I am a journalist with nearly 20 years of experience and can write about pretty much anything. However, travel has become my speciality and I write widely, from desitnation guides and hotel reviews to experience features and profiles. You can see my published work in the Guardian, the Observer, the Financial Times, Food and Travel, Voyager, MSN travel, the Travel Channel and various other publications. You can see a full range of clips and cuttings on my website here:... Read more...
"“You can swim here if you like,” said Yaró.
Deep within my memory, bells were ringing about tiny jungle parasites that find no greater pleasure than swimming straight up your plumbing and co-habiting your vital organs. Plus, there was of course the crocodile infestation and the world’s only freshwater sharks that lurked never far away.
“No thanks, I’ll just watch.” Besides, it was raining. A lot. But then this was the rainy season in Nicaragua."
Joe Cawley, River of Dreams, The Guardian, Sept 17, 2005
