Solange Hando

Have you ever slept with a buffalo tied to your bed or been cast adrift on a reed island on Lake Titicaca?

Sometimes that's what it takes to be a travel writer.

Solange Hando is a professional travel journalist and photographer, editor, public speaker and lecturer. She has contributed to Reader's Digest and National Geographic books and published over 1000 travel articles worldwide.

Solange is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and the International Travel Writers Alliance and has received a number of awards, including Best Travel Writer and Freelance Journalist of the Year.

Her step by step guide, how to 'Be a Travel Writer, Live your Dreams, Sell your Features', is for media students, aspiring travel writers and anyone with a story to tell, on the road or on holiday. It has been endorsed by Hilary Bradt (co-founder of Bradt travel guides) and best selling author Simon Whaley.