Hear about a road trip in Oman as the Amateur Traveler talks to Max Walton from Sloths with Latitude about the country he thinks is the best in the world. In this episode of the Amateur Traveler podcast, we explore a two-week road trip through Oman,
Last Updated on August 26, 2025 Visit Senegal for a peek into West African culture and history. Here’s my detailed Senegal travel guide and itinerary. Perched on the westernmost tip of Africa, Senegal beats to a different rhythm as its neighbors. The country is lined with
Great egret in a “fireant” tree I never set out to become a birder. I enjoy spotting wildlife on my travels, but I have never been the kind of person to keep a list of sightings or carry a massive telephoto lens. Still, when I joined
Last Updated on August 27, 2025 Florence is a city that grabs you and doesn’t let go. I remember that overwhelming sensation when I arrived in Florence after walking the Path of Gods from Bologna, wandering its cobblestone streets, completely mesmerized. It felt less like a
39 If you’re planning a trip to China, one of the things that’s probably at the top of your bucket list is the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. This is one of the most unique places in the world in my opinion, and it inspired the floating
The center of Meteor Crater as seen from a viewing platform on the rim of the crater As an elementary school geography teacher, I had the privilege of instructing 4th and 5th-grade students about numerous wonders of the United States. Some of my greatest joys in
Hear about travel to Turkmenistan as the Amateur Traveler talks to Abdylla Geldiyev, Managing Director of Undiscovered Frontiers, about an itinerary for one week in this seldom-visited country in Central Asia. Turkmenistan remains one of the least explored destinations in the world. From Ashgabat, a city
A trip on the Amazon is almost the definition of Adventure Travel: hiking to suspension bridges, riding in a dugout canoe, fishing for piranha, swimming in the river, and spotting monkeys, sloths, and dozens of bird species. When I set out on a riverboat adventure in
author at Zhagana: The “Stone Box” Village When I was in fifth grade, my geography teacher assigned us a project: draw a map of a region of the world that wasn’t defined by political borders. Most of my classmates picked islands or places surrounded
We first heard of Calerrain Wines when we visited nearby Horse Thief Vineyards in Morgan Hill. We struck up a conversation with someone who was in the wine club at Calerrain Wines. It was on our list of wineries in the Santa Clara Valley Wine Trail
