Episodes
Published 10/17/20
Checkout the blog post on day trips from Las Vegas including this helicopter flight, visiting Red Rocks and Valley of Fire at https://amateurtraveler.com/las-vegas-day-trips/
Published 05/13/19
The Mori Building Digital Art Museum in Odaiba in Tokyo is an amazingly interactive museum where kids can draw a sea creature and then watch it swim along the museum walls. Read more at Things to do in Odaiba (Tokyo) – https://amateurtraveler.com/things-to-do-in-odaiba/
Published 01/16/19
Varanasi India is colorful , chaotic city on the Ganges River that is a sacred place to Hindus. See its traffic, shoreline and religious ceremonies in this video from the Amateur Traveler trip to India. Read more about Varanasi at https://amateurtraveler.com/varanasi-india/
Published 10/08/18
A Video of Česky Krumlov in the Czech Republic, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the country's 2nd most visited city. Read more at https://amateurtraveler.com/cesky-krumlov/
Published 08/27/18
Durango Colorado is known for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad as well as for adventure travel excursions like the jeep tour I took up to 12,000 feet in the nearby San Juan Mountains. This video shows the train and the jeep tour. read more at: https://amateurtraveler.com/denver-to-mesa-verde-and-durango/
Published 07/13/18
Mesa Verede National Park is both a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It preserves and interprets a large collection of ruins left by Ancestral Puebloans. The sites was occupied from 450-1300 A.D. The cliff dwellings that we know it for were only built in the last 100 years of that time period. This video shows a tour of Cliff Palace. For more information read https://amateurtraveler.com/denver-to-mesa-verde-and-durango/
Published 07/06/18
The Springs Resort in Pagosa Springs Colorado sits on a an active geothermal area with the deepest host springs in the world. This video shows the hot springs at the resort and then also shows nearby Chimney Rock National Monument which are ruins left by the Ancestral Puebloans on top of a mountain. Fr more information read: https://amateurtraveler.com/denver-to-mesa-verde-and-durango/
Published 06/29/18
This video shows some of the history of Montgomery Alabama and also talks about the new Legacy Museum which presents the history of slavery, lynching, and civil rights. The video also shows the new National Memorial to Peace and Justice (also known as the Lynching Memorial). Read more https://amateurtraveler.com/montgomery-alabama-civil-rights/
Published 06/11/18
A video of Fort Jefferson at Dry Tortugas National Park off the Floriday Keys near Key West. read more: Road Trip down the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas National Park (Videos #96 & #97)http://usa.amateurtraveler.com/road-trip-florida-keys/  
Published 05/25/18
Taking a boat ride on the African Queen in Key Largo, Florida - for more info check out Road Trip down the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas National Park (Videos #96 & #97) http://usa.amateurtraveler.com/road-trip-florida-keys/
Published 05/18/18
A video of how Universal's waterpark in Orlando, including how the tapu tapu waterproof wrist devise works to get reservations for attractions.
Published 05/12/18
Each year in January there is a Harry Potter festival at Universal Orlando Resort called Celebration Harry Potter. This video is a peak into that magical world. Read more at http://usa.amateurtraveler.com/celebration-harry-potter/
Published 02/03/18
A video of the 2017 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta including a balloon ride and a surprise ending for my iPhone. Read more at http://usa.amateurtraveler.com/albuquerque-international-balloon-fiesta/
Published 10/30/17
The Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site outside of Boston was the place where America's Iron and Steel industry started. See how they turned the power of moving water into molten iron. read more http://usa.amateurtraveler.com/saugus-iron-works-nhs/
Published 09/23/17
This video shows a flightseeing tour of the Hubbard Glacier and the largest non-polar icefields in the world, including landing on the glacier http://canada.amateurtraveler.com/yukon-cool-even-summer/
Published 08/27/17
Teotihuacan is a large archeological sitenear Mexico City, featuring the largest stone pyramid in the Americas. This video shows visiting the site including the view from the top of the Pyramid of the Sun.
Published 01/16/17
Teotihuacan is a large archeological sitenear Mexico City, featuring the largest stone pyramid in the Americas. This video shows visiting the site including the view from the top of the Pyramid of the Sun.
Published 01/16/17
This video shows a visit to the Safari West Wildlife Preserve which is located on 400 acres in the hills above Santa Rosa, California in the middle of the Sonoma wine country. The park has a large collection of animals, especially African herd animals, giraffes and rhinos. See more about my trip to Santa Rosa including the Charles M. Schulz Museum, restaurants, and wineries at http://usa.amateurtraveler.com/visit-santa-rosa-california/
Published 12/14/16
I recently visited Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. We rode the 1/6 Gravity Simulator where you bound along the surface of "the moon". The Multi-Axis Trainer spins you in 3 different ways at once, but didn't make anyone in our group sick, although you might think it would. Space Camp runs programs for kids, adults, and families. See my entire article on Huntsville - The Rocket City
Published 11/19/16
This video shows a visit to the UNESCO site, the Rice Terraces of Batad and Bangaan near Banaue in the Philippines. Getting there is half the fun, riding on top of a Jeepney.
Published 10/27/16
Visit the old walled city in Manila which was mostly destroyed in World War 2 and reconstructed in the 1980s. A Horse drawn carriage tour, the city walls, Baluarte de San Diego, Casa Manila and San Agustin Church.
Published 10/25/16