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About Me

I was born in Kensington and brought up in southeast London, where I am now once more based after three decades of living and travelling in the parts of the world that are my areas of expertise.

I spent 8 years living in Athens, originally teaching English before getting into travel writing, and still go to Greece two or three times a year for work. I have spent a total of four years in India over twenty years of repeat visits, during which time barely a year has gone by without me appearing on the subcontinent at some point.

My wife is American and prior to relocating to London in 2008 I was based in Pittsburgh for nine years.

I have worked as an author for the Rough Guides for 18 years and am a royaltied author on several of their titles. I have also written for AA publications on London/Britain and other freelance articles for various publications.

My interests are wide-ranging from football (as a lifelong Spurs fan) and other sports, through music (especially rock, indie and psychedelic) and food, to reading and participating in more philosophical and religious topics.

I have a great passion for travel, particularly for the places mentioned above, and an enormous amount of experience living in, travelling in and writing about them (see below). I love talking about and giving advice on everything from food and culture to sports and religion, as well as the nuts and bolts issues of transportation, safety and language.

I believe in the underlying unity of all people and the universe, which is one reason I love travel, so people can experience that as a greater reality.

My Reviews

'An unbelievable introduction to the city'

 We really enjoyed meeting Nick, his knowledge of London was great, he was friendly and provided an unbelievable introduction to the city.  We will definately use Tripbod again, and will recommend it to all of our friends.  We had an read more ...