Shane Nelson- Shane Nelson has written for Travel Weekly about bathing elephants in Thailand, bungee jumping in New Zealand and swimming with 30-foot whale sharks off the west coast of Australia.: Travel Weekly

Shane Nelson

Shane Nelson wrote his first story for Travel Weekly in 2006 and became a contributing editor in 2009. In addition to covering the Aloha State tourism industry, he also traveled frequently on assignment to Oceania and Asia, where he’s written for Travel Weekly about bathing elephants in Thailand, bungee jumping in New Zealand and swimming with 30-foot whale sharks off the west coast of Australia.

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