Tom Swick: Expat Turned Travel Editor

Thomas Swick had used up his passport. Every page was filled with colorful stamps and exotic-looking visas; there wasn’t space for one more border crossing technicality. It was time to send in for a new little navy blue book. But how did he fill up all those pages in the first place? Well, it was his job.

As travel editor, Swick has been to Thailand, Vietnam, Russia, Turkey, Romania, Trinidad, Cuba, and the list goes on. But before he was a travel editor, Swick was an expat.

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