If I didn’t travel with other people I would never have any pictures of myself. Thanks to Nev who was in our small tour group I have this picture of myself in [...]

Visit Paris France with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows scenes from Notre Dame, the Marché aux Puces (the flea market), Montmartre, the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and the Gare de Lyon (train [...]

Paucartambo is a small town a few hours from Cusco. It’s not well traveled except for one time a year when people come from all over Peru and abroad for the festival [...]

These crab traps at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf are a reminder that the wharf is not just about wax museums and cheap t-shirt shops but also still has a working fishing fleet. [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks again to Photographer Ralph Velasco about the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. Ralph was recently on assignment throughout Mexico but this region made the biggest impact on him. [...]

These statues of an Egyptian Pharaoh are unusual because the Pharaoh depicted is not a man but instead Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Egypt for about 22 years as “regent”. You may not [...]

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This mosque at the Temple of Luxor in Egypt has a door that seems to have been inconveniently located well above the ground. The door is at ground level, but the temple [...]

This photograph was taken at the Lama Temple in the northwest part of central Beijing. The temple is a Buddhist temple and this mostly female crowd was worshiping there.

Travelers heading to Cusco, Peru are usually there for one main reason – to see the wonder that is Machu Picchu.  All travelers have their own way of seeing Machu Picchu.  Some [...]