Tony Wheeler was born to (与生俱来）travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life，Tony and his family lived in many different countries.
In the early 1970s，Tony met a young woman named Maureen. They soon married.
Before getting jobs，Tony and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a yearlong trip from England，through Asia，to New Zealand. On the trip，they visited places like China，India，and so on.
When Tony and Maureen arrived in New Zealand，people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions，Wheeler wrote a book called Across Asia on the Trip.The book told people about different countries' weather，customs，and places to see. But unlike other travel books then，Tony Wheeler's book also talked about places most tourists did not go to. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular.
Tony and Maureen started a company called Lonely Planet. They still travelled everywhere. They wrote books for each place they visited. Today, 800 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 books. Tony Wheeler，the great traveller，still writes about travels to many places and will bring us happiness.
