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.
No question, a highlight of my 2025 travels was my visit to the Greek island of Hydra. I definitely should have read Charmian Clift’s Peel Me a Lotus, her love letter to Hydra, before my visit, but no problem, it worked equally well reading it back home in Australia, ...
After Kea (a remarkably unspoilt Greek Island) and Jamaica I made a short visit to another Greek island – Hydra. Now Hydra has been on my ‘must do’ list for far too long and I’d really like to go back. It’s not as far off the beaten tourist track as Kea, but it’s cert...
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