Daniel McCrohan

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Daniel McCrohan is a British travel writer and guidebook author who has contributed to more than 30 Lonely Planet guidebooks to countries in Asia. [1] He has also written a number of guides for Trailblazer, including the 2019 edition of the company's seminal guidebook, the Trans-Siberian Handbook. [2]

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Early career

McCrohan trained as a journalist in the UK, and worked as a news reporter for the Surrey Advertiser before becoming the sports editor at the local newspaper group, the Enfield Gazette & Advertiser. He went on to work as a sports reporter for Teletext before moving to China in 2005 to pursue a career in travel writing.

Career in China

McCrohan lived and worked in China for more than a decade. [3] [4] He has written online articles on China for the BBC, [5] Lonely Planet, [6] CNN, [7] and others, and has been interviewed about travel in China by China Daily [8] and various Chinese television stations. He was also a co-host for nine episodes of the Lonely Planet television series Best in China. [9]

Travel writing

McCrohan co-wrote multiple editions of Lonely Planet China . [10] and has written or co-written Lonely Planet guides to Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Tibet. He has also contributed to multiple editions of Lonely Planet India, and is the author of the first edition of Lonely Planet's Pocket Delhi & Agra. He has also worked on Lonely Planet guides to Bangladesh, Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore and the Trans-Siberian Railway.

McCrohan has written numerous British walking guides for Trailblazer, and was the subject of a travel podcast about hiking Hadrian's Wall, [11] a spin-off from the work he did on Trailblazer's guide to the Hadrian's Wall Path. [12] He has also contributed various guides on long-distance footpaths for Horizon Guides. [13]

He has led travel-writing workshops at the Bookworm Literary Festival in Beijing and has been a guest speaker at the Adventure Travel Show [14] in London. His work has also appeared in a number of specialist travel publications including Wanderlust Magazine.

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References

  1. ↑ "Daniel McCrohan – Travel Specialist, Lonely Planet Author". danielmccrohan.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Trailblazer Guide Books – Trans-Siberian Handbook". trailblazer-guides.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "10 of the world's most epic hikes". The Independent. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Daniel McCrohan, Author at Bindu Trips". Bindu Trips. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ↑ McCrohan, Daniel. "The cave dwellers of 21st-century China". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Object, object. "Chow down in China". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. ↑ McCrohan, Daniel McCrohan (3 October 2011). "5 top tips for China first-timers". CNN Travel. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "People of the hutong: Commercialization, modernization impact hutong culture[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  9. ↑ Pictures, Beach House (4 July 2012), Lonely Planet's Best In China , retrieved 3 September 2019
  10. ↑ "Daniel McCrohan". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  11. ↑ #16. The Showdown: Hadrian's Wall v The Great Wall Travel Tape
  12. ↑ Hadrian's Wall Path Trailblazer
  13. ↑ "The Best Walking Holidays In The UK: 2023 Update By Simon Heptinstall - Horizon Guides". horizonguides.com. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Incredible Journeys Theatre Sunday – Adventure Travel Show". Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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