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South Pacific Travel: Interview With David Stanley

Travel Blissful recently got in touch with David Stanley, the author of Moon Handbooks South Pacific, Moon Fiji, and Moon Tahiti…

Lonely Planet Photo Competition

Have you ever dreamed of seeing your travel shots on the cover of Lonely Planet? Now’s your chance. Until September 8, 2008, Lonely Planet and the photo-sharing…

On Taiwan, Lonely Planet and Snarky Tofu: Interview With Joshua Samuel Brown

Professional nomad, travel writer and Lonely Planet co-author Joshua Samuel Brown is almost done researching Lonely Planet Singapore 8. Before he will get to the writing from home, I had the chance for a short interview.
E.J: How did you get into writing guidebooks for Lonely Planet? Have you always loved writing and traveling?

JSB: I’d been doing journalism and traveling since about 1998, with a fair bit of [...]

The Cities Book And Other Coffee-Table Books You Will Want To Read

If you love coffee-table books and can’t get enough of reading about traveling, Lonely Planet’s The Cities Book from 2006 including their 200 favourite cities will make your day. Another book worth checking out is The Travel Book. When living in London about two years ago, I went to Waterstone’s across the street and couldn’t help but notice this huge book near [...]

Lonely Planet Sold to BBC

Lonely Planet was recently sold to BBC and apparently they will make the content in their guidebooks available on their website. This will be a great advantage for travellers who soon will be able to catch up on destinations online. Rough Guides has offered their guidebooks online for a long time and interested can choose between over 70 different guides [...]