Perceptive Travel Asia Travel Stories



Big City Birding in Japan - Sneed B. Collard III

Rapturous Terror and Finding The Sublime in Nepal - Richard Bangs

Cruising Thailand's Chao Phraya River and Beyond with Admiral Zheng He - Harold Stephens

A Man and His Dragons in Southern Thailand - Tim Leffel

Bridging the Gaps in Calcutta - Jim Johnston

A Cu Chi Tunnels Tour of Vietnam - James Michael Dorsey

Vientiane Buddha Park: the Legacy of Bunleua Sulilat - James Michael Dorsey

Rebuilding After Disaster, Tohoku's Food Industry Has Bounced Back in Japan - La Carmina

Pierced Cheeks and Pain in Trang, Thailand - Tony Robinson-Smith

A Nepal Hike Gone Wrong: Suspended in an Altered State - Catina Noble

To a Speck on a Map in Azerbaijan With the World's Most Extreme Travelers - Dave Seminara

A Spiritual Light in the Darkness at Angkor Wat - James Michael Dorsey

Dodging the Police in Turkmenistan's Marble City - Stephen M. Bland

Gold Digging and Vodka Chugging on Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan - Stephen M. Bland

Redmond O'Hanlon in Borneo and My Adventures with Leeches and Rhinos - Sherry Shahan

Mosques, Memorials and Marijuana in Quba of Northern Azerbaijan - Stephen M. Bland

Crossing my Malaysian Home on Foot - Marco Ferrarese

Water People of the Mekong - James Michael Dorsey

Dug-outs Downstream in PNG - Tony Robinson-Smith

Six Degrees of Separation at a Saigon Hot Dog Stand - Richard Sterling

Calling the Earth to Witness the Truth in Tibet - Patti Lefkos

Tensions Beneath the Bling in Chechnya and Ingushetia - Stephen M. Bland

Cow Patties, Claws, and a Camel at a Mongolian Homestay - Julia Hubbel

Living in the Moment Along the Kumano Kodo of Japan - Heidi Siefkas

A Gun for Bears and Russians on Georgia's Ossetian Military Road - Stephen Bland

A Reluctant Pilgrimage to Varanasi - Camille Cusumano

The Stones of Genghis Khan - James Michael Dorsey

The Life of a Backpacker in Asia in the 1970s - Kevin Kelly

The Last Village in North Borneo - Marco Ferrarese

A Warriors' Welcome in Maikmol, PNG - Tony Robinson-Smith

The Cradle of Russia: Frozen in the Golden Ring - Antonia Malchik

Healed by Adventure Travel on the Way to Raja Ampat - Julia Hubbel

Abkhazia: Party Amidst the Ruins - Stephen Bland

Not the Usual Tour of HCMC: Medicines, Markets, and Floating Temples - Claudia B. Flisi

Finding Gandhi - Kelsey Timmerman

The Shape-shifter and the Architect - Tony Robinson-Smith

Seeking Enlightenment at the Golden Rock - James Michael Dorsey

The Dharma Buddies of Auroville - Camille Cusumano

Finding my Way in a Goan Village - Debi Goodwin

Sulfur Clouds and Sacred Sites: A Journey through the Debed Canyon - Stephen M. Bland

And Out Came the Lions (Clubs) in Malaysian Borneo - Marco Ferrarese

Thailand on Three Wheels—With and Without an Engine - Bruce Northam

Village of The Dolls in Skikoku - Judith Fein

The Road to Shimla: Adventures in Northern India - Candace Dempsey

Bring your daughter to the Torajan Slaughter in Indonesia - Marco Ferrarese

Learning to Walk Fully in Thailand - Luke Maguire Armstrong

One in a Billion in India - Jim Johnston

Khmer Mozart in the Jungle - James Michael Dorsey

Cures for Tuberculosis or Ulcers in the Steaming Waters of Bhutan - Tony Robinson-Smith

In North Korea - a Journey Behind the Fiction - Rory MacLean

Crossing the Creases of Wild Kyrgyzstan - Tim Leffel

The Kingpin of the Golden Triangle - James Michael Dorsey

Walkabout Love in China - Dustin Grinnell

Orangutan Warfare in Borneo - Marco Ferrarese

Moonshine With a Monkey on the Mekong in Laos - James Michael Dorsey

Hugging the Knees of the Himalayas on a Nepal Tea House Trek - Tim Leffel

She Called Me Bindaas - Melissa Adams

A Short Trek in Bhutan's Wild East - Michael Buckley

The Guilt Cafe in Vietnam - Kirsten Koza

The Eyeless Blessing of Sangha Tenzin Marco Ferrarese

Schooled as a Mahout on the Mekong - James Michael Dorsey

On a Blowout Budget in Boracay - Tim Leffel

For whom the Gongs Toll in Nepal - Marco Ferrarese

Following My Fixer into the Underground in Laos - James Michael Dorsey

The Mountain Men Who Don't Exist in Kyrgyzstan - Kirsten Koza

Breaking Bread in Kanas - James Michael Dorsey

Deep Red Threat in Malaysia - Marco Ferrarese

No Country for Honest Men - Marco Ferrarese

Beyond the Fear of "Other" in China - Anna Elkins

Riding the Bamboo Train in Cambodia - James Michael Dorsey

Dueling Smiles in Muzzled Myanmar - Bruce Northam

Celebrating 50 Years, Singapore Dreams of an Even Brighter Future - Michael Shapiro

China, Beyond the Bright Lights - Graham Reid

Stranded on the Back Roads of Tibetan Sichuan - Marco Ferrarese

Watching the World Series in Cambodia and Korea - Michael Shapiro

Enduring Burmese Tea - James Michael Dorsey

The Sultanate of Heavy Rock in Malaysia - Marco Ferrarese

A Grim Commemoration Day in Modern Russia - James Dorsey

Street Walking Demons in Sumatra - Marco Ferrarese

Zipping into Big Trouble (Laos) - Michael Buckley

Rites of Passage in Myanmar's Tribal Highlands - Michael Shapiro

Blood Rites in a Taiwanese Temple - Steven Crook

One Step Across (North Korea/China) - Carolyn B. Heller

Rent a Real Man in Borneo - Bruce Northam

Cutting the Cheese Mongolian Style - Marco Ferrarese

Hunger and Privilege: Dinner in Old Delhi - Jim Johnston

Giving Face in China - James Michael Dorsey

Manta Patrol: Freediving with Rays in the Maldives - Michael Buckley

Osaka in the End - Edward Readicker-Henderson

Diving into Timor-Leste - Michael Buckley

Soldier and Savior in the Cambodian Minefields - James Michael Dorsey

Tipsy in Transnistria: Trying to Stay Sober in Nowhereland - Rory MacLean

On Safari in Sri Lanka - Michael Buckley

India of Light and Darkness - Anja Mutić

A Banquet of Creepy Crawlies in China - James Michael Dorsey

Stories in Stone: Walking Vietnam's Long Wall - Ben Keene

The Chaos and Grace of a Scooter Ride in Vietnam - Debi Goodwin

Slipping Through Doors & Gates in Burma - Michael Buckley

Parahawking in Nepal - Michael Buckley

Pondering Happiness in Bhutan - Laurie Gough

Swimming with Spotty Monsters in the Philippines - Michael Buckley

104 Percent Humidity in Bangladesh - Tim Brookes

Out of Smyrna (Turkey) - Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer

I Was a Thai Travel Trinket - Darrin DuFord

Nomads' Land (Tibet) - Michael Buckley

Divine Bhutan and the Well-hung Lama - Beth Whitman

Hell, Heaven, and Home in Kathmandu - Jeff Greenwald

One Assassination Can Ruin Your Whole Vacation (Pakistan) - Tim Brookes

Kicking Back (and Kicking) Like a Monk in Korea - Michael Buckley

Chickens and Tea in Azerbaijan - Carla Seidl

Sacred and Profane: Tantric Buddhism in the Land of the Thunder Dragon (Bhutan) - Tony Robinson-Smith

The Enfield Diaries (Bangladesh) - Mikey Leung

Thai Voluntourism for All the Wrong Reasons - Gillian Kendall

Eating a Personal Pig (Bali) - Zora O'Neill

Crowd–Surfing in Bangladesh - Michael Buckley

The Sign That Swayed in Singapore - Joel Carillet

On a Slow Boat down the Irrawaddy River (Myanmar) - Jim Johnston

The Kite (Japan) - Amy Carlson

A Dollar and a Dime in Vietnam - Richard Sterling

The Week the Earth Shook (China) - Carolyn B. Heller

Picnicking at the Ruins of Angkor - Michael Buckley

Breaking Frontiers - Maliha Masood

Tibet, a Third Eye, and Our Journeys Through Time - Michael Buckley

Into the Heart of India's Punjab - Joel Carillet

Kirkegaard in Mongolia - Edward Readicker–Henderson

The Backpackers' Pilgrimage: Ko Phangan (Thailand) - Joel Carillet

Hijacking the Shangri-la Brand (China) - Michael Buckley

A Passage Back to India - Anne Cushman

Thoughts of Theroux, Back on the Train - Michael Shapiro

Death's Prediction and Disaster, By Way of Dharmsala - Dave Lowe

Members of the Tribe (Leh, India) - Rob Sangster

Olympic Fire and Brimstone (China and Tibet) - Michael Buckley

A Capital Built for Kings and SUVs (Burma) - Robert Reid

Two Faces of Kyrgyzstan's Lake Issyk–Kul - Laurence Mitchell

Karsting Away in Vietnam - Michael Buckley

Apocalypse Soon: On the Lemanak River of Sarawak - Graham Reid

Lands of Lost Liberties - Michael Buckley

Sankranthi in a Town Called Hampi - Beth Whitman

Breakfast in Bhutan - Michael Buckley

In the Offering: Two Sides of a Turkish Sacrifice - Jennifer Eaton Gökmen

Laotian Prayers on a Sinking Raft - Brad Olsen

The Qi of China - Carol Wright

Searching the BAM for Russia's Lost Moustache - Robert Reid

The Singing Shamen of Tuva - Dominic Hamilton

The Original Boondocks (Philippines) - Bruce Northam

Raiders of the Lost Temple in Cambodia - Michael Buckley

Searching for Rare Primates in the Valley of the Langurs" - Jeff Greenwald

Dinosaur Tracks (Turkmenistan) - John Kropf

Bit Parts and Drama in Pagoda Alley - Richard Sterling

A Railway Runs Through It (Tibet) - Michael Buckley

Monkey Brains and Mangosteens (Thailand) - Ayun Halliday

Bringing Coral Reefs Back From the Dead (Sulawesi) - Jeff Greenwald

Nothing to Achieve (India) - Joshua Berman

Tantric Sex for Dilletantes - Rolf Potts

Secret Men's Monkey Business (Sumatra) - Peter Moore

Cruising Thailand's Chao Phraya River with Admiral Zheng He - Harold Stephens






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