Videos (273)

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  #53 - Touring Santorini's Volcano - Santorini, Greece

  published 26 hours ago

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  Visit Santorini, Greece with the Amateur Traveler: This is the 3rd of 3 videos on the island and it shows video from a boat tour to the volcano in the center Santorini. The crescent shaped island is the caldera of a volcano and all that remains of...

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  AT#49 - Ancient Athens - The Agora, The Acropolis and the Parthenon

  published 6 days ago

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  Visit Athens with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows the ruins of the ancient Agora which was the marketplace which is now surrounded by the picturesque neighborhoods of Plaka and Monastiraki. Monastiraki hosts the Athens flea market and the...

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  Cozumel, Mexico - Park Royal

  published 6 days ago

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  As regular listeners of the Amateur Traveler will know, Royal Holiday brought me down to Cozumel to review their Park Royal resort. This video includes video of the resort as well as video of snorkeling (underwater video), the west side beaches, the...

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  #41 - Costa Rica Rain Forrest

  published 6 days ago

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  Visit Costa Rica with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows an eco tour traveling by bus, train and boat to the rain forrest north of Puerto Limon on the Caribbean coast. It was part of a longer cruise I talked about on the Amateur Traveler Episode...

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  #47 - Oaxaca, Mexico - Felipe the Weaver (part 2)

  published 6 days ago

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  Visit the region nearby Oaxaca Mexico with the Amateur Traveler. When I was in Oaxaca I met Felipe Hernandez in the zocalo (main square). Felipe is a 4th generation weaver who has rejected the modern commercial dyes and practices and gone back to...

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  #42 - Bodie, California - Ghost Town

  published 6 days ago

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  Visit Bodie, California with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows the old gold mining ghost town of Bodie. Bodie was founded in 1861 and largely abandoned by 1932. The town is kept in a state of arrested decay. It is not restored nor is it allowed...

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  #48 - The London Eye, London, England

  published 6 days ago

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  Visit The London Eye (also known as the Millennium Wheel) with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows a view of and from the London Eye as well as a few of the sites near the London Eye like the Parliamentary Clock Tower (Big Ben) and the statue to...

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  #43 - Travel to the Marin Headlands Area of the Golden Gate National ...

  published 6 days ago

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  Visit the Marin Headlands just the other side of the Golden Gate bridge from San Francisco with the Amateur Traveler. The Marin Headlands area is part of the larger Golden Gate National Recreation Area which is part of the National Park System. From...

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  RG#1 - Small Tripods / Equipment to Stabilize Your Camera - Road Gear

  published 6 days ago

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  This is the first episode of a new video show from the Amateur Traveler that focuses on gear to take with you on your travels. This first episode looks at small tripods and other ways to stabilize your camera while you are traveling. This first...

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  AT#44 - Embarcadero - San Francisco

  published 6 days ago

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  Visit San Francisco's Embarcadero with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows the ferry building at San Francisco's embarcadero. The ferry building was built in 1898 and survived the 1906 earthquake. In the early 1900s the pedestrian plaza...