• It is written by Joe Cummings, who has been traveling around Thailand for more than 20 years, exploring every nook and cranny, and its material and judgements...
  • Joe Cummings (born September 5, 1952) is an American travel writer. He has lived in Thailand for many years, and has written numerous guidebooks for Lonely Planet.
  • As the famous travel brand begins shuttering its offices, Cummings looks back on his early days as a Southeast Asia guidebook writer.
  • Joe Cummings was one of Lonely Planet's first authors, creating the seminal Lonely Planet Thailand guide. Based in Bangkok, Joe travels regularly in the...
  • Catching up with travel guru Joe Cummings is not an easy task. On my first trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand, one of the many cities in the world where Joe has made his...
  • Then my first newspaper travel feature, on Koh Samui, was published in 1982 in the San Francisco Examiner. Cummings_002.jpg.
  • He writes regularly for CNN Travel, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel & Leisure and other publications around the world, and has worked on travel projects with...
  • Today I have travel writing legend Joe Cummings as my guest and he wrote the very first Lonely Planet Guide book to Thailand back in the early '80s.
  • We discuss travel writing and he has some good advice on how to pursue this. Joe Cummings was born in New Orleans and grew up in California, France...