Roads Less Travelled - Laos
Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler practises what he preaches as he ventures down the road less travelled in Southeast Asia's most enigmatic nation - Laos. Thirty-five years since he wrote the seminal backpacker guide to South East Asia, one of the godfathers of independent travel is back on the road, taking in elephant beauty contests, tribal love huts, underground rivers and the enigmatic 'indigo people' as he treks, kayaks, caves and motorbikes the backblocks of northwest Laos.
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Lonely Planet founder travelled the Asian overland trail with his wife Maureen in the early 1970s and wrote about it in the first ever Lonely Planet guide - Across Asia On The Cheap. It was the start of a company that now has over 500 staff, 300 authors and sells millions of books a year. Tony has contributed to dozens of Lonely Planet guides over the past three decades and continues to travel every chance he gets. This year a film crew followed him on his travels in Laos and Alaska.
