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I am a fan of the Amateur Traveler Podcast and this week Chris Christensen spoke with Scott and Sheryl who quit their Silicon Valley jobs to travel through Europe for a year. Documenting their journey in their own podcast, A Year in Europe, Scott and Sheryl share their experiences and show you just how [...]

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Brisbane is the best city in Australia, the natural gateway to Australia’s Gold Coast resorts and the Great Barrier Reef but it gets no respect. Often dismissed by our southern cousins as a big country town, Brisbane tries harder to win you over and it is blossoming into a great place to visit. What [...]

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To travel light every item in your luggage must have multiple uses and for the dedicated DSLR camera users amongst us that means you need a good zoom lens. My Canon 20D arrived with the standard 18-50mm zoom lens, functional for general duty but requires the photographer to get close to the subject.
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Las Vegas is a paradox, a popular United States vacation spot that expends extraordinary effort to be anything but America on the surface. Within the Vegas paradox, cheap buffets and overpriced food court food has replaced the finer living that helped make Vegas the playground for starlets and wealthy socialites. The culinary void in [...]

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Mary Jo at The Seattle Traveler is highlighting the Northwest Railroad Museum in Snoqualmie, Washington in her latest post. We rode the train several years ago when the kids loved Thomas the Tank Engine more than reality TV (an oxymoron in any culture). The sights and sounds of a working locomotive enthralled them as [...]

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