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.
▲ A serious Mauritian sunset from the west coast resort beach strip of Flic-en-Flac. What a great name – ‘Flic-en-Flac’ most likely means ‘Free and Flat Land’, a name derived from an Old Dutch phrase ‘Fried Landt Flaak’ that reflects the area's historically open and l...
Joseph Conrad – author of Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness (the literary inspiration for Apocalypse Now) only had one ship command during his nautical career. In 1899 the sailing ship Otago put in to Bangkok when its captain died. Conrad assumed the command and sailed t...
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