Lotus lake trip Huddled around dogeared copies of Lonely Planet in a Bangkok cafe, groups of independent travelers are planning their route across Thailand, eagerly trying to devise routes that will [...]

I am a professional artist and have been lucky enough to take several long painting focused trips. Starting In early January 2010 I embarked on a four month painting and travel tour [...]

Today’s photo “Koh Samui” was taken by Scott Brown and was submitted in the Amateur Traveler March Photo contest. Scott says: We took a boat tour up to Koh Aao. This is [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Matt Kepkes of NomadicMatt.com about his trip to the ancient capitals of Thailand: Ayutthaya, Lopburi and Sukhothai. Before the capital moved to Bangkok it was in each [...]

This is not a new idea. One of my college roommates was a polymer chemist and polymer chemists have been playing this joke on each other for at least 25 years. Dissolving [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Eric about his recent trip to Thailand. Learn about the Royal Palace, Temples, water taxies, an elephant park, the Chiang Mia Flower Festival and Parade, and attending [...]

A video of the Doi Suthep temple in Northern Thailand.

The Amateur Traveler talks to Kirk and Donna about their trip around the world. Hear how they took a year off of work an honeymooned while they traveled around the world. Hear [...]