Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand - Grand Format

Phillip Tang - Vietnam. Phillip grew up on typically Australian pho and fish'n'chips. A degree in Chinese- and Latin-American cultures launched him into travel and writing about it for Lonely Planet's Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Peru and Vietnam guides. Follow Phillip Tang on instagram : @mrtangtangtang and twitter : @philliptang. Tim Bewer - Laos. After briefly holding fort behind a desk as a legislative assistant, Tim decided he didn't have the ego to succeed in the political world (or the stomach to work around those who did).
He quit his job at the capitol to backpack around West Africa, during which time he pondered what to do next. His answer was to write a travel guide to parks, forests, and wildlife areas of the gorgeous state of Wisconsin. He's been a freelance travel writer and photographer ever since. Greg Bloom - Cambodia. Greg is a freelance writer, tour operator and travel planner based in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and Manila, Philippines.
Greg began his writing in the late '90s working as a journalist, then editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Post, an English-language weekly in Ukraine. As a freelance travel writer, he has contributed to 35 Lonely Planet titles, mostly in Eastern Europe and Asia. He also organises adventure trips in Cambodia and Palawan (Philippines) through his tour Company, Bearcat Travel. Austin Bush - Thailand. Austin originally went to Thailand in 1999 as part of a language study program hosted by Chiang Mai University.
The lure of city life, employment and spicy food eventually led him to Bangkok. City life, employment and spicy food have managed to keep him there since, working as a writer and photographer. He's contributed text and photos to more than 20 Lonely Planet titles including Bangkok, Food Lover's Guide to the World and the World's Best Street Food. Nick Ray - Cambodia, Laos. A Londoner of sorts, Nick harks from Watford, the sort of town that makes you want to travel.
He studied history and politics at Warwick University before hitting the road for a life in travel and has worked on about 50 titles for Lonely Planet since his first foray in 1998. Based in Cambodia's Phnom Penh with his wife Kulikar and two children, Julian and Belle, he covers countries in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and Vietnam, with the occasional diversion to Africa. Richard Waters - Laos.
Richard is an award-winning journalist and works for the Independent, Sunday Times and Telegraph. Laos is one of his favourite countries, his journeys there started in '99 as a traveller, then as a journalist taking him into the still forbidden Xaisomboun Zone investigating the Hmong guerrilla survivors of the Secret War. This will be his 12th Lonely Planet book on Laos. To read more of his travel journalism visit : www.richardwaters.co.uk.
China Williams - Thailand. China has been writing about Thailand for Lonely Planet for more than a decade. She grew up in South Carolina, taught English in rural Thailand, learned the art of punctuation as an editor and commuted across oceans and continents to Southeast Asia. She now raises two children in Ellicott City; Maryland (USA), and tends a suburban woods filled with wildlife.