Book Review – “Crash Course: Getting a Job on a Cruise Ship”
As a regular reader of the Amateur Traveler website and listener of the Amateur Traveler podcast, as well as an avid cruiser, I was very excited to have the opportunity to review ...
Barge and Castle – Rhine River Gorge, Germany – Daily Photo
One reason I like this picture is that it captures two different aspects of the Rhine River Gorge in Germany. The area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the many ...
Cruising the Coast of Norway with Hurtigruten – Episode 253
The Amateur Traveler talks to Jeremy from Palm Beach Gardens Florida who talks to use about cruising up the Norwegian coastline into the Arctic Circle on a Hurtigruten cruise. Jeremy lives someplace ...
5 Tips for Cruising with Teenagers
I’ve taken several cruises with a teenager, and I can summarize what I’ve learned with 5 points: #1 The best thing about traveling with teenagers is that they are big enough to ...
Half Moon Cay – Bahamas – Daily Photo
Most cruise ship companies have their own private beaches these days like this one which is Half Moon Cay in Bermuda. This is the private beach of Holland America. The private beaches ...
Ship Mate – an iPhone App for Royal Caribbean Cruise Passengers
As cruise ships get larger and larger I worry that people could spend a significant portion of their trip wandering lost around the corridors. But for those of you who have an ...
How Green Are Cruises? – By The Numbers
There has been a flame war on twitter recently between travel bloggers about what the ecological impact is of “mega cruise ships” on global warming. There are three main issues that I ...
Travel News – Good Job, Railway Rollback, Cruise with Purpose, Runaway Flyer, Volunteer Vacations
The “Best Job in the World” was awarded to an englishman this week, but a winery in Napa is offering a “A Really Good Job”: A Really Good Job Murphy-Goode Winery… is ...
Cruise to the Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica – Episode 180
The Amateur Traveler talks to again to Chris Willis (Swimming with Whales off Tonga – Episode 38, Ethiopia – Episode 79, Mountain Gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda – Episode 80, Travel to ...
Carnival Cruise Lines Forbids Cameras
Carnival Cruise! Originally uploaded by jink (Derek) Did you notice the last time that you booked a cruise on Carnival Cruise Lines that you were not allowed to bring a camera on ...
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