At the end of 2007 she wrote “Places of a Lifetime” on Mexico City for National Geographic Traveler and has also worked for Condé Nast Traveller magazine.

Between 1999 and 2005 Barbara worked on updating seven guidebooks with Fodor’s Travel Publications (Random House, NY). She is also co-author of the second edition of the guidebook México: Health and Safety Travel Guide (MedToGo, USA, March 2007). Barbara Kastelein is in the 2005 book (as...