The Amateur Traveler talks to Honor the UK Tokyoite about her adopted home in Tokyo, Japan. Learn about affordable food and housing, how to manage the subway system, shopping, fireworks, festivals and side trips to Mount Fuji and Yokohama.

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Travel News Roundup - August 17, 2008

• Brown Sues To Topple Online Pyramid Scheme
• After Beheading, Greyhound Kills Ad Campaign
• An American tourist is murdered, and conspiracy theories abound

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Visit Curaçao with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows a sailing and snorkeling trip on the HMS Bounty. This was my favorite video that I shot with my under water video camera which is a Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 6MP Waterproof MPEG4 Camcorder with 5x Optical Zoom (Blue). It was part of a longer cruise I talked about on the Amateur Traveler Episode 113 - Theme Cruise to Panama (Shakespeare at Sea / MacMania).

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The Amateur Traveler talks to Megan Fitzgerald about her honeymoon to India and in particular her visit to the region of Kerala. Here about the beaches and the back waters, food, and hindu dance rituals.

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Travel News Carnival - August 7, 2008

• Bag labelled ‘bomb’ got past security checks
• JetBlue CEO to take pay cut in ’show of solidarity’ with workers
• Unesco Adds to Its World Heritage List

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The Amateur Traveler talks to Eddie about the island of Dominica. Dominica was discovered by Columbus and he might still recognize this lush tropical mountainous island with some of the best scuba diving in the world.

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Travel Carnival - July 28th, 2008

• Tourists’ flight to wrong country
• Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage
• Iraq opens airport aimed at tourism

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The Amateur Traveler talks to Nick about his adopted country of Ireland: hear about Dublin, Galway and Cork. Learn where you can find Irish history, hear about how Ireland is rapidly changing, and learn where you can find a good pint and some Irish music.

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Travel News Carnival - July 18, 2008

• Ads to be printed on airline boarding passes
• Fuel crisis boosts Eurostar sales

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The Amateur Traveler talks to Jeremy about the island nation of Singapore. Here about colonial hotels, world war II history, pungent fruit, unique museums, why you should always carry an umbrella and the Singapore sling.

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Travel News Carnival - July 13, 2008

• Cruise ship with 51 people on board grounds in Alaska
• First-class flier uses emergency exit to avoid coach-class riff-raff
• American Airlines Cancels Flight Due to Hostile Passengers

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Visit Aruba with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows a sea kaiaking and snorkeling trip in Aruba. This was the first “real” video I shot with my under water video camera which is a Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 6MP Waterproof MPEG4 Camcorder with 5x Optical Zoom (Blue). It was part of a longer cruise I talked about on the Amateur Traveler Episode 113 - Theme Cruise to Panama (Shakespeare at Sea / MacMania).

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I completely forgot to mention that as of July 9th the Amateur Traveler has been in operation for 3 years. Now please excuse me while I bake a cake.

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The Amateur Traveler talks to Sam Gonzales about his recent trip to Colombia. Is it safe? Learn about the bussling Bogota, colonial Cartegena and the white sandy beaches of San Andreas.

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Hostage rescue a blow to Colombian terror group

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The Amateur Traveler talks to Debbie from http://DeliciousBaby.com about traveling (internationally) with small kids: why not just stay home, how to cope with the airport and long flights, and destinations that are great for kids.

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Japanese Voted The Best Tourists

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