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EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 1H 5M

Celeste Brash

from planet lonely · host Iain Stewart

Celeste Brash has had an extraordinary life and writing career. She's worked on 100 or so titles for Lonely Planet, covering destinations including French Polynesia, Southeast Asia , Central and South America, Mexico and the USA, usually travelling solo. Her research trips have included negotiating the jungles and mangroves of the Mosquito Coast, hiking through tribal villages in the Luzon highlands and a testing trip to Pitcairn island. Hold tight for some astonishing tales: a gunfight in Tegucigalpa, dodging hairy buffalo meat in Philippines and searching for Splash and Throb in Pattaya. (02:55) Lonely Planet beginnings(07:43) researching Sulawesi, Indonesia(16:35) Thailand tales, Phuket rewrites, Pattaya (20:53) Luzon, Philippines(26:19) Pitcairn Island (32:55) Honduras: guns , drugs 'n' bugs(41:45) Gender and travel(49:35) Guyana gig(55:35) National Geographic and pearl farminghttps://www.instagram.com/cjbrashhttps://www.instagram.com/kamokapearl

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Celeste Brash has had an extraordinary life and writing career. She's worked on 100 or so titles for Lonely Planet, covering destinations including French Polynesia, Southeast Asia , Central and South America, Mexico and the USA, usually travelling solo. Her research trips have included negotiating the jungles and mangroves of the Mosquito Coast, hiking through tribal villages in the Luzon highlands and a testing trip to Pitcairn island. Hold tight for some astonishing tales: a gunfight in Tegucigalpa, dodging hairy buffalo meat in Philippines and searching for Splash and Throb in Pattaya. (02:55) Lonely Planet beginnings(07:43) researching Sulawesi, Indonesia(16:35) Thailand tales, Phuket rewrites, Pattaya (20:53) Luzon, Philippines(26:19) Pitcairn Island (32:55) Honduras: guns , drugs 'n' bugs(41:45) Gender and travel(49:35) Guyana gig(55:35) National Geographic and pearl farminghttps://www.instagram.com/cjbrashhttps://www.instagram.com/kamokapearl

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