Description: "Volcano-studded landscapes, dazzling colonial-era towns, jungle-smothered ruins and bone-white beaches: no wonder Central America is tantalizing to travellers. Whether you want to swim through Maya caves, trek through cloudforest, surf warm Pacific waves or taste homegrown highland coffee, the diversity of activities--and the wildlife you'll see along the way--is hard to beat. Many locations are also easy on the wallet. So, grab your backpack and prepare yourself for the adventure of a lifetime"--
Brief description: Paul Stafford is a travel journalist, guidebook author, photographer and musician with the band Phwoar. He is based in Birmingham, UK, and has reported from five continents. His clients include, among many others, BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveller Food, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, The Independent.