Andy Lee Graham

Andy Lee Graham (born October 25, 1955) is an American travel writer and photographer. He is also the CEO of the independent HoboTraveler.com Travel Network. Graham and other travel bloggers such as Gary Arndt, Wade Shepard and Tim Leffel have created a niche on the web which is the equal to print or broadcast travel journalism.
Biography
Graham was born in Orland, Indiana. He became what he calls a perpetual traveler, or an "Extreme Adventure Traveler," at the age 43, in 1998. Since that time he has travelled continually for 15 years and has visited 90 countries.
On April 29, 2009, Graham’s blog was chosen as one of the top ten travel blogs on the internet by the National Geo Channel.
He is referenced on a regular basis by other budget traveler gurus, such as Tim Leffel, author of The World’s Cheapest Destinations. and Wade Shepard of Vagabond Journey. Graham’s site, HoboTraveler, has been recommended by the New York Times..
Media
Many travel blogs on the net reference Graham's work, such as Gadling and About.com's Student Travel pages..
His exploits have also been covered in local news media, such as the Barbados Free Press..
Graham is listed as one of the top 50 travel writers in Travel Writing 2.0: Earning Money from your Travels in the New Media Landscape, by Tim Leffel. His photographs appear in The Rough Guide to West Africa (Rough Guide Travel Guides) by Richard Trillo. He was interviewed for Free as a Global Nomad: An Old Tradition with a Modern Twist, by Päivi and Santeri Kannisto,
Drifting Sands Press, 2012.
 
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