Laura French is an award-winning freelance travel writer with bylines in National Geographic Traveller, Lonely Planet, Wanderlust, JRNY, The Telegraph, The Independent, The i Paper, Rough Guides, Culture Trip, GQ, Adventure.com and others. She has cruised everywhere from Greece to the Galapagos, Scotland to the Seychelles and the Mediterranean to the Mekong, and has travelled extensively in Latin America and Southeast Asia. She has a particular passion for adventure travel and expedition cruising.