June’s photo contest on the Amateur Traveler had the theme humor. Aglaée Jacob won the  contest on the with this photo: Aglaée says: I was on my way to Merzouga from Marrakesh, [...]

Ralph Velasco (who I am doing the November Egypt Photo Tour) is again our judge. The theme for June is “Humor” as in this photo taken in Istanbul by Ann Pfaff-Doss of [...]

Special prize for Amateur Traveler readers… read to the bottom. The 3rd Annual Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest is happening now! Send in your best photos-in categories like Animals/Wildlife, Travel, and Weather-for a [...]

Submit your favorite photos from your trip to Italy for a chance to put one of your photos on Fodor’s Italy. Sure this is just a way for Fodor’s to get cheap [...]

I have been reading the book First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century. It is a wonderful “warts and all” book about Mexico City and [...]

I usually put contest announcements on the discussion boards instead of in the blog, but Beth Whitman who was just on the Amateur Traveler talking about Traveling to India as a Woman [...]

I am holding a new contest. The prize is a travel poster (or item of equivalent value) from my online store. There are two ways to win. Get one point for subscribing [...]