Lonely planet

Yesterday, Saturday, I went to a tapas party on a little island. Hosted by Fred and Delia, thanks to the both of you. More about the party later.
One of the guests had just spent several days at some key international travel trade shindig hosted in Macau. I mentioned an article I'd read earlier in the week about Tony and Maureen Wheeler, founders and publishers of the Lonely Planet travel guides. The books, backpackers, the Lonely Planet effect, the ups and downs of the publishing business. Tony's seemingly compulsive quest to go down the road less travelled to discover what there is beyond the road's end.
Long, informative and often funny, an armchair traveller's read, it's in The New Yorker magazine.