For 13 years he was a US Army Counterintelligence Special Agent. He followed that with spells as a Director of Security and Safety at a hospital and Media Director for an international air show.

Now Richard Evans is taking it a little easy.

A US citizen, Richard and his wife now live and work in Guayaquil Ecuador. They both teach English - Lisa to students preparing for US colleges and Richard to pilots and Air Traffic Controllers. Richard also writes in his ample spare time, when he can get away from his favorite position: sharing hammock time with Ellie, their adopted Quito street dog.

Richard recently finished a rewrite and update of the travel guide "Brit's Guide to Las Vegas" for Foulsham Press (UK) which was released in February 2008. He also writes about travel, poker and real estate investment.

My passion is ...

Poker

I know too much about ...

History - makes my wife roll her eyes

My parents always told me ...

don't sneeze with food in your mouth

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a writer

My favorite memory ...

Hiking through the California Sierras

Why I write ...

I love to share my experiences

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading: One Hundred Years of Solitude

My first job ...

Delivering newspapers

My best moment ...

The birth of my first child

My inspiration ...

The world around me

Local Guides > New York City Things to do in spring in New York City

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Towering skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty are just part of the story if you visit New York. The City of New York is arguably the most important city in the world, gaining it the nickname of "Capital of the World" to go with its more common moniker of "The Big Apple." Only cultural icons like London and Paris can even begin to compare themselves to the many glistening facets of New York

The real New York is a walker's city, especially in Manhattan, and especially in the Spring. A stroll along its busy streets reveals an endless variety of sights that change with the character of it...

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