September 08, 2004
New Lonely Planet Mexico Guide
ˇAndale! I updated the Around Mexico City and North Central Highlands chapter for LP's new Mexico country guide....Read this update
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August 14, 2004
Tim Cahill: Lost in Yellowstone, His Own Backyard
Outside magazine founding editor and frequent National Geographic Adventure contributor Tim Cahill celebrates his lack of sense of direction and gift for misadventure in his spirited new book, Lost in My Own Backyard, which details his frontcounty ramblings and intrepid...Read this update
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June 09, 2004
New Lonely Planet Bolivia Book
Morgan and I co-authored the new 5th edition of Lonely Planet's Bolivia country guide, which hit the shelves in April. Condé Nast Traveler praised the book as "friendly, thoughtful, sympathetic...the best companion to the country." French and Italian translations...Read this update
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June 08, 2004
New Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring
The new 2004 (9th) edition of Lonely Planet's South America on a Shoestring, including my chapter on Bolivia and Morgan's chapter on Paraguay, hit the virtual shelves in early April....Read this update
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March 31, 2004
Upcoming Bolivia Interview on ABC Australia Nationwide Radio
Here are the details about my radio interview scheduled for next Monday. I'll be chatting for half an hour with Australia's ABC Nationwide radio hosts and talkback callers about my forthcoming Lonely Planet Bolivia guidebook. According to the station's promo...Read this update
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February 19, 2004
About the Author
I've been involved with the travel publishing industry for nearly half my life, as a writer, photographer, editor, webmonkey, and, above all, as a rambling explorer. I started out working for Random House as a writer and editor for...Read this update
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January 24, 2004
Ecoclub.com Editorial: Travel Writing - More Serious Than You Thought
by Antonis B. Petropoulos, ECOCLUB Editor Many unfairly consider travel writers as leisurely types, or rather unimaginative authors who resort to travelling for inspiration. Few realise the hard work and skills required (you can read about this in this issue's...Read this update
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January 23, 2004
My ECOCLUB.com Interview
Check out my interview by ECOCLUB.com's director Antonis Petropoulos about travel writing and ecotourism, featured in this month's International Ecotourism Monthly newsletter....Read this update
January 20, 2004
My Bibliography
For future reference, here are links to most of the travel-related books that I've worked on:...Read this update
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January 19, 2004
Fodor's Berkeley Guide to Central America
It all started for me with this book. I dropped out of my second year of university to take a minimum-wage editorial position with Random House. That was 1995. The work-weeks were 60 hours long. The computers were Mac...Read this update
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