Profile: Ron Gluckman, a travel writer in Asia

Ron Gluckman is an American journalist who has been based in Asia for 16 years, working out of Hong Kong, Beijing and Bangkok. He’s travelled around Asia extensively and written for publications including Time, Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal. Ron’s break in travel writing came by accident when he was researching background for a [...]

Jenna Richards: Out in Korea

‘The land of morning calm’ sounded like exactly what I needed after a very stressful year doing a masters degree, working for the student newspaper and holding down a part time job. It was for this reason, and the money I could make working as an English teacher, I decided to go to South Korea [...]

Switzerland: Geneva

Sinead Renouf visits Switzerland’s historical city of Geneva and the surrounding Cantons.
As I arrived on the Swiss boarder at two in the morning, I could think of nothing better then to rest one’s head on one’s pillow.  However at the same time I had so many exciting areas that I wanted to visit in this [...]

Travelling across South America

Chris Beaumont, 33, Bradford, West Yorkshire, Carpenter and dive master
South America
1. How long are you travelling for?
6-8 months
2. Where in South America are you travelling?
brazil , uruguay , argentina , chile , bolivia , peru , ecuador
3. Is it an easy place to travel around?
The transport network is very good , and like asia , [...]

Living in Japan: Shari

1. Why did you move to Japan? (and where did you move from?)
I moved from California in the United States. The reasons I moved are
a bit complex. Primarily, my husband and I had a brief and very
positive history in Japan and wanted to return to recapture that
situation. We also felt that we might find a [...]

Travel report: Amy Jenkins in central america

Amy Jenkins
 
1. How old are you? – 21
2. Where are you from? – Glasgow, Scotland.
3. Are you a student? If so, what do you study and where do you study? – Yup, American Studies at Edinburgh University.
4. Where did you travel to and how long for? – I’ve been to lots of places, but most [...]