Welcome to the November 2017 issue of online magazine Perceptive Travel, the home of great travel stories from book authors and the latest notable travel book and world music reviews. Here's what we've got in store for you:
In North Korea — a Journey Behind the Fiction - Rory MacLean and Nick Danziger
A writer and photographer enter the strange parallel universe known as North Korea together and try to get into the heads of the people living there.
A Divided History on the Walls of Belfast - Tom Coote
It has been decades since the Protestants and Catholics of Northern Ireland spilled blood on the streets of Belfast every month, but the staunch divisions loom strong on the city's buildings.
The Most Porous Border - Tim Brookes
Traveling between the countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan is as simple as passing a sign—much easier than delivering vaccines for polio.
My Very Bad Italian Day - David Lee Drotar
Plans to explore Sicily freely and with no schedule go down the tubes when the rental car decides not to cooperate—soon after it is robbed.
Travel Book Reviews - William Caverlee
An eclipse-chasing scientist details a lifetime of eclipse-chasing and two anthologies highlight talented women writing about the world and about Paris.
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