Ben Lerwill has been writing about travel professionally since 2003, contributing to magazines, newspapers, websites and the occasional guidebook. He is particularly passionate about the outdoors, family travel and cultural tourism, with a special interest in the UK, Western Europe, Asia and Australia.
He runs a lot, slowly, has somehow appeared three times as an extra on Australian TV, and once slammed his own head in a taxi door in Armenia. His personal website can be found at www.benlerwill.com.
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