh Aao. This is ...

Sean Hewens, founder of Smallbean, recently explained his project to Chris via a lengthy e-mail interview. WHAT IS SMALLBEAN? The Citizen Archivist Project (CAP) strives to bring technology and computer skills to ...

Audio clip: view full post to listen Download the mp3 This Week’s Guest: Julie Schwietert of the Matador Network. Julie is a bilingual writer and editor who’s always interested in stories about ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to John Clayton about a recent trip to Wales. John was the host of a radio travel show called “Travel with a Difference” for 16 years in the ...

Today’s photo “Cross Shadow” was taken by David Schulwitz and was submitted in the Amateur Traveler March Photo contest. David  says: I took this picture while on a University of Hawaii study ...