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Welcome to the new issue of Perceptive Travel webzine, home to the best travel stories from wandering book authors.
I'm currently on the road for three weeks in Eastern Europe as this issue goes up, so no long-winded intro this time. On to the new issue!
As usual, we've got a collection of great tales from wandering book authors. Michael Buckley is back with a timely story on a travel destination that may finally be getting its act together to stop being a pariah state: Myanmar, better known as Burma. Tom Koppel returns with a tale of picking a bad week to visit Hawaii: when the world's most powerful politicians came to Waikiki. James Dorsey, a former director of the Adventurers Club, makes his debut about visiting a Maasai warrior who had gotten a doctorate degree in the U.S.
William Caverlee returns to highlight two new and noteworthy travel books, from the practical to the eye candy. I take on the world music reviews this month, including Rodrigo y Gabriela's latest and an especially solid reggae album.
WIN SOME STUFF!
We hand out cool travel gear each month thanks to some great sponsors and in April we gave away a pair of Kolyma II leather hiking boots with Gore-tex.Congrats to Ben K. of Cambridge Mass. who got pulled out of the randomizer.
This month we're giving away a great packable travel jacket from Outdoor Research. The first link takes you to a review I did of it last month, the second to the official page for more specs and colors. Here's what's great about it: Pertex waterproofing, breatheable, seam-sealed, and packs down into its own pocket, weighing just 6.4 ounces.
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Looking for a travel story that appeared in a previous issue? Dive into the Perceptive Travel archives where you can find everything that has appeared here since our debut. We have them categorized by region too, as in Europe Travel Stories or Canada and USA Travel Stories.
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Happy trails!
- Tim Leffel, Editor
- by Michael Buckley
- by Tom Koppel
- by James Dorsey
- by Tim Leffel
- by William Caverlee
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