Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? – A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventure, Questionable Ethics and Professional Hedonism –

“For those who think that travel guidebooks are gospel

When Thomas Kohnstamm was approached to write for the Lonely Planet guidebook on Brazil, he thought that all his drams had come true. So he quit his job on Wall Street, broke up with his gorgeous girlfriend and set off on an all-expenses-paid adventure of a lifetime. But it wasn’t long before he learned that the reality was far different from his expectations.

Here, Thomas tells the story that didn’t make it into the guidebook – the tale of a desperate twenty-something plowing his way through impossible amounts of research, battling fierce hangovers, a shrinking bank balance, a crushing lack of inspiration, a bevy of temptations and a looming deadline.”