In May 2006 I returned to the Netherlands to update the Dutch chapters I’d previously written for the Europe On A Shoestring and Western Europe guidebooks. This time, I was also co-author of the Netherlands country guide with Neal Bedford: I wrote the Amsterdam, Zuid Holland & Zeeland, Overijssel & Gelderland, and Utrecht chapters. This [...]

I followed the Micronations book with Micronesia: in late 2005 I travelled around the North Pacific for Lonely Planet. I visited Guam, Saipan, Rota, Tinian, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Yap and Palau and updated and rewrote their respective chapters for the South Pacific and Micronesia guidebook (56,000 words in total). I also wrote a Micronesia blog while [...]

In 2005 I updated and rewrote the introductory chapters for LP’s Northern Territory & Central Australia guidebook: 10,000 words all up. Here are some excerpts. Selected material by Simon Sellars from Northern Territory 4, Lonely Planet Publications, March 2006. NORTHERN TERRITORY: HISTORY Rock Art, Sea Slug & Eunuchs: Early Settlement The first human contact with [...]

Early in 2005 I travelled up and down Australia’s east coast on assignment for Lonely Planet. This was for LP’s Australia book. I wrote the introduction to the NSW chapter, the NSW North and South Coast sections, and the Far North Coast Hinterland section. All up, my contributions totalled 35,000 words. I’m only including excerpts [...]

Early in 2005 I travelled up and down Australia’s east coast on assignment for Lonely Planet. This was for LP’s East Coast Australia book and I ended up writing the introductory chapters for the book,a s well as the Central Coast New South Wales section. All up, my contributions totalled 18,000 words. I’m only including [...]

In the second half of 2004 I was again on assignment for Lonely Planet, this time in northern Japan. I updated and rewrote the Northern Honshu chapter (35,000 words), and this was published in LP’s Japan guidebook in October 2005. I’m only including excerpts from my introductory and special-subject material, rather than accommodation and restaurant [...]