The Amateur Traveler talks to Francis Tapon author of “The Hidden Europe” about European Russia west of the Ural Mountains. Most people only know 2 cities in Russia – Moscow and St [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to John from Dallas about traveling to Moscow. We talk about red square, the Kremlin, the towers of Saint Basil’s cathedral, night life, the National History Museum, Cold [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Sheila from “Travels with Sheila” about an exploratory trek she did with the venerable trekking company Mountain Travel Sobek in Siberia (Altai Republic) that did not go [...]