Inspiring Travel Writing from David Atkinson
A full-time freelance writer, David writes widely for newspapers and magazines. He covers all aspects of travel from green to business via family travel and likes emerging destinations. He rarely takes group press trips, looks for strong angles, regularly works with photographers and prefers to fly from Manchester.
He likes adventure travel, ecotourism and travelling to off-beat destinations. He's planning more short-haul trips and exploring family travel options. He also likes Japanese food, South American scenery and a decent pint of Guinness in Ireland.
Specialist areas include Latin America (Bolivia); Far East (Japan); Britain's Northwest; activity & adventure travel; city breaks; ecotourism; editing; guidebooks; independent travel; off-beat destinations; tour guiding.
David won the Best Guidebook award in the British Guild of Travel Writers Members' Awards 2007 for Bolivia: The Bradt Travel Guide. He was shortlisted for the England's Northwest Tourism Awards 2007 in the Travel Journalist of the Year competition; he won the 2006 French Travel Article of the Year for a story about truffle hunting in the Lot Valley; and he was shortlisted in the Latin American Travel Association Writer's Awards 2006 for his story about Bolivia's Jesuit Missions.
More details from his website www.atkinsondavid.co.uk.
He likes adventure travel, ecotourism and travelling to off-beat destinations. He's planning more short-haul trips and exploring family travel options. He also likes Japanese food, South American scenery and a decent pint of Guinness in Ireland.
Specialist areas include Latin America (Bolivia); Far East (Japan); Britain's Northwest; activity & adventure travel; city breaks; ecotourism; editing; guidebooks; independent travel; off-beat destinations; tour guiding.
David won the Best Guidebook award in the British Guild of Travel Writers Members' Awards 2007 for Bolivia: The Bradt Travel Guide. He was shortlisted for the England's Northwest Tourism Awards 2007 in the Travel Journalist of the Year competition; he won the 2006 French Travel Article of the Year for a story about truffle hunting in the Lot Valley; and he was shortlisted in the Latin American Travel Association Writer's Awards 2006 for his story about Bolivia's Jesuit Missions.
More details from his website www.atkinsondavid.co.uk.
Articles by David Atkinson
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Road Trip Morocco
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David Atkinson
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Morocco
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Southern Morocco
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Ouarzazate
The instructions were simple. I was to meet a man called Mustapha in a café in the Marrakesh medina. There, the deal was struck over glasses of mint tea poured with theatrical flourishes by the ebullient waiter. From my pavement vantage point...
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Japan's Osore Taisai Festival
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David Atkinson
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Japan
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Tohoku
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Mount Osore
It’s not often you see the Japanese lose it. From the passive tolerance of the battalions of stony-faced salarymen riding the Yamanote line in Identikit charcoal suits, to the tsunami of so-called ‘office ladies’ washing through the coffee shops of...
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All the rage in La Paz
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David Atkinson
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Bolivia
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La Paz and around
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La Paz
Abdul probably has the best legs in La Paz. As he strides around the de facto Bolivian capital in his kilt – a tartan from the Steward clan borrowed from a Scottish friend – he attracts attention not only for unusual attire, but also for...
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Che Guevara legacy lives on in Bolivia
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David Atkinson
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Bolivia
But, this remote community harbours an uneasy heritage that is set to return to haunt the lives of its inhabitants: this is the place where Che Guevara was put to death. Locals are bracing themselves for an invasion of Che pilgrims with the opening...
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Are you myth-informed?
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David Atkinson
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Romania
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Transylvania (Central)
Maybe it was the clove of garlic above the door. Or the creaking sound of the floorboards as an unknown guest walked above our heads. Or maybe it was just the fact that one of the staff let slip that the previous owner of the house had hung himself...
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All the Rage in Chester
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David Atkinson
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United Kingdom
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North Western England
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Chester
Liz Woolnough was hoping for a double celebration. On the day she was celebrating her 30th birthday, she drove from her home in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, to the historic town of Chester where, bathed in sunlight by the River Dee, she was to compete...
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Breathtaking Cusco
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David Atkinson
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Peru
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Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu
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Cuzco
Gisele Bündchen and Leonardo diCaprio have laid their A-lists heads on the linen pillows. Actors Ben Kingsley, Goldie Hawn and Jane Fonda have all sampled the famous house cocktail, the pisco sour, at the chi-chi bar. Colombian pop pixie...
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Punch Drunk
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David Atkinson
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Bolivia
The Catholic Church denounces it, tourists seeking off-the-beaten-track destinations are starting to discover it and the country folk of Bolivia's remote pueblosflock to it each year. The festival in question is tinku, a series of highly ritualised...
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Bolivian Wine
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David Atkinson
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Bolivia
A drop of Chilean Merlot? So old hat. Maybe a splash of Argentinean Shiraz? Far too commercial. If you want to find the most interesting wines in South America, head for the town of Tarija, located at 1800m above sea level in southeastern Bolivia...
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Ecotourism in Bolivia
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David Atkinson
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Bolivia
Bolivia’s 22 national parks and protected areas represent 15.6 percent of the country’s total land mass. The diversity of the parks is huge, spanning climatic zones from the high-altitude Altiplano of Sajama National Park to Otuquis...