I have become a bit disheartened with Lonely Planet, which has often been my guide of choice for as long as I can remember. Whereas I used to find them a reliable source of information (with the exception of the Colombia edition that faced much controversy back in 2008), I now find the quality has […]
On 8 January 2006 I signed up for my own travel blog on Travelpod.com. But it took me until 2 April of that year to write my first every blog post. These days I spend a lot of time reading other blogs to collate information for planning my next destination. My attitude to writing about […]
For those of you in the UK, it’s been advertised in nearly every newspaper there and been on the news, so you have probably seen it already, or applied for it. If not, check it out here: http://www.lovelivinglastminute.com [update – link expired, removed] As Spontaneity Champion for lastminute.com: – I can make the world my office. […]
You may remember a recent post of mine, “Getting around“, regarding an eBook that I have been published in? The Kindle book is entitled “Hidden Gems Travel Tales – An Anthology of Travel Writing Entries” and all income generated from the £0.77 cost will be donated to the British Red Cross. “There are 49 lovingly […]