Ralph Grizzle

Ralph Grizzle began his journalistic career at the age of 32, following the conclusion of his "sabbatical decade." From 1980 through 1990, he bicycled across America, pedaled through Europe and island-hopped the South Pacific. After backpacking through Bali, bussing through Java, hopping a boat to Singapore and crossing Malaysia to Thailand, he flew into Burma, tramped to Dhaka and endured a 32-hour train ride from calamitous Calcutta to bustling Bombay. From there, he hopped a plane for Greece...See more

Ralph Grizzle began his journalistic career at the age of 32, following the conclusion of his "sabbatical decade." From 1980 through 1990, he bicycled across America, pedaled through Europe and island-hopped the South Pacific. After backpacking through Bali, bussing through Java, hopping a boat to Singapore and crossing Malaysia to Thailand, he flew into Burma, tramped to Dhaka and endured a 32-hour train ride from calamitous Calcutta to bustling Bombay. From there, he hopped a plane for Greece and traveled to Switzerland before returning home, where he settled, quite naturally, into a career of travel writing. His writings have appeared in numerous magazines, and he is the author of "Remembering Charles Kuralt," a biography that Publisher's Weekly called "a sweet and lovely homage." Ralph now operates avidcruiser.com and rivercruiseadvisor.com from his basecamp, Asheville, North Carolina. See less