About

Writing and publishing travel guides with a focus on Japan. I produce both electronic and hard copy guides. PUblications include "Nagano Onsen Guide: The Top 100 Day-Use Hot Springs" (2013); "Hiking, Walking and Biking Nagano: 16 Tours in Ueda City and Environs" (2012), and "Hiking, Walking and Biking Nagano: 20 Nature, History and Culture Tours in Chikuma City" (2011). I have lived in Japan since 2007, and have also lived in the US, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, East Timor, and Australia. I have travelled extensively in Japan, SE Asia, Australia, North America and Europe. When I am not writing travel guides, I do education development consultancies in places like Namibia and Nauru. I received my PhD from the Flinders University of South Australia.