Catalin Gruia is a veteran journalist who has written and reported for the Romanian edition of National Geographic for over ten years. He is currently Editor in Chief of National Geographic Traveler and Deputy Editor in Chief of National Geographic Romania. INTERNATIONAL AWARDS First prize (Geographica section) at the International Seminar of National Geographic International Editions, Washington, 2004 Johann Strauss Golden Medal, Vienna, 2010; http: //b2b.wien.info/de/reisebranche/wtk-2010-strauss-medaille Kinarri Trophy, Friends of Thailand Awards, Bangkok, 2013, http: //www.thaistory.ro/rom...