It’s one thing to read an article about a couple as interesting and accomplished as Tony and Maureen Wheeler, you know, of Lonely Planet fame. There was a terrific article way back when in the New Yorker that I highly suggest you read. But hearing the voices of the folks themselves and hearing them tell the story of the most famous travel book company in the world, well, that’s something else entirely. So why not go over now and listen to the Independent podcast with perhaps the most famous travel couple since..well, I can’t think of another travel couple at the moment.
No matter. The interview here is chock full of anecdotes about how the company got started, to a discussion of their multitudinous experiences from India to Oman. Also Tony’s go a book (which I just got) about traveling to the “Axis of Evil’ countries called “Bad Lands” that is due out in April.