Meet Jon Evans: Author, Journalist, Engineer, and Traveler Extraordinaire

Jon Evans is an author, journalist, engineer, and inveterate traveler, not necessarily in that order. He's had five novels published, mostly thrillers with action that spans several continents; He's written journalism for Wired, Reader's Digest, The Guardian, and The Walrus; He recently created a free iPhone/Android app for travelers, an online gateway and offline repository for Wikitravel articles; AND he's been to some 70 countries.  Here's what he told us:

1. How would you define your travel ‘style’?

Laid back, make-it-up-as-I-go, and, er, sometimes downright lazy. I hate being in a rush, and like being able to take a couple of days to explore serendipitous discoveries en route. I also have pretty spartan needs, so I find it easy to travel in a tight budget.

2. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be and why?

The Serengeti (Kenya/Tanzania), because the wildebeest migration is still going on, and I've always wanted to witness that.

3. What was your best travel experience?

Trekking in Nepal. The scenery is unparallelled, the effort is intense but intensely rewarding, the sense of adventure is very real, and the people are wonderful.

4. What was your worst travel experience?

Being mugged at gunpoint in Mexico City. Really my own fault: I deliberately went to a rough area of town to research a novel I was working on. And let me hasten to stress that despite that unpleasant event, Mexico City remains one of my very favourite cities.

5. What is your best travel advice for the TravelPost community?

Don't move too fast. If you're not trekking or on a road trip, always spend at least two nights in every bed.

In red=all the places Jon has been=impressive

Bonus Question:What's the strangest breakfast you've eaten while traveling?

Termites, fresh from the mound! On an early morning hike to Tunichil Muknal in Belize, our guide showed off by snacking on some termites, and gave us a big "of course you tourists would never dare do that" grin - so I defiantly followed his example. They tasted surprisingly carroty, but ultimately I still prefer muffins.

Please feel free to post comments about Jon's new iTravel app here.