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 Sasha Arms
After graduating from university with a degree in Geography, Sasha became Managing Editor and Travel Editor of Futurespace Magazine. She traveled extensively across Europe and Latin America, as well as working with the iconic magazine designer Neville Brody.
Sasha is now a freelance writer based in London and has contributed to a number of noted travel publications, including the Lonely Planet Bluelist. Most recently Sasha undertook a post in Honduras, working as a journalist for the newspaper, Honduras This Week. She traveled across Honduras and Central America with the newspaper, travel writing and covering stories as diverse as the Latin American prison system, Congress and the state of the National Police.
 Christopher P. Baker
Christopher P. Baker has written for more than 150 publications worldwide and his numerous books include best–selling guidebooks to Cuba, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Bahamas, and elsewhere on behalf of such publishers as Avalon Travel Publishing, Frommer's, Lonely Planet, National Geographic Society, and Prentice Hall. He has also contributed chapters to books on behalf of Time–Life and the Discovery Channel.
Baker has been honored with the Society of American Travel Writers' prestigious Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award (seven times, including "Best Travel News Investigative Reporter"), and the Benjamin Franklin Award from Publisher Marketing Association of North America for his Moon Handbooks: Costa Rica. In 1998, he was named "Travel Journalist of the Year" by the Jamaica Tourist Board. In 2002 he won both the Lowell Thomas "Travel Book of the Year" AND the Grand Prize in the North American Travel Journalists Association "Awards of Excellence" for his literary travelog, Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba.
 Paul and Lorie Bennett
Paul and Lorie Bennett now share a life of travel and tag–team writing. They also share life–long experience in journalism, communications and public relations; Paul as a career journalist in Australia, Singapore, England and Canada, and Lorie as a leader in community organizations and as executive assistant to a British Columbia cabinet minister.
Now freelancers, their stories are widely read in CanWest Global newspapers, the leading Canadian press, and have been editors of a local magazine, Island Grandparent. Their extensive Canadian credits include the Edmonton Journal, Winnipeg Free Press, the Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, and The Province (Vancouver).
Lorie and Paul have traveled through all the world's continents except Antarctica––but recently got very close when they sailed around Cape Horn.
In January 2007, the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) recognized their work with an award for a three–part series about traveling in China with children, grandchildren and an extended family. See more at their site www.ozcantravel.com
 Joshua Berman
Joshua is a freelance writer and trip leader who has spent much of the last 10 years living, working, and traveling throughout Central America. He is an award–winning guidebook author whose titles include Moon Handbooks Belize, Moon Handbooks Nicaragua, and Living Abroad in Nicaragua. His articles have appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Yoga Journal, The Boston Globe, Outside Traveler, Transitions Abroad, and Perceptive Travel magazines. He is the creator of "The Tranquilo Traveler" weblog, a celebration of voluntourism, slow travel, and other interesting ways to see the world. Updated often, The Tranquilo Traveler is a resource for world trippers, a window to the author's travels, and an update on his books and articles. Joshua also leads study delegations and alternative break trips throughout Central America, and is a Wilderness Instructor for Outward Bound. He is currently based in Boulder, Colorado.
 Carole Edrich
An active and well–published freelance travel writer and photographer, Carole's work has been published in five continents and translated into languages as diverse as Hungarian and Indonesian. She is fascinated by the human response to risks and extremes and participates in sports that push mind and body. She loves cycling, wine, and Latin cultures and has been dancing for years. Carole used to own and run a successful international management consultancy and the high–end travel requirements of that lifestyle still inform her reviews. A profound and more recent influence has been her first hand experience of the tsunami and associated recovery efforts.
As the author of three books and numerous articles, Carole has appeared numerous times on radio and TV. She is currently planning the first ever trek along all of Argentina's wine routes for 2009. For more information visit her site www.webwandering.com.
 Dominic Hamilton
Dominic Hamilton was born in London but now lives in Ecuador. He is the author of Footprint's Peru Handbook, the Traveler's Ecuador Companion, and contributed several chapters to Footprint's South American Handbook. He also wrote first edition of Traveler's Venezuela Companion, which won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Guidebook in 2002.
He is Contributing Editor of South American Explorer magazine, and has published articles in BBC Wildlife, The Independent on Sunday, Geographical, Global Adventure, PerceptiveTravel.com, and thisistravel.co.uk. Visit www.nomadom.net for more on his work and travels.
 Jimmy Langman
Jimmy Langman is an American freelance journalist based in Puerto Varas, Chile. He is a co–author of Fodor's upcoming 2008 travel guidebooks on Chile and Patagonia, and over the past ten years has also written frequently about other destinations in South America such as Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina and Peru. His diverse articles have appeared in several publications including Newsweek, Outside, Miami Herald, San Francisco Chronicle, Latin Trade, Decanter, and the London Guardian. Some of his work can be viewed online at his blog, Patagon Journal.
 Tim Leffel
Tim Leffel has dispatched travel articles from five continents over a 16–year period, contributing to a wide range of magazines, newspapers, and Web sites. He was awarded Grand Prize in the 2006 Annual Awards for Travel Writing sponsored by the North American Travel Journalists Association for his Argentina–based story, "Meat and Malbec at Midnight." His book Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune was a runner–up for "Book of the Year" in the same NATJA awards and in the annual award sponsored by Planeta.com.
As a noted travel expert, he is frequently quoted in the major media. Leffel serves as Editor of Perceptive Travel and is Contributing Editor at HotelChatter.com. He has reviewed upscale hotels in 14 countries for a travel trade publication. He is also co-author of the book Traveler's Tool Kit: Mexico and Central America.
 James McAfee
James McAfee is a veteran magazine and newspaper editor who has written published articles from Morocco, Spain, Ireland, Scotland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. He is a member of the Golf Writers of America, a co–founder of the Texas Golf Writers, and a member of the Golf Travel Writers Association. McAfee also served as an administrator with the PGA for 17 years, where he organized pro–ams at some of the top golf resorts in the U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean. He worked three years as director of golf at what is now Reserva Conchal in Costa Rica.
 Zora O'Neill
A New Yorker by way of New Mexico, Zora O'Neill is a food and travel writer who has lived abroad in Cairo and Amsterdam. She is the author of several guidebooks for Rough Guides and Moon Handbooks, including The Rough Guide to the Yucatán as well as Cancun & Cozumel Directions. She maintains the blog Roving Gastronome about her travels, and what she eats while she's at it.
 Paige R. Penland
Paige R. Penland was the lead author of the first Lonely Planet Nicaragua & El Salvador, and is the sole author of the upcoming Great Destinations Costa Rica, with Side Trips to Nicaragua and Panama.
 Diana Rowe
As a freelance writer for the past 10 years and active member of Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), Diana Rowe is accustomed to juggling several different tasks and publications while producing business and travel content, frequently covering her own backyard––the Denver metro area. Her other favorite destinations are Mexico, the Caribbean, and Las Vegas––and new discoveries of Panama and Chile. Over the years, Writing credits include Caribbean Escapes, Discovery Channel, TravelGolf, ESPN, and dozens of trade publications for the meetings and travel–agent industries.
 Sandra Scott
Sandra Scott has been traveling worldwide for over twenty years and writing about her travels since 1990. Scott and her husband John travel a total of seven months a year, half of which is international.
Scott's freelance work has appeared in all the in–flight magazines of Latin America, TWA's Ambassador, Changi Airport Magazine, Vista Magazine, Houseboat Magazine, and many other publications. Her other travel–related writing includes a weekly column in the Syracuse Post Standard, a syndicated monthly travel column for Senior Wire Service, plus regular columns for two Web sites: www.cocktailatlas.com and www.chocolateatlas.com. She is a frequent contributor to Copley News Service, Star Service, Trips and Journeys, L!ve Travel Guide (Web site and hard cover), 55 Plus, and several other travel magazines.
Sandra Scott is a member of IFWTWA (International Food, Wine, Travel Writers Association) and NATJA (North American Travel Journalist Association.) She is also the co–founder of the Mexico Historical Society, Mexico Point State Park, and Friends of Mexico Point Park.
 Timothy Scott
As the Editor of Luxury Latin America, Timothy Scott stays on top of the trends and news in the luxury travel industry. He has covered the luxury travel industry for over 10 years, writing for various trade magazines and has contributed to several upscale lifestyle magazines. He maintains a vacation home in Mexico and spends much of the year traveling through the Americas. He is the principle writer for the Luxury Latin America blog.
Lisa Wixon
Lisa Wixon is the award–winning author of Dirty Blonde and Half–Cuban (HarperCollins/Rayo) and its Spanish–language version, Casi Rubia en la Isla del Deseo. She's lived on three continents, sailed throughout the Caribbean, and traveled in Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America for both business and pleasure. Wixon lives in New York.
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