Paul Clammer

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Paul Clammer is an English travel writer best known for books on challenging destinations including Haiti, [1] Sudan [2] and Afghanistan. [3] Clammer is the co-author of several guide books for Lonely Planet [4] and the founder of Kabul Caravan, [5] a highly respected [6] website focussing on helping travellers visit Afghanistan. Clammer attended St Ivo School, Cambridgeshire and Bristol University.

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References

  1. http://www.bradtguides.com/shop/north-america-caribbean/haiti/haiti-3183.html [ dead link ]
  2. "Sudan - Bradt travel guides ...take the road less travelled". Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
  3. http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/Primary/Product/Destination_Guides/Country/Asia/PRD_PRD_1386/Afghanistan+Travel+Guide.jsp?bmUID=1228209922090 [ dead link ]
  4. "Lonely Planet Guidebooks". Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
  5. http://www.afghanscene.com/pdfs/asmaug.pdf Archived 10 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]
  6. "The Survival Guide to Kabul - Comments". Archived from the original on 12 January 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2008.