Perceptive Travel March/April 2007

Welcome to the latest issue of Perceptive Travel, home of the best travel stories from authors on the move. Here's what we've got in store for you:

"Pub Crawl in Nowhere" - Graham Reid, author of Postcards From Elsewhere, leaves civilization behind for a bar-hopping trip through the parched Outback of Australia.

 




"Laotian Prayers on a Sinking Raft" - Brad Olsen, author of the Sacred Places series of travel books, says a prayer to several gods after trying to explore a river in Laos on a bamboo raft.

"The Qi of China" - Carol White, author of Live Your Road Trip Dream, gets carted around China on a Chambers of Commerce trip and sees a country trying to balance the yin and the yang.

"Blast Off to a New Romania" - Leif Pettersen, author of Lonely Planet Romania and Moldova, returns to his research base home for the country's New Year's Eve coming out party.

"Ten Years to Tequila: On the Agave Trail in Mexico" - Tim Leffel, author of Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune, sips his way through Tequila country in Jalisco, Mexico.

 




Plus World music reviews - A stellar batch of new albums: a Latin-Arabia collection, Putuyamo's New Groove, Ojos de Brujo, Andy Palacio, and the debut from Brazilian hottie Ceu (say who?).

Book reviews - Anastasia Ashman, editor of Tales from the Expat Harem reviews Zaatar Days, Henna Nights, Jungle Child, and Mexico, A Love Story.

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