A famous travel editor and radio show host was on Island to broadcast his internationally renowned show at the Fairmont Southampton.

Peter Greenberg taped the three-hour radio programme 'Peter Greenberg Worldwide' from the Frangipani room on Sunday.

He interviewed a series of local guests including a journalist, naturalist, historian, golf expert, diving instructor, taxi driver and art curator.

The show, which plays on 400 stations worldwide, will air on Saturday.

Mr. Greenberg spent half a day on the Island and had little time to enjoy the sites, but has visited these shores for nearly 40 years. In fact out of 151 countries he has vacationed, Bermuda is one of the few places he admittedly would live.

"I have been coming to Bermuda since I was in my early 20s. I think it is a very manageable place. When I say manageable I mean within a day or two days of getting anywhere that doesn't necessarily mean you know how to get around, you don't really know anything about a place.

"What is great about Bermuda is within a day or two of being here you have a feel for the place and you can really get around and then that allows you to discover more."

Mr. Greenberg started his career in journalism as the US West Coast Correspondent for Newsweek. He also worked as travel correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America and is currently the travel editor of CBS's Early Show.

He told The Royal Gazette: "I was lucky I was hired (at Newsweek) at a very young age, I was 21.

"I was always the guy with the suitcase in the front seat of my car, I was always the guy flying to the scene of something and it dawned on me from a very early part of my career that no one was covering travel as news.

"They covered it as pretty pictures... but that wasn't helping anyone be a better traveller. So I said 'OK, I am going to immerse myself in the process of travelling', because if you can understand the process than you can understand the value of the product."

Since those early days he learnt to research a country thoroughly and become more "aware".

"My job is to make (others) aware so they are not victims," he added.

In addition to finding clarity to write in Bermuda, Mr. Greenberg said he enjoyed meeting taxi driver Vince Cann years ago.

Mr. Cann, who has since retired, would take him around the graveyards in Dockyard and was a great storyteller, he said.

Mr. Greenberg considers himself "a citizen of the world" and said: "The cool part is no matter where you are you are home.

"So do I feel at home in Bermuda? I do. Yes, I have been coming here for many years, but I do feel at home, just as much as I feel at home in Hong Kong or Bangkok."