Tom AllenOn The Myth Of The Redundant Human WriterI’m a travel author and guidebook writer, and today I want to share a thought that came up while I was researching the histories of 69…Jun 15Jun 15
Tom AllenA Decade On, Here’s Exactly How I Make A Living From Adventure TravelA reader of my adventure cycling blog emailed me the other day:Jan 4Jan 4
Tom AllenIntroducing A New National Village-To-Village Hiking Trail For ArmeniaYesterday afternoon, in the leafy surrounds of Yerevan Botanical Gardens, the Armenian State Tourism Committee and HIKEArmenia announced…May 17, 2023May 17, 2023
Tom Allen#FlightFree2020: Travel Blogging And The Multiplier EffectThere’s an elephant in the room with my #FlightFree2020 pledge.Feb 4, 2020Feb 4, 2020
Tom AllenAbout The Time I Travelled The World Flight-Free For 4 Years (And Nobody Cared)My Flight Free 2020 pledge hasn’t come out of nowhere. Call it a rekindling of a long-forgotten conviction that the example I set might…Jan 15, 2020Jan 15, 2020
Tom AllenCan Flight-Free Living & Adventure Travel Really Coexist? Let’s Find OutToday, on this day of New Year’s Resolutions, I pledge to join the Flight Free UK campaign.Jan 1, 2020Jan 1, 2020
Tom AllenFive Of Armenia’s Most Spectacular Monastery HikesMany of Armenia’s most famous Christian monasteries are dramatically situated amid towering cliffs or on precipitous mountainsides with…Jan 7, 20191Jan 7, 20191
Tom AllenThe Geghama Mountains: Exploring Armenia’s Volcanic BackcountryIn which I walked 114km along a chain of extinct volcanoes in Armenia.Dec 19, 20182Dec 19, 20182
Tom AllenHow I Added ‘Guidebook Author’ To My List Of So-Called ProfessionsHow does someone go from being a traveller to becoming a published guidebook author? Here’s the Medium-length version of my story…Dec 12, 2018Dec 12, 2018
Tom Allen10 Illustrated Tips For Improving Your Expedition Photography No EndLast weekend I flew to London for the annual Explore expedition planning conference at the Royal Geographical Society (the one chance I…Nov 14, 2018Nov 14, 2018