Canada: Nova Scotia/4

Nova Scotia travel guide. Holiday tips and expert tourist advice on everything from Halifax restaurants and hotels to sailing, fishing, Acadian sites and lighthouses. Also covers walking and driving routes, Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, Digby Neck, Annapolis Royal, Lunenburg, the Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island, Fortress of Louisbourg.

David Orkin has travelled extensively since the mid-1970s, working in the travel industry for 15 years before starting freelance travel writing in 2000. When first visiting Nova Scotia in 2004, he was frustrated by the absence of a detailed guidebook to the region. Orkin returned several times, exploring every corner of the province. It became increasingly obvious to him that there was a need for a more comprehensive, subjective guide. Something to cater to those who wanted to do, those who wanted to dream, and those who wanted to discover the province's highlights, as well as its virtually unknown nooks and crannies. So he started researching - on foot, in canoe and kayak, by ferry, bike and coach, and through tens of thousands of kilometres by car. The result was Bradt's Nova Scotia guidebook. Now a Canadian citizen, he has made his home in Nova Scotia.