By the time Tony co-founded Lonely Planet Publications in 1973, he already had the travel bug. And ever since, travel and discovery have been at the heart of his life and career.
I’ve been Boris Biking around London. The Barclays Cycle Hire scheme (to use its correct name) launched on 30 July. With 5000 bicycles scattered around 315 docking stations – when it opened – it’s the second biggest bicycle share system in the world. The Paris Velib p...
Bike share systems are being rolled out in more and more major cities around the world. ‘White bicycles’ were tried in England in the hippy ‘60s, but they were all soon stolen. Years ago I tried a more modern incarnation in Copenhagen (make them ugly, instantly reco...
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