Our Story

A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies. Lonely Planet was born.

Today, Lonely Planet has offices in Franklin, London, Melbourne, Oakland, Dublin, Beijing and Delhi, with more than 600 staff and writers. We share Tony’s belief that ‘a great guidebook should do three things: inform, educate and amuse’.

OUR WRITERS

Adam Karlin

Faubourg Marigny & Bywater; CBD & Warehouse District; Garden, Lower Garden & Central City; Mid-City, Bayou St John & City Park; Tremé-Lafitte

Adam has contributed to dozens of Lonely Planet guidebooks, covering an alphabetical spread that ranges from the Andaman Islands to the Zimbabwe border. As a journalist, he has written on travel, crime, politics, archeology and the Sri Lankan Civil War, among other topics. He has sent dispatches from every continent barring Antarctica (one day!), and his essays and articles have featured in the BBC, NPR and multiple non-fiction anthologies. He is based out of New Orleans, which helps explain his love of wetlands, food and good music. Learn more at http://walkonfine.com or follow on Instagram @adamwalkonfine. Adam also wrote the Plan Your Trip, Understand New Orleans and Survival Guide sections.

Ray Bartlett

French Quarter, Uptown & Riverbend, Day Trips from New Orleans

Ray has been travel writing for nearly two decades, bringing Japan, Korea, Mexico and many parts of the United States to life in rich detail for top publishers, newspapers and magazines. His acclaimed debut novel, Sunsets of Tulum, set in Yucatán, was a Midwest Book Review 2016 Fiction pick. Among other pursuits, he surfs regularly and is an accomplished Argentine tango dancer. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or contact him via www.kaisora.com, his website. Ray currently divides his time between homes in the USA, Japan and Mexico.

Published by Lonely Planet Global Limited

CRN 554153

8th edition – Nov 2018

ISBN 978 1 78868 151 3

© Lonely Planet 2018 Photographs © as indicated 2018

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