[1] He has also written a number of guides for Trailblazer, including the 2019 edition of the company's seminal guidebook, the Trans-Siberian Handbook.
He went on to work as a sports reporter for Teletext before moving to China in 2005 to pursue a career in travel writing.
[10] and has written or co-written Lonely Planet guides to Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Tibet.
He has also worked on Lonely Planet guides to Bangladesh, Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore and the Trans-Siberian Railway.
[13] He has led travel-writing workshops at the Bookworm Literary Festival in Beijing and has been a guest speaker at the Adventure Travel Show[14] in London.