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 [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Sam Oppenheim who returns to the show to talk about a recent trip to Belgium. Starting in Brussels, Sam and his wife Mina also visited Ghent, Antwerp, [...]

This picture of the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu near Beijing shows how steep this part of the wall can get. Basically here it is as often the great stairs of [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Subscribe on iTunes | Become a Fan on Facebook | Download the iPhone app | Download Regular hosts Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined [...]

San Francisco is built on a series of hills and if your are going to explore San Francisco then you need to tackle some of these hills. As part of my test [...]

Congratulations to the Travel winners in the 2012 Webby Awards. It is easy to get cynical about awards, especially since sites need to pay to enter the awards, but let’s not let [...]

TBEX ’12 is coming soon. June 15-17th, hundreds of travel bloggers and would be travel bloggers are descending on Keystone, Colorado to hone their craft, pitch to travel PR companies and try and put together [...]

England is holding a party this year for the Queen’s Jubilee as well as the Olympics. They might want you to come but they are not being particularly inviting right now. If [...]

I thought this picture captured some of the beauty and variety of the Muslim Quarter in Xi’an China. It is a very touristy area but also has locals getting about their lives [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Kirk Horsted in a two part episode on the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. In this second half Kirk looks at the state capital [...]