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Books

I have written or co-authored at least 60 guides and other books. This is just a small selection... 

Central Asia

I have been visiting Central Asia since 1994. The region was a key feature of Asia Overland. I advised on visa/tourism policy at an OSCE conference in Almaty and wrote the Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan chapters of the Lonely Planet guide (2013-14 edition)

 

Russia

My first Lonely Planet gig took me across Siberia in summer... I met shamen, visited the Vissarion cult and did voice-overs for Tobolsk radio. Next time I took the TransSib in spring, crossing frozen Lake Baikal by truck. I later covered Karelia and the midnight-sun of Murmansk.

 

 

Bosnia & Hercegovina

I was just a boy of 11 when I first stood in the footsteps of Princip in Sarajevo. I have returned many times to former Yugoslavia and researched the Bosnia & Hercegovina chapter for several editions of the LP Eastern Europe & Western Balkans guides.


 

 

Culture Shock! Belgium

I lived in Belgium for 15 years, discovering that the country is anything but boring. This book was originally written as homage to (and a portrait of) my then wife who - like many Belgians - was bemused to find that there is a distinctly definable Belgian culture.

 

 

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