• Country: United Kingdom
  • Gender: Male
  • Website: My blog
  • Biography:

    Tom is Travel Editor at Lonely Planet and based in London. He is the writer of the weekly Ask Tom page in the Observer travel section, Escape, and the travel expert on Radio One’s Jo Whiley Show and Sunday Surgery phone-in. He writes, blogs and podcasts for Lonely Planet and you’ll find his work all over this site.


    Tom Tweets at tomhalllp and as well as the site above blogs at http://tomhalltravel.wordpress.com

  • Languages: English, French, Spanish
  • Favourite Places: London and the rest of the UK, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Namibia, Tasmania, Tokyo, New York City
  • Interests: Cycling, transport, large structures, football and music

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  • 2nd September

    • 11:20am

      commented on Travelling Playlist: SCOTLAND in Travelling Playlists

      So many choices - Glasgow has given the world more great bands than any other city. A few selections:

      Consolation Prize - Orange Juice
      Everything Flows - Teenage Fanclub
      Scooby Driver - Belle & Sebastian
      Eleanor Put Your Boots On - Franz Ferdinand
      Truck Train Tractor - The Pastels

      I could go on!

      Tom

  • 6th August

    • 1:54pm

      posted a Message to Travelling Playlists

      England suggestions

      So much to choose from but these should keep you going through those M1 roadworks near Derby:

      Panic - The Smiths
      A new England - Billy Bragg
      Mouse Trap - Ride
      Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks

  • 31st July

    • 2:17pm

      posted a Message to Travelling Playlists

      For a road trip, all you need is...

      Ramones, by the Ramones
      Goodbye California by East River Pipe (though good luck getting hold of that one)
      And the soundtrack to the film Vanishing Point

      Tom

  • 27th July

    • 8:09am

      commented on @lorraine81 in Travelling Playlists

      Two LPs forever Australia '99 - Belle & Sebastian's 'Boy With The Arab Strap' and Teenage Fanclub's 'Songs From Northern Britain'. Best ever Aussie album? '(I'm) Stranded by Saints.

  • 22nd July

  • 20th July

    • 1:15pm

      posted a Photo to Daddy Travelers

      Ice cream

      Ice cream George and Tom Hall prepare to duel over artisan glaces

    • 1:03pm

      posted a Message to Daddy Travelers

      Ice cream discovered in FFrench mountain town

      The relative altitude and constant, gentle breeze blowing through the forested valleys of the Cevennes region of France (just north of the Languedoc) keep the summer heat at bay, but there's always the need for ice cream. This is George Hall and I passing a pleasant hour.

      The area of the Cevennes around St Jean du Gard is brilliant for dad travellers. There are lots of rivers to swim in - and float down if you're happiest in an inflatable, a steam train to ride on or just gaze open-mouthed at, and few of the crowds that are found in more popular spots.

  • 13th July

    • 3:32pm

      posted a Message to Travellers' Secrets

      Best ever travel tips

      I'm collecting together travel tips from the great and the good - anyone got a secret to share?

    • 3:31pm

      posted a Photo to Travellers' Secrets

      Zambia to Botswana ferry

      Zambia to Botswana ferry The ferry from Zambia to Botswana may not be a secret, but it was a lot of fun after the wettest rainy season for a generation!