Secret Venice Guide

It was September 1995, and Thomas Jonglez was in Peshawar, the city in northern Pakistan, 20 kilometers from the tribal area he would visit a few days later. It occurred to him that he should record the hidden aspects of his hometown, Paris, which he knew so well. During his seven-month journey back home from Beijing, the countries he crossed included Tibet (entering clandestinely, hidden under blankets on a night bus), Iran, and Kurdistan. He never took a plane, but traveled by boat, train, or bus, hitchhiking, bicycle, on horseback, or on foot, arriving in Paris in time to celebrate Christmas with his family.
Upon his return, he spent two fantastic years wandering the streets of the capital collecting material for his first "secret guide," written with a friend. For the next seven years, he worked in the steel industry until his passion for discovery consumed him. He founded the Jonglez Publishing in 2003 and moved to Venice three years later.
In 2013, in search of new adventures, the family left Venice and spent six months traveling through Brazil, passing through North Korea, Micronesia, the Solomon Islands, Easter Island, Peru, and Bolivia.
He now lives in Berlin with his wife and three children.