Based in Bangkok, Thailand, Dave Stamboulis has been an intrepid photographer, adventure traveller, and travel writer for the past 30 years. Born in Athens, Greece, raised in Berkeley, California, and having since called Japan, Nepal, and Thailand home, Stamboulis is the author of the award-winning Odysseus' Last Stand, voted by the Society of North American Travel Writers as Silver Medal Travel Book of the Year. Stamboulis is also the author of 500 Hidden Secrets Bangkok, the updating writer for Fodor's Thailand, and has been the "Bangkok Expert" for USA Today's 10Best website for the past decade. Dave's photography and articles have been featured regularly in publications such as the BBC, Travel & Leisure, Sawasdee, Morning Calm, South China Morning Post, Gel Lost, USA Today, Lifestyle and Travel, The Culture Trip, and World Nomads among others.