Carol Howland is a travel writer who has published articles in British newspapers and magazines on destinations throughout the world – Europe, South America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Formerly a feature writer for a national magazine and a regular contributor to a dozen British newspapers, early in her career she wrote and revised guidebooks. Entranced by a visit to Vietnam, she left a job as editor of a magazine to spend a year exploring the country's rich cultural heritage – and keeps going back. She now divides her time between homes in the UK and France.