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"I am a bear of very little brain, and long words worry me."
Pooh Bear, A.A. Milne |
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Jill Nash About me.
I entered the world of publishing travel books in 2005, which began with ‘Global Adventures in Style’ a backpack bible for ‘grown-up’ backpackers, followed by best-seller ‘Honeymoons in Style’ - my books are now retailed across the world.
I also offer freelance travel writing & editorial services to a variety of local magazines and newspapers and I appear regularly as a travel expert on local BBC Radio, Channel... Read more... |
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"My first sight of Manaus was in darkness. Naked bulbs illuminated vignettes of local life: men fixing fishing nets whose recent catch was dangling from hooks beside simmering pans illuminated by oil lamps in roadside stalls. It was a scene barely touched by the 20th century, never mind the 21st. Like a beckoning beacon, the lights of the ship dominated this scene straight out of the pages of a Joseph Conrad novel: remote, secretive, unknowable, a barrio pressed against a dark interior."
© Gary Buchanan, Amazing Amazon, World of Cruising, Summer 2008 |
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