Perceptive Travel

Perceptive Travel April 2016

Welcome to the April 2016 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:

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  Deep Red Threat in Malaysia - Marco Ferrarese

  
  

  For some, exploding New Year firecrackers in a remote Chinese-Malaysian village helps evoke the forgotten stories of Communist guerrilla resistance.

  
  


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  Locked Out of Canada - Gillian Kendall

  
  

  When a newly arrived passenger gets left behind the pack at the Vancouver airport, Canadian hospitality disappears behind a series of cold, locked doors.

  
  


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  A Rumi of Her Own in Sayulita - Anna Elkins

  
  

  While staying in a Mexican villa named for a love poem, a solo woman traveler rediscovers her voice.

  
  


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  World Music Reviews - Laurence Mitchell

  
  

  Fela Kuti’s first band, 12-piece Ethiopian fusion, a refugee from Saharan purgatory, plus America meets Cameroon.

  
  


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  Travel Book Reviews - Susan Griffith

  
  

  Three American writers chronicle their experiences. Two are happily expatriated to Britain and France, the third is traveling the world meditating on the nature of love, friendship and our relationship to the environment.

  
  

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