Our guide at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica took a small stick and enticed a tarantula out of on of the many small holes we had been blissfully walking ...

They call it a canopy tour, but what it really is is a great excuse for ziplining through the jungle. This shot was taken at the Original Canopy Tour which is one ...

Costa Rica’s capital San Jose has a lively nightlife. Most tourists naturally fall into the Tican groove: the Latin rhythms of Salsa, Merengue, and on the Caribbean coast, Soca, and the driving ...

It has been a bad week for planes and pilots as this first story shows: Plane takes off without pilot at vintage airshow A runaway aircraft took off on its own when ...

Visit Costa Rica with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows an eco tour traveling by bus, train and boat to the rain forrest north of Puerto Limon on the Caribbean coast. It ...

I finally put up my trip journal for my trip to Panama. This is the trip that I talked about on: Episode 113 – Theme Cruise to Panama (Shakespeare at Sea / ...

This journal covers a cruise to Panama on Holland America through Insight / Geek Cruises. The cruise was a Shakespeare cruise done in conjunction with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and a Mac ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Harry Pariser the author of “Explore Costa Rica” about the Central American country of Costa Rica. Pariser has been writng about Costa Rica for 15 years. We ...

Chris (The Amateur Traveler himself) talks about his recent themed cruise (Shakespeare at Sea / MacMania) on the Holland America ship the ms Vollendam to the Panama canal with stops at Half ...