The Arizona Memorial is a somber place and one appropriate to remember on Memorial Day. 1177 crew members lost their lives on December 7th, 1941 when this battleship was sunk. Most of ...

This shot of Angel’s Landing from the north rim of the Grand Canyon National Park near sunset would be a good entry in this month’s Amateur Traveler photo contest on “sense of ...

frecciarossa vs eurostar Originally uploaded by Ciccio Pizzettaro Fans of train travel show know that travel to Italy just got even better (as if you can improve on a country with gelato). ...

This photo of an elephant from Lake Manyara in Tanzania is both an argument for the new large photo size on the Amateur Traveler as well as an argument for taking a ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Lillie Marshall of AroundTheWorldL.com about the 3 months she volunteered in Ghana in sub-Saharan West Africa on her round the world trip. She worked for the program ...

Today I am announcing big changes as the photo section of the Amateur Traveler gets bigger. If you look at yesterday’s photo post “Cable Car” – Hong Kong – Daily Photo you ...

As I mentioned on this week’s episode of the Amateur Traveler (Travel to Hong Kong – Episode 233) the “cable car” or gondola up to the Big Buddha and the Po Lin ...

I had a chance to get my hands on the new Sony bloggie HD Video Camera recently. This is Sony’s entry into the pocket video camera space made popular by the Flip ...

On our most recent trip to Europe we took the train from Paris to Geneva. Flying would also have been an option but there are some good reasons why a train ride ...

Still more pictures today of the very photographic Sha Tin / Temple of the 10,000 Buddhas.There is no question that this is one of the places that I am glad I am ...