DOUG LANSKY
As a travel writer, covering first, his wacky experiences, and second, as a savvy how-its-done writer of guidebooks for Rough Guides, (www.roughguides.com) Doug Lansky rises above the average travel writer whining about his hotel room and delivers some extremely funny books (Up the Amazon without a Paddle is one) matched with some very useful ones (First Time Around The World is another)
One of my favourites is The Last Trout in Venice. Why should you read this book? Well, if youve ever wanted to answer the question:
What if I worked at the Ice Hotel?
What would it be like to visit a hard core S & M club in Berlin?
What is it like to work at Heathrow airport?
Then pick up Doug's book, the Last Trout in Venice. It is a fun, breezy read about the author's adventures and makes a great laugh out loud travel book perfect to to add to anyones travelogue collection...
The most recent addition to Lansky's work is Signspotting, a hilarious photobook with captions detailing the strangest signs seen around the world..... visit www.signspotting.com.
Published by Lonely Planet, (www.LonelyPlanet.com) the book reminds us that travel can be wierd, wonderful, and eclectic, and its always the strangest photos that make a trip. Many of those have made it into this book.
Info on these and all his books can be found at: www.douglansky.com
Doug's latest project is www.titanicawards.com, where you can weigh in on the world's worst of everything, from airline uniforms to food, hotel service to toilets.
