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 [...]