Chris Viney is a Tasmanian-based freelance writer and editor, with special interests in adventure travel and outdoor themes. Japan’s amazing cities and spectacular wild places are among his favourite destinations. Other recent journeys have taken him cycling through Burma (including unexpectedly attending an Aung Sang Suu Kyi campaign rally); climbing among the limestone peaks of Italy’s Dolomites; cruising the Kimberley coast in a five-metre dinghy; and catching some live jazz in the musical hotspots of New Orleans.