Travel Stories from Around the World

I’m Peter Lynch and I’ve been an author, travel writer and hotel reviewer for the past 12 years. I’ve written internet travel guides to Albania, England, Luxembourg, Macedonia, and the cities of Darwin, Dubrovnik, Oxford and Reykjavik.
I’ve written print features about cities and countries around the globe for the Reading Eagle (Pennsylvania) the West Australian and a host of UK magazines.
I have particular expertise in Wildlife Conservation Volunteering, have a degree in biology and have been on several volunteer projects and produced the definitive guidebook in 2009, updated in 2012.
I am also a great fan of rail travel having travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as a 2011j grand rail tour from London to Sydney and contributed to Great Train Journeys of the World (Time Out, 2009).

Wildlife and Conservation Volunteering, Bradt 2012

  The second edition of Wildlife & Conservation Volunteering - the complete guide was published in March 2012. It’s been completely revised and expanded, including updated evaluations, new organizations, more volunteer stories, more field adventures and new photographs. There is also a new chapter on great wildlife migration events – how, when and where to see them, with more great photographs.

It’s a must read for anyone thinking of working with wildlife, planning to volunteer on a gap year or anyone who simply wants to holiday with a purpose.

Conservation volunteering is so much more than a wildlife trip or safari, not just for the positive feel-good factor of doing something useful but because of the hands-on involvement and insights they provide into the life of wild creatures & the countries they inhabit.

After the book my other big project in 2011 was an overland trip by rail from London to Australia (see Rail Travel page). No Z list celebrities were involved; I didn’t ride a unicycle, hop along the Great Wall of China or engage in any other mindless attention seeking activities.

I simply took a train across Europe to St Petersburg, across Russia, down through Mongolia into China then south into Vietnam and the reunification express down to Saigon. This is the only gap in the world’s rail network so I had to take buses north through Cambodia and across in Bangkok where I was able to pick up the rail network again and travel down through Thailand & Malaysia to Singapore. A flight across the Timor Sea enabled me to pick up Australia’s rail network & travel down to Adelaide, across to Sydney & finally back to Perth.

All very straightforward, although it did take 3 months as I stopped off in many places en-route but it could have been done in 3 weeks at a rush. If you missed my blog of the journey you can catch it at http://the-9-35-train-from-london-to-sydney.blogspot.com/2011/08/preparations.html