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Ralph Grizzle, a.k.a The Avid Cruiser, began his journalistic career at the age of 32, following the conclusion of what he calls his "sabbatical decade." From 1980 through 1990, Ralph bicycled across America, pedaled through Europe and island-hopped the South Pacific.
After backpacking through Bali, bussing through Java, hopping a boat to Singapore and crossing Malaysia to Thailand, Ralph flew into Burma, tramped to Dhaka and endured a 32-hour train ride from calamitous Calcutta to bustling Bombay. From there, he hopped a plane for Greece and traveled to Switzerland before returning home, where he settled, quite naturally, into a career of travel writing.
A graduate of the University of North Carolina's School of Journalism, Ralph operates several cruise-related web sites, including avidcruiser.com.
Ralph also contributes to print publications in North America and abroad, including two that he publishes in Europe. In 2005, the North American Travel Journalism Association awarded Ralph in the category of Best Cruise Writing.'
Ever the peripatetic wanderer, Ralph makes his home in Asheville, North Carolina, and Helsingborg, Sweden, but more often than not, he can be found at sea.
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