Nick Wheatley

  • Nick Wheatley
    Nick took his first solo trip abroad to Ireland and Scotland when he was just 19. Since then he has visited over 70 countries around the world (plus 45 states in the USA).

    He coupled his passion for travel photography with Val’s passion for writing and thus Wandering Wheatleys was born. He now lives in Asheville with his two rambunctious kids, Humphrey and Wilhelminha.

    Besides photography, Nick loves eating the weirdest food he can find in a country (sheep’s brain currently sits in first place) and making Val get up an hour before sunrise to make sure he gets “the good light”.
    Currently Lives in: Asheville, North Carolina
    Local Expertise: Vietnam, USA (Hawaii, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee)
    Favorite Destinations: Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Slovenia, Uzbekistan, Bolivia
    Top Travel Experiences: Eating a king cobra heart in Vietnam, Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Diving with giant manta rays in Hawaii
    Fun Facts: Nick is from the sames hometown as Dolly Parton, he once won a pot sticker eating competition, he has gotten stuck abroad during 2 different pandemics (in Cuba during the H1N1 Swin Flu pandemic of 2009 and in Vietnam during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020).

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