Josephine Quintero
Josephine has enjoyed a long and varied career in journalism and travel writing
and has been a Lonely Planet author for several years. A University of Cali-
fornia, Berkeley graduate, she worked on a wine magazine in the Napa Valley
(California) before moving, ironically, to relatively ‘dry’ Kuwait. Josephine was
editor of the Kuwaiti Digest (an oil company magazine), during which time
she travelled extensively throughout the Middle East and the Gulf, including
the contrasting destinations of Yemen and Dubai. After being abruptly ousted from her home
by Saddam Hussein’s troops, she moved to Spain, and was delighted to have an opportunity to
return to the Gulf and explore this extraordinary and tantalising destination in depth. Highlights
on this trip included discovering the Deira souqs – along with avocado smoothies. Fabulous!Read more about Josephine at:
lonelyplanet.com/members/josephinequinteroOur Writer
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of
adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed
for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to
Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but
inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling
together their fi rst travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap.
Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies. Lonely Planet was born.
Today, Lonely Planet has offi ces in Melbourne, London and
Oakland, with more than 600 staff and writers. We share Tony’s belief that ‘a great guidebook
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