Tell Them to Get Lost

Travels with the Lonely Planet guidebook that started it all.

When Tony Wheeler wrote Lonely Planet''s first-ever shoestring guidebook, South-East Asia offered ''cheap and interesting travel without the constantly oppressing misery of some of the less fortunate parts of Asia''. Certain ''hotspots'' in the region attracted the tourist crowds, but there were many ''untouched places'' too.

So have T...