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Richard

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About Me

I co-authored the fifth edition (2006) of the Rough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei; I covered Kuala Lumpur plus the interior and east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. I'd be happy to hear from anyone with questions about visiting the country (though of course the best way to find out about travelling in Malaysia is to buy our book - parts of it are extensively revamped compared to the previous edition).
The Rough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei is on sale internationally and available here from Amazon UK.
Occasional Malaysia travel info updates and corrections will be posted here in my blog.If you need to email me, click here .In addition to authoring this book, I work as a book editor, magazine subeditor (I've freelanced at New Scientist and MacUser amongst others) and proofreader. Side projects include occasional music articles, radio packages and photography .I'm proud not to be on Facebook. :)

My Interests

Travel; acoustic guitar (some electric too); pop music; photography

I'd like to meet:

Any bands desperate enough to employ a so-so guitarist (who can also do backing vocals) - I invoke the old "enthusiasm is more important than ability" clause. A wide range of music is fine - just don't sound anything like Arctic Monkeys or Coldplay. :)
It would also be great to meet new mates to wander around London with, whether that be hanging out in Brick Lane, strolling through Hyde Park or going to gigs in Camden.Otherwise, if you feel my professional skills would be of use, do drop me a line.

Books:

Rough Guides, popular science/nature, Tolkien

My Blog

Malaysia travel feature

I'm pleased to say I've just had my first travel feature published, in the UK's Independent newspaper. The piece is on (surprise surprise) Malaysia.I haven't scrutinised the published version of the a...
Posted by Richard on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:33:00 PST

Rough Guide to Malaysia August 2007 update

Here's a list of minor updates and corrections to the Rough Guide to Malaysia (fifth edition, published Oct 06), based on a quick visit to Malaysia I did in July 07. Most of the comments concern the c...
Posted by Richard on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:51:00 PST