Peter Moore (born 18 July 1962) is an Australian
travel writer.
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Moore, who was born in Sydney
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, claims to have visited 105 countries. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in London
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. He has published many books that re-tell tales of his travels.
He is a Vespa
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enthusiast and his 2005 book ''Vroom with a View'' and 2007 book ''Vroom by the Sea'' feature trips through Italy
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taken on vintage Italian motorscooter
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s.
Bibliography
*''No Shitting in the Toilet'' – ''The travel guide for when you've really lost it'' (1997)
*''The Wrong Way Home'' – ''London to Sydney the hard way'' (1999)
*''The Full Montezuma'' – ''Around Central America with the girl next door'' (2001)
*''Swahili for the Broken-Hearted'' – ''Cape Town to Cairo by any means possible'' (2003)
*''Vroom with a View'' – ''In search of Italy's Dolce Vita on a '61 Vespa'' (2005)
*''Same Same, but Different'' (2006, eBook)
*''Crikey!'' (unpublished)
*''Vroom by the Sea'' – ''The sunny parts of Italy on a bright orange Vespa'' (Australia 2007, UK 2009)
References
External links
Official site
1962 births
Australian travel writers
Living people
Writers from Sydney
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