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Welcome to the July issue of Perceptive Travel webzine, home to the best travel stories from wandering book authors.
This month frequent contributor Michael Buckley returns with a tale of picnicking among the ruins of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. David Drotar travels just up the road from his home to see just how green the greens are in Vermont. Guidebook writer Carolyn B. Heller makes her debut here with a story about being in China during the massive earthquake of May, 2008. We're taking a different tack with the book reviews this issue: Marie Javins gives us an insider's perspective on what graphic novels are out there taking on the travel genre. Direct links to your right or go to the current issue page.
This issue's awards shout-out goes to Janet Groene, whose feature, People Power, Steeple Power took a first place in the Online Category of a contest for members of the Atlantic-Caribbean chapter of the Society of American Travel Writers. Congrats!
We like to give away stuff here, so if you're a newsletter subscriber you've got a good shot at scoring something cool each issue. Going in the mail now are copies of Rick Steves' Best of Europe 2009 and a matching Travel Journal. The winners were readers Lauren of California and Anna Sophia of London.
This month we've got a great 40-liter carry-on travel backpack to give away, courtesy of Lowe Alpine. It's the Lowe Alpine TT 40 convertible backpack, which can be worn or carried like a suitcase. It retails for $110, so a sweet score for whoever takes the prize. Remember you can only ever win the prizes here if you're a newsletter subscriber AND you actually open up your e-mails and enter. Sign up with that box at the top right of this page, then put my e-mail in your address book when you get the confirmation.
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Looking for a travel story that appeared in a previous issue? Dive into the Perceptive Travel archives where you can skim down or do a search of everything that has appeared here since our debut. We have them categorized by region too, as in Asia Travel Stories.
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Thanks for checking in!
- Tim Leffel, Editor
- by Carolyn B. Heller
- by David Lee Drotar
- by Michael Buckley
- by Marie Javins
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